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Quick Mix Archive

By Eric Yang on Wednesday, 28 Oct, 2009 – 15:02 | Comment Now
Quick Mix Archive

Get your music library out of the 90’s and into the 10’s, 2010 that is. Browse around our weekly Quick Mixes, a weekly series that delivers 5 fresh tracks, spoon fed for your sonic enjoyment. …

Quick Mix: Julian Casablancas, Rubies, Slick Rick, The Spinners, and Jeff Buckley

By Ben Bowers on Tuesday, 27 Oct, 2009 – 23:51 | 5 Comments
Quick Mix: Julian Casablancas, Rubies, Slick Rick, The Spinners, and Jeff Buckley

This week’s grab bag of songs are about as random as they come. In this installment, hear The Strokes lead singer Julian Casablancas’s new first single in his self titled solo act, a classic soul …

Quick Mix: Bonobo, Ralph Myerz, Thievery Corporation, BT, and Beck

By Ben Bowers on Tuesday, 20 Oct, 2009 – 18:29 | 2 Comments
Quick Mix: Bonobo, Ralph Myerz, Thievery Corporation, BT, and Beck

The theme of this week’s mix is decidedly grounded in a relaxed mindset. Most of you probably have a play list set up that you throw on when it’s time to unwind or put your …

Quick Mix: The Walkmen, LittleJoy, Poet in Process, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Two Door Cinema Club

By Ben Bowers on Tuesday, 13 Oct, 2009 – 15:58 | Comment Now
Quick Mix: The Walkmen, LittleJoy, Poet in Process, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Two Door Cinema Club

In the interest of keeping things slightly off kilter, this collection of tracks mixes old and new, while avoiding the heavy influences of electronically induced help other collections have highlighted in the past. In other …

Quick Mix: The Knux, Oceanlab, Tommy Sparks, Basement Jaxx, and Delphic

By Ben Bowers on Tuesday, 6 Oct, 2009 – 12:03 | 2 Comments
Quick Mix: The Knux, Oceanlab, Tommy Sparks, Basement Jaxx, and Delphic

Electronica is a vague term on purpose. While you might hear all manner of bucket defining name tags thrown around like: “House”, “Trance”, “Electro”, “Electro Pop”, “Deep House”, “Dark House”, “Experimental”, “Trip Hop”, “Ambient”, etc… …

Backspacer by Pearl Jam

Once Again, The Pearl Jam You Know and Love

By Eric Yang on Tuesday, 6 Oct, 2009 – 9:30 | Comment Now
Backspacer by Pearl Jam

In what might qualify as one of Pearl Jam’s best albums of the past decade (subjectively), Backspacer proves that the grunge group has evolved in their sound (hints of new wave) while holding true to …

Quick Mix: Bombay Bicycle Club, Peter, Bjorn, and John, Pnau, Ratatat, and Miike Snow

By Ben Bowers on Tuesday, 29 Sep, 2009 – 17:30 | 2 Comments
Quick Mix:  Bombay Bicycle Club, Peter, Bjorn, and John, Pnau, Ratatat, and Miike Snow

Musically it’s hard to point to a consistent sound from this batch of five tracks, so we’ll dismiss any claims of themes for this segment. Bouncing from Indie Rock, to Electro Pop, to Rap …

Quick Mix: Common, Arrested Development, Ahmad, A Tribe Called Quest, People Under The Stairs

By Ben Bowers on Tuesday, 21 Jul, 2009 – 13:00 | 7 Comments
Quick Mix: Common, Arrested Development, Ahmad, A Tribe Called Quest, People Under The Stairs

This week’s mix is a laid back hip hop affair, great for lazy summer days. Though this may not resonate with all of you, rest assured these tracks are a far departure from the rap …

Quick Mix: Junior Boys, Passion Pit, Ra Ra Riot, Phoenix, and Discovery

By Ben Bowers on Monday, 13 Jul, 2009 – 9:30 | 5 Comments
Quick Mix: Junior Boys, Passion Pit, Ra Ra Riot, Phoenix, and Discovery

As a DJ, I often go through phases when it comes to music. Like many of you, my tastes are wide-ranging. Recently though, I have stumbled across a small microcosm of the music world that …

Quick Mix: The Whitest Boy Alive, Blocparty, Kennedy, Glasvegas, and Elevation

Filling Up Your iPod, 5 Tracks At A Time

By Eric Yang on Wednesday, 8 Jul, 2009 – 13:30 | 8 Comments
Quick Mix: The Whitest Boy Alive, Blocparty, Kennedy, Glasvegas, and Elevation

Say hello to the Gear Patrol Quick Mix, a new initiative to get you some new tunes on your cobweb laden music collection. We’ll spoon feed you a variety of new tunes with each new …