Tracklist:

1. Trying To Walk – Kissed Her Little Sister
2. Kickar Grus – Johan Hedberg
3. Harvey – Alex G
4. I Kept Your Teeth in a Jar By My Bed – Gorgeous Bully
5. Hypochondriac – Diveliner
6. Hallow – Cloud Boat
7. Hunting – Dearest
8. Rain, Windows – Sad Souls
9. Weeding Riverbanks (Excerpt) – The Volume Settings Folder & Tanner Garza
10. Side A (Excerpt) – Wes Tirey
11. Elevator Song – Keaton Henson
12. Y.O.Y.O. – Thom Byles
13. Accept That the Mark Will Outlast You – Old Earth
14. Dog – Jeremiah Nelson
15. PRPL – Ava Luna
16. Wire Frame Mattress – The Wytches
17. Post Holiday Dead Song – Tyrannosaurus Dead
18. Shut In – Strand Of Oaks
19. Pocket Knife – Liam Betson
20. Jean Moulin – VTCN RADIO
21. Temporary View (feat. Sampha) – SBTRKT
22. Yogyakarta – Derek Piotr
23. Can’t Do Without You – Caribou
24. Days With You (feat Sinead Harnett) – Snakehips

If you missed them, we have such mixes for January, February, March, April and May too.

June Mix from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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Bro. Stephen – The Shape

First up is a brand new double A-side single from Bro. Stephen. The follow up to 2012’s excellent Baptist Girls, these two tracks address the strain of long-distance friendship, transient life and uncertainty of the future. This may sound a little sad, and it is in parts, but the songs also manage to find a sense of hope, a glimmer in the storm clouds. You can buy the single right now via Crossroads of America Records.

Nate Hendricks – Neon For No One

Out on the excellent Crash Symbols, Nate Hendricks’ Neon For No One defies any clear genre. Opening track Dead Fox Waltz is a clear example of this, the sprawling ten minute epic having a little bit of everything, from experimental glitches, to folky, psychedelic guitars and even sleigh bells. The artwork is relevant for this EP, a crazy, colourful collage the holds fine details. Buy it on cassette here.

Sad Souls – ‘Rain, Window’

Ann Arbor’s ambient outfit Sad Souls released a new song back in March. ‘Rain, Window’ is a wistful instrumental track that would be perfect for, well… watching from a window as rain falls. Check out the rest of their music on Bandcamp, it is all just as lovely.

Thom Byles – Y.O.Y.O (You’re Only Young Once)

Back in April we featured English/Mexican singer-songwriter Thom Byles. Well here he is again, back with a brand new single, ‘Y.O.Y.O (You’re Only Young Once)’. The track is excellent, a gentle, airy, nostalgic little indie pop song. Perfect for these bright early-Summer mornings.  You can get the track for however much you like over at Byles’s Bandcamp page.

Johan Hedberg – Kickar grus

Johan Hedberg, who you may know from Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, is releasing a solo album Paradiset this September on Labrador Records. The first single, ‘Kickar grus’ is coming out 25th June, and you can hear it below.

Born Standing Up – S/T

Finally we have Born Standing Up from Oxford, Mississippi. Their S/T album, out March this year, is a great alt-folk/country record that sounds like The Wooden Sky covering country songs. It’s as good as it sounds. You can get the album on a pay-what-you-can basis here.

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Hope this works out.

Part II // Night – Tracklisting:-

26. Gospel – The National
27. Asa – Bry Webb
28. Ponytail – Talons’
29. Late July – Small Houses
30. Seeds of Night – The Cave Singers
31. Swamp Dragon – Spirit Tramp
32. Voyage – Kodak To Graph
33. Brooklyn Sunset – AFTA-1
34. Late Nitez – MedicineHat
35. Lost In Tokyo (Jacques Greene Remix) – Koreless
36. Sun (Midland Re-Edit) – Caribou
37. Higher Ground – TNGHT
38. Nostromo – Fortune Howl
39. Salt of Love – Groundislava
40. Cotton Flower – Future Islands
41. Fineshrine – Purity Ring
42. A Real Hero – College (Feat. Electric Youth)
43. Seventeen – Youth Lagoon
44. Anthems For a Seventeen Year-Old Girl – Broken Social Scene
45. Catharsis – The Wandering Lake
46. North – Arrange
47. Singing Sailors – Sad Souls
48. O’ River – The Horse Thieves
49. Long Desert Train – Jason Molina
50. Lurk Underneath – Trouble Books

2012 Summer Mix – Night from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

Again, please support the artists on this mix. Our intention is to share our favourite music with others so hopefully you like what you hear and buy some records.

We tried to do something a bit different with this mix and we’d love your opinion on the idea/track listing. Does it work at all or fall flat on it’s face? Do you have any good themes for a future mixtape? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook or the clunky Tumblr message system. We would love to hear from you.

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Sad Souls is Ann Arbor’s Tom Auby and Apeiron his fourth release, following hot on the heals of Object of Perception, Precious Paragon and Forest Loops, all released during 2011. It’s a meditative piece, full of looping guitars and judging by an interview Auby gave with Dénouements back in December, that’s exactly what he was aiming for. “I wanted the songs to fade in and out of existence from a common space. I think melancholy is a really nice thing sometimes. While the other records were born out of a sense of anxiety or sadness, this one is a lot more reflective and contemplative. A lot of it is inspired just by how quickly time seems to pass to me, and I want Apeiron to be a record people can turn to when they feel anxious or worried, and when they forget how boundless the world actually is.”

Lofty aims but Apeiron leaves you time and space to just settle down. It’s the musical equivalent of creature comforts and we all need some of those.

Take a listen to Windows and Churches up top, and look forward to the records physical release on February the 15th. Until then, you can stream the whole thing at the Sad Souls bandcamp page. Just click here.

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Welcome to the third installment of our Best Free Releases of 2011 series. Remember to support these bands by leaving donations, going to shows, buying merch etc.

*Due to a large number of bands beginning with S, there will be more in the next post.

Memotone – Bad Panda

(RIYL =  Electronic, Beats, Four Tet, Flying Lotus)

The Milk Carton Kids – Prologue

(RIYL = Folk, Americana)

New Animal – New Animal

(RIYL = Bedroom Pop, Psychedelic)

Of Architects – Demo.

(RIYL = Lo-Fi, Punk, The Midwest)

Okkervil River – Golden Opportunites II

(RIYL = Indie Rock, Folk, Covers)

Old Earth – More Wrung in the Wrong?

(RIYL = Folk, Southern Gothic, Weird Shit)

Oliver Tank – Dreams

(RIYL = Ambient, Dream Pop, James Blake)

PONCHOS – Rawness EP

(RIYL = Electronic, Noise, Cold Cave)

Power Player – Power Player:Power Player

(RIYL = Variation, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone)

Railcars – Hounds of Love

(RIYL = Weird Shit, Kate Bush)

Rem’s Floating Chandelier – Rem’s Floating Chandelier

(RIYL = Ambient, Dream Pop)

Ricky Eat Acid – Haunt U Forever

(RIYL = Ambient, Hip Hop, Samples)

Ruby Coast – Whatever This Is

(RIYL = Indie Pop, Canada, Tokyo Police Club)

Sad Souls – Precious Paragons

(RIYL = Bedroom Pop, Ambient)

Sea Oleena – Sleeplessness

(RIYL = Dream Pop, Ethereal)

Selva Oscura – AS/IS/WAS

(RIYL = Chillwave, Dub, Beats)

Shakey Graves – Roll the Bones

(RIYL = Folk, Blues, Alt-Country)

Snowmine – Laminate Pet Animal

(RIYL = Indie Rock, Psychedelic, Yeasayer)

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