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

Link has been removed by request

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"

Link to Download!

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

Link to Download!

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

Link to Download!

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

Link to Download

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

Link to Download!

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. 

Link to Download 

ryn's Road Trippin', Vol 1.

I've been sorta lacking as of late, but I've come up with at least one mix since my last post and there's a couple more soon to follow as soon as I have the time. Anyway, as the title suggests - today's mix is influenced by road trips. Intended for that portion of your sunny drive where you all you want to do is turn up the radio and take in the scenery. For that, I've put together a few tunes that I especially enjoy. You've probably heard a few of these before whether you know it or not. Anyway, this is the first instalment. Cop it, and I hope you enjoy!

Mix 3: Road Tripping

Tracklist:

1. America "A Horse With No Name"
2. Fleetwood Mac "Never Going Back Again"
3. Elton John "Bennie and the Jets"
4. Wilco "I Got You (At The End of the Century)"
5. Electric Light Orchestra "Evil Woman"
6. Rod Stewart "Maggie May"
7. Wilco "Monday"
8. America "Ventura Highway"
9. Pavement "Cut Your Hair"
10. Chicago "25 or 6 to 4"
11. Reelin' in the Years "Steely Dan"
12. Electric Light Orchestra "Showdown"
13. Chicago "Saturday in the Park"
14. Loverboy "Turn Me Loose"
15. Sufjan Stevens "Chicago"
16. Faces "Ooh La La"

Download Link: Road Tripping

ryn's Rush Hour Jam, Vol. 1

Rush hour... in Ottawa... sucks. Well, rush hour everywhere sucks. But I've put together a set of 20 songs (and a couple bonus tracks) that total at about 1.4hrs of music, which is about how long it takes to cross the city. The general theme I was aiming for with this mixtape is, "upbeat music to lift your post or pre-work/school mood". Varying genres; all stuff that gets me singing or bobbing my head. Same deal as last time too, link at the bottom for download. Get a WinRAR or UnRARx style program to open up the files if you don't already have them. Enjoy!

Mix 2: Rush Hour

Tracklist:

1. Surfer Blood "Floating Vibes"

2. Passion Pit "Better Things"

3. Hellogoodbye "I Never Can Relax"

4. Das Racist "You Oughta Know"

5. of Montreal "A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger"

6. Steel Train "Turnpike Ghost"

7. Wick-it the Instigator "Everlasting Shine Blockaz"

8. Hall & Oates "Rich Girl"

9. Phoenix "Fences"

10. Chromeo "Don't Turn the Lights On"

11. Free Energy "Free Energy"

12. Lupe Fiasco "The Show Goes On"

13. Joel Plaskett Emergency "The Instrumental"

14. The Darkness "Growing on Me"

15. Lily Allen "Take What You Take"

16. Gorillaz "Rhinestone Eyes"

17. Motion City Soundtrack "A Life Less Ordinary (Need a Little Help)"

18. Limbeck "Let's Get Crazy"

19. Fang Island "Daisy"

20. Spoon "You Got Yr Cherry Bomb"

Bonus Round!

21. Vampire Weekend "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (iTunes Session)"

22. Herbie Hancock "Rockit"

Download link: Requested be taken down.

Kevmoh's Music Mix 2: Motown

This is essentially a beginner's guide to Motown music. I know that many of my friends don't listen to this music and that has to change. I just got into Motown earlier this month and can't believe I've let all this amazing music pass me by. Cheesy? Yes. Catchy as hell? Most definitely.

Kevmoh's Mix 2: Motown

1) The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
2) Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
3) The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman
4) Martha & The Vandellas - Heat Wave
5) Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through the Grapevine
6) The Temptations - My Girl
7) The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
8) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
9) Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
10) The Temptations - Get Ready
11) The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
12) The Miracles and Smokie Robinson - The Tracks of My Tears
13) The Supremes - I Hear a Symphony
14) Mary Wells - You Beat Me to the Punch
15) Stevie Wonder - I was Made to Love Her
16) The Supremes - Baby Love
17) The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On
18) The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back

Link to Download

ryn's Late Night Mix, Vol. 1

Earlier this week Kevmoh came to me and presented the idea of using our blog to create weekly mixtapes with different themes, as he previously mentioned a couple of posts ago. I thought the idea was a fantastic one. This is something him and I used to take part in on more of a seasonal scale (ie; summer mixes, winter mixes). Assuming I personally have the time to do so, I will have a new mixtape up by every Friday... sort of like my own G.O.O.D. Friday! Anyway, without further adieu, I give you my first mixtape of nighttime, bed time, late night tunes to wind your day down to. Just a few favourites I like to fall asleep to. At the bottom I've posted a downloadable link to the playlist! You'll need a decompressing program to open up the .rar file, but those are easy to come by with Google. Enjoy!

Mix 1: Late Night (Bedtime)

Tracklist:

1. Grizzly Bear "Foreground"

2. Serge Gainsbourg "Couleur Café"

3. The xx "VCR"

4. John Mayer "Vultures"

5. Broken Social Scene "Major Label Debut"

6. Wilco "Sky Blue Sky"

7. Elliot Smith "Say Yes"

8. Vetiver "More of This"

9. Devendra Banhart "Baby"

10. Dustin Kensrue "Consider the Ravens"

11. The National "Afraid of Everyone"

12. Wilco "Leave Me (Like You Found Me)"

13. John Mayer "Gravity"

14. Cass McCombs "Dreams-Come-True (feat. Karen Black)"

15. Fleet Foxes "Oliver James"

Download Link: Late Night (Bedtime)

Kevmoh, Mix 1: "Chill Out (Night Time)"

Mix 1: Chill Out (Night Time)

Tracklist:
1) Destroyer - Suicide Demo For Kara Walker
2) Washed Out - You and I
3) Ancient Greeks - Lay Up
4) Air - Ce Matin-La
5) Cee-Lo - All Day Love Affair
6) Broken Social Scene - Pacific Theme
7) Stereolab - Brakhage
8) Feist - One Evening
9) Destroyer - Kaputt
10) Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able
11) jj - From Africa to Malaga
12) Junior Boys - Sneak a Picture
13) Bill Calahan - Rococo Zephyr
14) Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Can't Hear my Eyes
15) Deerhunter - Earthquake
16) The xx - Night Time

Download Link: "Chill Out (Night Time)"

Essentially this is an "end of the day" mix, a mix when you just want to relax but still listen to interesting music that can be lush and complex but it will not assault or offend your ear drums. It contains a wide variety of different music genres: everything from instrumental tracks to Chill Wave music to jazz to a singer-songwriter. If you're looking for new end of the day music, you need not look any further.

New Things Abroad!: Music Mixes

Do you need a music for a certain occasion? A certain mood? A certain… je ne sais quoi?

Well, now you’re going to get it. Starting this week, and going on once a week until the end of time (until I run out of music), I’ve decided I’m going to make themed music mixes. Each mix will have 15 songs on it from a variety of artists. I’m hoping that these mixes will cover a variety of moods: everything from “I just want to dance” to “I just want to make love on languid June evenings!”

Well, enjoy. The first one will be up later tonight.