ryn's Shred: vol. 1

Friends! It's been some time... mostly because I've got something else that I'm brewing up for the new year.

Anyway, it's getting colder, snow isn't too far away... it's time to think snowboarding if you haven't already! It's been on my mind non-stop, so I've decided to get you and the ones around you amped up for it, too with some tunes! I'm going to try getting a 10 song mix, influenced by my massive snowboarding playlist to you, every Friday leading up to the New Year.

No more chit chat! Here's volume number ONE... the link for a download of it is at the bottom!

Mix 9: Ryn's Shred: vol. 1

Tracklist:

1. Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown
2. Justice - Canon
3. Viktor Vaughn - Saliva
4. the Naked and Famous - Young Blood
5. Nas - Nasty
6. Fucked Up - Turn the Season
7. Das Racist - Shut Up (feat. El-P)
8. the Whitest Boy Alive - 1517
9. Toro Y Moi - All Alone
10. New Order - Age of Consent

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ryn's Morning Tunes: Rise & Shine

This most recent mixtape theme was suggested to me by my most Western friend (at least to my knowledge). So she may able to actually download this tonight and set it for her tomorrow morning if she stalks well enough...

This was supposed to get out last Friday... actually, last Thursday morning so that it'd be ready for your early morning awakening for work. Buuuut it's a little late - so get stoked for the start of your beautiful, sunny, and HOT June with some tunes instead! One of my alarms in the morning is actually my iPod (dock) so, I've compiled a batch of tunes that would start my morning off on the right foot. Give em a try! They're at least something to dance and sing along to as you get ready ...if you have the energy in the morning.. LINK IS AT THE BOTTOM AS ALWAYS, PLAYA!

Mix 8: Morning Tunes: Rise & Shine

Tracklist:

1. Fleet Foxes "Sun It Rises"
2. the Beatles "Good Morning, Good Morning"
3. Matt & Kim "Daylight"
4. Vampire Weekend "White Sky"
5. Jack's Mannequin "Holiday From Real"
6. Straylight Run "I'm Only Sleeping"
7. Cluts "Go Outside"
8. Beat Connection "Sunburn"
9. the Beatles "Here Comes the Sun"
10. Incubus "11am"
11. the Reason "Unquestionable"
12. Sugar Ray "Every Morning"
13. Dirty Projectors "Temecula Sunrise"
14. Bruce Springsteen "Glory Days"
15. Electric Light Orchestra "Shine a Little Love"

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ryn's Sunny (Beach) Jams, Vol. 1

For the past few days, the sun has been in fulllll effect. It was supposed to stick around right through the week and into our weekend, but it doesn't seem so hopeful anymore... but who knows, weather change all the time. All this warm sunny weather and the blue skies that have come along with, have me pretty stoked to take a bike ride down to a beach or park. My newest mix is influenced by just that - tunes I wanna hear while enjoying a cooler full of beers down by the water while tossing a frisbee; lord knows I don't want to touch down in any nasty bodies of water in and around Ottawa just yet! Just some tunes I'm into that I'm sure you've heard, along with some you might not have, so check it out! Also, if you've got any requests for themes for future mixtapes or past themes that you especially want to hear more of, let me knoooww.

Mix 7: Sunny Beach Jams, Vol. 1

Tracklist:

1. Gorillaz - Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach (feat. Snoop Dogg)
2. Sugar Ray - Someday
3. Surfer Blood - Twin Peaks
4. Das Racist - Town Business (feat. Kassa Overall)
5. Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
6. Donavon Frankenreiter - Too Much Water
7. Weezer - Surf Wax America
8. Sam Roberts - Brother Down
9. Girls - Lust for Life
10. Washed Out - New Theory
11. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Minor Thing
12. Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire
13. the Avalanches - Since I Left You
14. Jack Johnson - the Upsetter
15. Wavves - King of the Beach
16. MGMT - Electric Feel

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ryn's Recent Likes, vol. 1

This week is pretty self-explanatory for the most part. This mix is a collection of some of the music I've most recently been listening to. Tracks of alllll kinds! You've got some r&b, some indie rock, some hip hop, some radio rock (I'm looking at YOU, Foo Fighters) and some other goodies along the way. These are all jams I've been into off of albums that I've, for the most part, been digging. Oh, and that new Foo album Wasting Light, I think, is pretty kick ass. You've probably gotten a taste of it in some capacity recently, as Dave and the crew have been taking over radio, tv, and internet as of late. Anyway, that's for another post.

For this mix, I've actually changed the "Album Name" and track numbers for each of these songs for the sake of organization in your iTunes (or god forbid Windows Media... whatever it is now). If you do use iTunes and want to make it easy on yourself, with the program open, press command+n (Mac) or I believe Ctrl+n (PC) to make a new playlist and just drag the tracks into said playlist. If that's too much for you, click here.

Enjoy! And as always, the link to download the whole damn thing is at the bottom (...Emzy).

Mix 6: Recent Favorites, Vol. 1

Tracklist:

1. Fucked Up - The Other Shoe
2. Toro Y Moi - New Beat
3. Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
4. Architecture in Helsinki - Contact High
5. Kurt Vile - Puppet to the Man
6. Tyler, the Creator - Yonkers
7. Fleet Foxes - Bedouin Dress
8. tUnE-yArDs - Gangsta
9. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Two Against One (feat. Jack White)
10. Justice - Civilization
11. Destroyer - Suicide Demo for Kara Walker
12. the Dodos - Don't Try and Hide It
13. TV on the Radio - Second Song
14. Tyler, the Creator - Blow
15. Foo Fighters - Bridge Burning
16. Panda Bear - Late Night at the Jetty
17. Frank Ocean - Novacaine
18. the Strokes - Taken for a Fool
19. Holy Ghost! - Slow Motion
20. James Blake - To Care (Like You)
21. The Weeknd - House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls

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ryn's Hip Hop, vol. 1 - Tunes for the Road

Sometimes when I'm driving late at night or on some sunny weekend, I want nothing more than to turn up my radio and just listen to some beats. I do enjoy most types of music, and hip hop is no exception. Especially something witty that I can bob my head to. Anyway, the main theme or idea of this mixtape is hip-hop you can drive to. Some tunes that'll sound real good coming out of your car stereo (and it's woofer). There's some really, really new stuff, and there's some classics. Just stuff I enjoy myself. I hope it is to your liking!

Mix 5: Hip Hop, vol. 1 - Tunes for the Road

Tracklist:

1. Tyler, the Creator - AssMilk (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)
2. Viktor Vaughn - Saliva
3. Das Racist - Rainbow in the Dark
4. A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour
5. Wale - Worldplay (feat. Curren$y & Tre)
6. Yelawolf - I Wish (Remix) (feat. Cyhi the Prince & Pill)
7. Earl Sweatshirt - Dat Ass
8. Curren$y - Chilled Coughphee (feat. Devin the Dude)
9. Viktor Vaughn - Lickupon
10. Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish (feat. Gruff Rhys & De La Soul)
11. Big Boi - Skine Blockas (feat. Gucci Mane)
12. Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
13. Kanye West - Runaway Love (Remix) (feat. Justin Bieber & Raekwon)
14. Talib Kweli - Ain't Waiting (feat. Outasight)
15. the Cool Kids - Bassment Party
16. DOOM - Angelz (feat. Tony Starks)
17. A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It

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ryn's Late Night Mix, Vol. 2

I'm going to give it to you straight - I've been far too busy recently to upload anything to the blog/internet. However, my insomniac self is helping me get that done now. Also, the truth is, I've got many themed mixtapes in the works (and 3 of them are bedtime playlists). So, without further adieu... I give you my second instalment of the bedtime mixtape saga!

Mix 4: Bedtime/Late Night vol, 2

Tracklist:

1. Moneen - The Song I Swore Never to Sing

2. Panic at the Disco - Northern Downpour

3. the xx - Islands

4. Passion Pit - Swimming in the Flood

5. James Blake - the Wilhelm Scream

6. Loose Fur - the Ruling Class

7. St. Vincent - the Party

8. Pinback - Fortress

9. Death Cab for Cutie - Your New Twin Sized Bed

10. Arcade Fire - Wasted Hours

11. Mayer Hawthorne - I Left My Heart in San Francisco

12. Hot Chip - the Warning

13. Matthew Good - the House of Smoke and Mirrors

14. Destroyer - Downtown

15. M.I.A. - Space

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Kevmoh's Music Mix 3 - Springtime

Spring is coming upon us and I figure that with all of the wonderful weather and prime times to go driving with the music down, why not have have a mix to go with that mood? This mix is all about the music you want when you're going on a nice road trip to Montreal on a spring day as the temperate wind caresses your hair while you drive, or when you're going for a walk with some sunglasses just to enjoy being outdoors. It's about appreciating that winter is finally over and that we can now go outside. It's oriented towards a lot of road-trippin songs and indie pop music that will get you in the mood for the outdoors. ENJOY. 

Also, if you don't make it through the whole mix at least give the last song a listen. So much sweet sweet indie pop.

Springtime Mix:

1) The Moonbabies - Fieldtrip USA

2) The Byrds- Wasn't Born to Follow

3) Volcano Choir - Island, IS

4) Oh No! Oh My! - Walk in the Park

5) The Moonbabies - Sun AM

6) The Byrds- Dolphin's Smile

7) The Pipettes - ABC

8) Purity Ring - Ungirthed

9) The National - Lit Up

10) The Acorn - Spring Thaw

11) Air France - June Evenings

12) Yuck - Get Away

13) Jens Lekman - Sipping on the Sweet Nectar

14) The WoWz - My Baby Loves Me

15) Surfer Blood - Swim

16) Shugo Tokumaru - Parachute

17) Pavement - Cut Your Hair

18) Liz Phair - 6'1"

19) Pas / Cal - Summer is Almost Here. 

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