All My Colours Turn To Clouds
“As darkness moves in No one knows what is changing And then we awake”. /Haiku by Patricia Burke / Picture by Jenny Holzer/ Some Velvet Mixtapes 23 All My Colours Turn To Clouds 01. Section 25 – There Was A Time 02. A Certain Ratio – All Night Party (7 inch single) 03. Bauhaus...
Primavera Club R.I.P.
Primavera Club will be relocated. No f* comments about it. This is our pick of some of the bands we’d enjoyed in the last edition in Barcelona. Some Velvet Mixtapes 22 Primavera Club R.I.P. 01. Sir Richard Bishop...
Like A Rainbow
Picture by Desiree McClellan On May 11, Doug Aitken made a happening at the Hirshhorn Museum called “Song 1″. Based on the classic “I Only Have Eyes For You” by Harry Warren & Al Dubin, different artists such as Animal Collective’s Geologist, No Age, Nicolas Jaar, High Places, Beck or Oneohtrix Point Never covered the...
Primavera Sound 2012
2012 and Primavera Sound -after all- still growing. This year, the main events, will take place from May 30th to June 3rd at Parc del Fòrum. A huge list of bands are performing there: Beach House, Wilco, Washed Out, Spiritualized, Explosions in the Sky, the Walkmen, the Dirty Three, Archers of Loaf, the Drums, Godflesh,...
To Her
Picture by Alexander Nottingham Spring time: Sunshine, flowers blooming & girls teasing around. And here we are with a very special mixtape, a dedicated one. Women are so often the inspiration to songwriters who title their songs after female names. Skipping the most popular and already well-known, this mixtape is a little taste of few...
Eternal Sunshine Of Spotless Records
Sun Records just turn up 60, so we made a mixtape in honour of the legendary record company launched by Sam Phillips in 1952. He named it Sun Records as a sign of his perpetual optimism: a new day and a new...
It’s Gonna Be A Good Year
Christmas is around the corner and here we come with a new mixtape flavoured with winter tunes and the best wishes for the new year. Because it’s gonna be a good year!! Happiness & good music to everyone!! Some Velvet Mixtapes 17 It’s Gonna Be A Good Year 1. Sufjan Stevens – Hark! The...
Primavera Club ’11
Only a few days left until the Primavera Club 2011. The fall version of Primavera Sound counts this year with an outstanding lineup. From Charles Bradley with his funky flashback soul to the anxiety of EMA’s songs, there’s a whole program of gigs from the 23rd...
The World Is Yours
This mixtape is dedicate to the two of my friends I envy the most right now. They just started a world trip a few days ago and during the next 12 months are willing to step into countries such India, Vietnam, Australia, Brazil and many more. You can follow them through the website they’ve created...
Hip Shakin’ Baby
Some Velvet Mixtapes 14 Hip Shakin’ Baby 1. The Tornadoes- Bustin’ Surfboards 2. Smokey Johnson – I Can’t Help it 3. Hank Mizell – Jungle Rock 4. Hasil Adkins – Chicken Walk 5. Ric Cartey – Oooh-Eeee 6. Wanda Jackson – Fujiyama Mama 7. The Surfaris -Bombora 8. The El-Cobras – Oh Yeah 9....
Laying On Dry Grass
Some Velvet Mixtapes 13 Laying On Dry Grass 1. Simon & Garfunkel – Whew (extract) 2. Gal Costa – A Coisa Mais Linda que Existe 3. The Sandwitches – Summer Of Love 4. Cults – You Know What I Mean 5. Little Eva – Keep your hands off my baby 6. The Lovin’ Spoonful...
Kirk Douglas
This mix is a tribute to all those artist who despite writing brilliant and successful songs didn't shine as much as their legacy.