Hope to see you in Austin this year at the Hype Hotel, friends!
1:00pm Car Seat Headrest 2:00pm Whitney DJ Japanese Breakfast 3:00pm Mitski DJ Gilligan Moss 4:00pm Lower Dens DJ Your Friend 5:00pm Alex G
: Open Words : .. a yvynyl premieres mixtape ..
I’ve been collecting new tracks for this project so that I can share them with you together in one bundle. I’m thrilled that this project is attracting wildly talented new and innovative artists from all over the globe. On this short mix, you’ll hear diverse elements: two songs from Japan (though one of them pretends to be Russian for shits and giggles), a poetic song from Australia, another from New Zealand (the one track here not a premiere, I just love it so much I can’t help but plug it again), yet another from England, and of course a smattering of new ideas from far corners in the United States. I love that part of doing the premiere mixtapes. Have a listen!
Photos by Jeffery Silverstein from Singles Club, used by permission.
Don’t forget to chip in to these artists’ beer/retirement funds. Click through to their sites through the handy hypertext links provided below. Buy their records, tapes, t-shirts and concert tix.
Time passes. Or it doesn’t. Maybe it’s a trip that we all get fooled about experiencing together. In that vein, I decided to put together a group of songs for you, dear readers, that feel the essence of my elemental beings of music here in the late summer days of 2015. Songs to take on the road with you these heat-full days of the northern hemisphere, or to snuggle in with those of you in cooler parts of this planet. Because no one on earth has heard these artists’ songs (not even their moms), it’d be great to share ‘em around. Remember their names, listen to their other jams. Some of these songs are the first of their kind. Love them with care. Listen!
Don’t forget to chip in to these artists’ beer/retirement funds. Click through to their sites through the handy hypertext links provided below and buy their records, tapes, t-shirts and concert tix.
Last year, Tumblr polled 50+ music bloggers to find out their favorite albums, songs, videos and blogs on Tumblr. The blog they loved most was Mark Schoneveld’s YVYNYL. We had a chat with Mark so you can get to know the brain behind the blog.
When did you start your blog? What inspired you to do it?
YVYNYL: I started YVYNYL the day that Tumblr launched to the public. I already had another personal blog elsewhere so I decided immediately to use the Tumblr platform for blogging about music. In fact, I’ve been told that I have one of the oldest user accounts on the site.
Most exciting changes your blog has undergone since you registered for Tumblr in April 2007?
YVYNYL: My “Letters to YVYNYL” project is my most challenging time commitment, but by far the most rewarding. I love hearing what drives artists forward, and what makes them tick.
Who is this year’s Artist to Watch?
YVYNYL: Cemeteries, Postaal, Cross Record, Shana Falana, Redspenser are some young artists I’ve recently posted about on Tumblr, not surprisingly, ones with totally different sounds. I don’t really post on Tumblr like a game to win. It takes all types of artists to make the world go ‘round, an calculating winners and losers isn’t my favorite pastime. If I post about someone it’s because I was touched by their story, or understood their place in the infinite pantheon of music, or simply got their vibe.
Favorite new artists from home base Philadelphia?
YVYNYL: I’ve been a fan of Philly’s Hop Along, surf pop The Yetis, and indie rockers Cousin Brian. Watch Marian Hill (Jeremy Lloyd and Samantha Gongol) blow up. This is their year.
Who’s an artist, pre-2000s, that you think would have been awesome at Tumblr and why?
YVYNYL: I can’t help but immediately think of Sonic Youth because they had it all: a sound, style, and grace, but with a growl that would put you to your knees. Kim has like a million followers on Instagram because she just came out with an (excellent) book, but if the band came back together, they’d be slaying the Tumblr scene with historical images, sounds and stories of their rock star lives without a doubt.
This set of tunes all seem loosely related thematically, though that wasn’t fully intentional. The songs touch on the light - love, sex and, well, beaches, sunshine and surfing. But they’re balanced out by the macabre - heartbreak, thievery and even murderous intent. A lot of them take a few moments to really draw you in (but they do so with tear-jerking ferocity) while others just snap to, like a twig of green pop rock ready to be snapped.
I hope you enjoy these songs as much as I do. Please support these artists - many of whom have only just begun their journey into music - with your money, your time and your love.
Original artwork by my dear friend, talented illustrator and fellow tumblr, Vela.
Here is another lovingly curated set of songs. All have struck a chord with me over the past few weeks and have been in pretty regular rotation in all my music listening technologies. I think you will enjoy them as much as I do. Please support the artists who created these gems.
I spent a good bit of time this weekend pulling these tracks together to share with you. Composed of mostly new tracks I’ve been loving this summer, but I snuck some oldies in there, too. This is a mix I would play at a backyard BBQ party - perhaps you have one planned to celebrate the equinox! Please enjoy.
