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Who doesn’t love a cover? Feels like forever since I’ve posted a covers mixtape — it kicks off with one of my favorite new covers, Mayer Hawthorne’s take on ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky”. This is pretty much been my summer jam so far. (And yes, that is a cover of Justin Bieber’s “Baby” by Neon Trees. Just listen to it; they get extra points for inserting Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” instead of the ridiculous rapping part in the middle.)

And you may have seen that photo before, I took it last week on Instagram. (If you’re on Instagram, come find me. My user name is: mlee525)

As always, click-through for the download from MediaFire. Previous mixtapes can be found here:
#01 | #02 | #03 | #04 | #05 | #06 | #07 | #08 | #09 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28 | #29 | #30 | #31 | #32 | #33 | #34 | #35 | #36 | #37 | #38 | #39 | #40 | #41 | #42 | #43

(If an older mixtape isn’t available on MediaFire, ask me and I can reupload it for you.)

Mixtape Monday #44
01. Mayer Hawthorne - “Mr. Blue Sky” (ELO)
02. Sara Bareilles - “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” (Beyoncé)
03. Jack Peñate - “1 2 3 4” (Feist)
04. Arcade Fire - “Age of Consent (Live)” (New Order)
05. Neon Trees - “Baby” (Justin Bieber)
06. Ellie Goulding - “Heartbeats” (The Knife)
07. James Vincent McMorrow - “Whip My Hair” (Willow Smith)
08. Lauryn Hill - “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” (Frankie Valli)
09. Kina Grannis - “White Winter Hymnal” (Fleet Foxes)
10. John Legend - “Secret Heart” (Ron Sexsmith)

This might be my favorite one so far.

WHO ARE THE SUBURBS?!!

Happy… Tuesday? Haha, whoops. Looks like the new year’s Mixtape Mondays are already all over the place. Anyway, hope the tunes on this week’s mix are worth the wait! Mostly older stuff, except “Civilian” which is from the upcoming Wye Oak record.

The photo was taken on the way back to LA from San Diego this past weekend. Driving is nice, but next time I’m gonna look into how long a train ride would be. (And no, I didn’t take the photo whilst driving. My brother was driving and I was testing out some photo apps I have on my phone: Andigraf and Instagram)

As always, click-through for the download from MediaFire. Previous mixtapes can be found here:
#01 | #02 | #03 | #04 | #05 | #06 | #07 | #08 | #09 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28 | #29 | #30 | #31 | #32 | #33 | #34 | #35 | #36

(If an older mixtape isn’t available on MediaFire, ask me and I can reupload it for you.)

Mixtape Monday #37
01. Bon Iver - “For Emma”
02. Fleet Foxes - “Mykonos”
03. Beirut - “Nantes”
04. Arcade Fire - “Une Annee Sans Lumiere”
05. Wye Oak - “Civilian”
06. Bowerbirds - “My Oldest Memory”
07. Ray LaMontagne - “You Can Bring Me Flowers”
08. Matt Hires - “You In The End”
09. Nick Drake - “Pink Moon”
10. Alexi Murdoch - “Orange Sky”

Happy Monday! Lots of oddly danceable tracks on this week’s mix! I included 3 of my new favorite songs: the RAC mix of Edward Sharpe’s “Janglin”, “Young Blood” by The Naked and Famous, and the ubiquitous “Fuck You” by Cee-Lo.

For everyone wondering, the photo was taken in (surprise, surprise) Downtown LA! Next week I will endeavor to take a picture that’s not in Downtown.

As always, click-through for the download from MediaFire. Previous mixtapes can be found here:
#01 | #02 | #03 | #04 | #05 | #06 | #07 | #08 | #09 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28

(If an older mixtape isn’t available on MediaFire, ask me and I can reupload it for you.)

Mixtape Monday #29:
01. Arcade Fire - “Keep The Car Running”
02. Spoon - “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb”
03. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - “Janglin (RAC MIx)”
04. The Naked and Famous - “Young Blood”
05. Stars - “The First Five Times”
06. Rilo Kiley - “Breakin’ Up”
07. Cee-Lo - “Fuck You”
08. Mayer Hawthorne - “Your Easy Lovin’ Ain’t Pleasin’ Nothin’”
09. Ray LaMontagne - “You Are The Best Thing”
10. Regina Spektor - “The Calculation”

Happy Monday! So over the weekend I rewatched Scott Pilgrim vs. The World with my buddy and got excited (again) about the use of Metric’s “Black Sheep” in the movie. (For those wondering, it’s the song that Envy Adams’ band, The Clash at Demonhead, play at Lee’s Palace.) Anyway, it got me thinking about all the Canadian bands I really love, so this week’s mix is full of bands from The Great White North!

I really do love Canada. And I’m not just saying that because most of my family is from Toronto. I mean, what’s not to love? Universal healthcare, Tim Hortons, hockey, maple leaves, curling, poutine and milk in a bag! I mean, minus their frigid winters, it’s a pretty lovely place.

Oh, and the photo was taken at Seven Grand in Downtown LA.

As always, click-through for the download from MediaFire. Previous mixtapes can be found here:
#01 | #02 | #03 | #04 | #05 | #06 | #07 | #08 | #09 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25 | #26 | #27

(If an older mixtape isn’t available on MediaFire, ask me and I can reupload it for you.)

Mixtape Monday #28:
01. The New Pornographers - “My Rights Versus Yours”
02. Basia Bulat - “Run”
03. Stars - “Ageless Beauty”
04. Feist - “I Feel It All”
05. Arcade Fire - “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)”
06. Metric - “Black Sheep”
07. Tegan & Sara - “The Con”
08. Caribou - “Melody Day”
09. Owen Pallett - “Lewis Takes Off His Shirt”
10. Broken Social Scene - “Cause = Time”

Happy Monday! Props to my friend Joyce for the Cults and The Love Language suggestions. Both are excellent tracks! Also yea, I did put in “Bruises” by Chairlift in there. I really like that song, even if I always think of iPods when I hear it. This is the version from their 2007 self-release album Daylight Savings. The photo is from Saturday’s kick off of LA’s Chinatown Summer Nights, which goes on every Saturday this month!

As always, click-through for the download from MediaFire. Previous mixtapes can be found here:
#01 | #02 | #03 | #04 | #05 | #06 | #07 | #08 | #09 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25

(If an older mixtape isn’t available on MediaFire, ask me and I can reupload it for you.)

Mixtape Monday #26:
01. Arcade Fire - “The Suburbs”
02. The Love Language - “Heart To Tell”
03. Cults - “Go Outside”
04. Her Space Holiday - “Sleepy Tigers”
05. Chairlift - “Bruises” [from Daylight Savings 2007]
06. The Boy Least Likely To - “Be Gentle With Me”
07. Sia - “Clap Your Hands”
08. Sara Bareilles - “King of Anything”
09. Ben Folds (feat. Regina Spektor) - “You Don’t Know Me”
10. Florence + The Machine - “Dog Days Are Over”