#24: LOVELY THINGS WE BURIED, PART 1

This mix is part of a massive beast that I have been working on perfecting for a long time now. Mostly inspired by my new obsession with Jay Reatard. All the feelings I feel when I bug out in the car to his songs like "Greed, Money, and Useless Children" are deeply rooted in the longtime fascination I've had with late 70s and early 80s pop, punk, post punk and new wave. Those genres, like all genres, are a muddy mess to classify, but in the end that sound in unmistakeable and infectious. Kinda like how Indie rock is a genre that has no aesthetic value but you know it when you hear it. But I digress.

Putting this together was just too hard to narrow down to a measly 20 songs. So it's coming in two parts. This first part focusing on more pop oriented new wave tracks as well as the more bar rock meets art rock detritus that sit in between the post punk and new wave isms. Like I said it's a muddy mess. You'll hear very familiar tracks mixed in with some that are more obscure, both new and old. The second installment is just as good as this, if even better. So stay tuned.

2 download links now available (but you only need one):
Link 1: Download the Mix as a 66 MB Zip File
Link 2: Download the Mix as a 66 MB Zip File

Now using sendspace to deliver these massive files. Email me if the file expires.

The tracklist is as follows:
(The links below will lead you to ways of supporting these artists)

01 Away from the numbers, The Jam
02 Los Angeles,X
03 Mystery, The Wipers
04 My Family Jay Reatard
05 Astral Glamour, The Homosexuals
06 My Perfect Cousin, The Undertones
07 (Making) Teenage Faces, The Exploding Hearts
08 Roadrunner, The Modern Lovers
09 Teenage Nights, Nice Boys
10 Jet Boy, Johnny Thunders
11 Hibernate, High Tension Wires
12 Sitting Around At Home, The Buzzcocks
13 My Shadow, Jay Reatard
14 Janie Jones, The Clash
15 Monk Time, The Monks
16 Hanging on the Telephone, The Nerves
17 Rip Her to Shreds, Blondie
18 Cool For Cats, Squeeze
19 Message of Love, The Pretenders
20 Lip Service, The one and only Elvis Costello