End of Summer Mix

This one is a mix of material I’ve been listening to a lot recently, highlighted by some recent discoveries (thank you Santa Cruz radio for the education on 30 Seconds to Mars and Against Me!), some all but forgotten favorites (I maintain that “Welcome to the Black Parade” is one of the great openers to any mix, “Samson” is still arguably the prettiest song I’ve ever heard, and I don’t care what anyone says, “Lose Yourself” is a timeless jam) and some end of summer songs to fully justify the mix’s title (“Miami,” “Just Until Sundown.”)

01 “Welcome to the Black Parade” by My Chemical Romance
02 “I Was a Teenage Anarchist” by Against Me!
03 “Power” by Kanye West
04 “Sessions” by Counting Crows
05 “Such Great Heights” cover by Ben Folds
06 “Sequestered in Memphis” by The hold Steady
07 “Pinata Novia” by Kane
08 “The Chain” by Ingrid Michaelson
09 “Here Comes Your Man” by The Pixies
10 “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon
11 “This Is War” by 30 Seconds to Mars
12 “Lose Yourself” by Eminem
13 “Samson” by Regina Spektor
14 “Miami” by Counting Crows
15 “Just Until Sundown” by Further Seems Forever

Summer Mix

The following CD represents a mix of nostalgia and breezy summer song selections. The mix starts soft and acoustic before hitting a late 80s-to-early-00s block of mostly upbeat driving music, highlighted by two tracks I had nearly forgotten until recently from Irish band A House, a little Guster, a little Goo Goo Dolls. There’s some more acoustic stuff, a couple emo favorites, then it all wraps up with the good times of Hootie, Mayer, and a grade-A mashup.

Alongside A House, the forgotten talent to highlight this mix is Heather Nova—a singer-songwriter I’ve always felt was oddly underappreciated. A part of why I enjoy her catalog so much is the way in which she transcends and fluctuates between alternative, acoustic chick rock, and girly pop—perhaps its this range that has cost her a mainstream niche. In any event, this mix features three of our songs—an acoustic take on an old favorite, a bootleg track and a relatively recent song about moving on.

01 “Hurricane J” (Acoustic) by The Hold Steady
02 “London Rain” (Acoustic) by Heather Nova
03 “Call Me Blue” by A House
04 “The Break” by Soul Asylum
05 “I Hope Tomorrow Is Like Today” by Guster
06 “Big Machine” by Goo Goo Dolls
07 “So Beautiful” by Dashboard Confessional
08 “I Want To Kill Something” by A House
09 “Two Points for Honesty” by Guster
10 “On Almost Any Sunday Morning” by Counting Crows
11 “Doubled Up” (Live) by Heather Nova
12 “Typical” by MuteMath
13 “Soco Amaretto Lime” by Brand New
14 “The Taste of Ink” by The Used
15 “All I Want” by Toad the Wet Sprocket
16 “River of Life” by Heather Nova
17 “Love Song for No One” by John Mayer
18 “I Will Wait” by Hootie and the Blowfish
19 “Sweet Child of Mine”-“Times Like These” mashup by Guns N Roses and Foo Fighters