best of nashville mixtapes 2008

some songs are new, some are old, but all made their way onto the show at least once during 08.

show #31 best of nashville mixtapes 2008 playlist:

grandaddy - summer here kids
the beach boys - heroes and villains
doves - valley
elbow - picky bugger
radiohead - i am a wicked child
the brian jonestown massacre - vacuum boots
blackstrap - steal my horses*
blonde redhead - spring and by summer fall
the raveonettes - black/white*
fleet foxes - white winter hymnal*
the m's - pigs fly*
the walkmen - in the new year*
the war on drugs - arms like boulders*
delta spirit - trashcan*

*2008 releases

silver jews in a cave!

on saturday jan 31, silver jews will perform a one-off 2 hour show for wsm 650am from the cumberland caverns' volcano room in mcminnville, tn - the band will play at 3pm and the show will broadcast later that night from midnight-2am.

this has to be the coolest tennessee concert in january and what a great venue to see a nashville mixtapes favorite, right? not a bad way to spend a saturday afternoon and $15 either. just thought you might want to know about it...

to find out more just go here.

silver jews - suffering jukebox

show #30 playlist

THE made-this-when-i-was-feverishly-sick-and-half-delirious-mix:

david bowie - black country rock
pixies - bone machine
the amps - tipp city
john lennon - remember
roxy music - re-make/re-model
eagles of death metal - now i'm a fool
spoon - everything hits at once
the shins - sea legs
radiohead - there there
doves - here it comes
blonde redhead - 23
the stone roses - fool's gold

the stone roses - fool's gold

show #29 playlist

protopunk-punk-drone-shoegaze-makes-sense-when-you-hear-it mix...

the black angels - doves
the brian jonestown massacre - nevertheless
the raveonettes - black/white
beck - gamma ray
iggy pop & the stooges - tv eye
richard hell and the voidoids - love comes in spurts
ambulance ltd - ocean
television - venus
thomas function - peanut butter and paranoia jam
t. rex - cadillac
the velvet underground - rock and roll
the jesus and mary chain - i hate rock n roll
the raveonettes - blush

the raveonettes - blush

show #28 playlist

nashvillemixtapes.com hasn't gotten much attention lately, i know. it's the super busy season at my job, but i'll get back into the swing of things soon...

anyhow, here's the last show's playlist:

the clash - police and thieves
massive attack - five man army
portishead - all mine
doves - hit the ground running
the beach boys - little bird
the beach boys - you still believe in me
bon iver - for emma
fleet foxes - your protector
delta spirit - people, turn around
clearlake - the mind is evil
caribou - melody day
spiritualized - i think i'm in love

show #27 playlist

radiohead live - santa barbara, ca - august 28, 2008
reckoner
optimistic
there there
15 step
all i need
nude
talk show host
arpeggi
the gloaming
morning bell
the national anthem
faust arp
no surprises
jigsaw falling into place
the bends
karma police
cymbal rush
house of cards
paranoid android
go slowly
everything in its right place
videotape
lucky
idioteque

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coming home / going back mix
elbow - station approach
i am kloot - no direction home
cut copy - strangers in the wind
jim noir - don't you worry
the good, the bad, and the queen - nature springs
gorillaz - latin simone (que pasa contigo)
air - mer du japon
benoit pioulard - triggering back
peter, bjorn, and john - the chills
elbow - any day now
ambulance ltd - sugar pill
department of eagles - no one does it like you
the besnard lakes - disaster

free radiohead concert!

would you rather spend black friday like this?

or like this?

well, nashville mixtapes starts 2 hours earlier this week with a special broadcast of an entire radiohead concert at the santa barbara bowl in sunny california. the sound quality is fantastic and the song choices are ace. so tune into wrvu at 5pm to catch the concert and 7pm to hear this week's regularly scheduled mixtape.

show #26 playlist

thanks for the friendly phone calls and don't forget to email your favorite '08 music to nashvillemixtapes@gmail.com. the "best of" show will be friday, december 19.

so here's the playlist:

fleet foxes - he doesn't know why
the jimi hendrix experience - castles made of sand
grizzly bear - while you wait for the others
donovan - wear your love like heaven
the war on drugs - buenos aires beach
thao with the get down stay down - beat (health, life, and fire)
lambchop - popeye
the beatles - everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey
iggy pop - neighborhood threat
david bowie - the jean genie
lou reed - wagon wheel
delta spirit - parade
the rosebuds - hello darlin
department of eagles - no one does it like you
spoon - believing is art
delta spirit - trashcan
raphael saadiq - 100 yard dash

department of eagles - no one does it like you

show #25 playlist

nashville mixtapes will be back in full effect next friday with a solid hour of mix tape goodness. congratulations to our broken social scene tickets winner and a job well done by trainee david. here's what i played before david took over:

broken social scene - swimmers
yo la tengo - autumn sweater
built to spill - liar
doves - some cities
broken social scene - love and mathematics

broken social scene tickets giveaway

as i mentioned earlier, this week's show will mostly be an opportunity for trainee david to work on his dj chops, but i'll still get my dirty mitts on the first 20 minutes.

so i'll be taking names during the first part of the show for anybody interested in 2 free tickets to see broken social scene at the cannery tuesday, nov 18. at 7:20 i'll announce the name of one lucky listener, so make sure you stay tuned in to claim your prize...