If you sing to me in French...

Thirtieth of May
The Mixtape #7: Something to do with Keyboards and Birthdays
Leah turned a momentous twenty the day of this show, so we gave up on the decorum and went for a good bit of giddy celebration. Helped along by wobbly microphones, 99p keyboards and exam-fried brains, you heard...
1. The Information - Attention
2. Pulp - Help the Aged
3. OK Go - Get Over It!
4. Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
5. Broken Spindles - Fall in and Down On
6. Hot Hot Heat - Dirty Mouth
7. The Who - Pictures of Lily
8. Wire - Three Girl Rhumba
9. R.E.M. - What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
10. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
11. Maximo Park - Graffiti
12. Television - Marquee Moon
13. The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
- a highly musical interlude of 'Happy Birthday' on the synthesizer -
14. Clor - Love and Pain

P.S. Wish us luck in our exams. If only we took Playlist Studies.

A New Typeface, A New Day

Twenty-third of May
The Mixtape #6: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Week six and the horrors are upon us - exams, and the sneaking sense we might not do very well at them. Still, there's always the mobile disco empire to look forward to! We'll give the kids what they want (if it sounds like this)...
1. Idlewild - Self Healer
2. Placebo - The Bitter End
3. Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
4. Supergrass - Richard III
5. Spearmint - Scared of Everything
6. The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
7. The Coral - In the Morning
8. Playgroup feat. Kathleen Hanna - Bring it On
9. Tom Vek - C-C (You Set the Fire in Me)
10. Puretone - Addicted to Bass
11. The Cribs - Hey Scenesters!
12. The Longpigs - Blue Skies
13. Caesars - Jerk it Out
14. The Stone Roses - I am the Resurrection
15. The Doors - Hello, I Love You
16. Blur - Trouble in the Message Centre
17. Elastica - How He Wrote Elastica Man

Stuck on you

If you're the lucky recipient of a Mixtape promo sticker... Congratulations!

Also, this is the right place to be - check us out 8-9pm Mondays on www.urfonline.com, leave a comment, email us... and enjoy.

And remember, Monday 16th Leah's flying solo - so one not to be missed!

We want your demos

Here at The Mixtape we are interested in furthering the cause of good music - and essentially, that often means new music. If you're hanging onto something you feel we should be playing, then get in contact via the Comments button below (anyone can comment, you don't have to be a member of Blogger). Leave contact details, and we'll be in touch...

A few notes:
-Your stuff must be on CD format so we can play it.
-If the sound quality's terrible, we can't play it. It'll only reflect badly on you anyhow!
-Look at our playlists and 'favourite bands' in the profile to see if your music would fit in.
-We can't return things you've sent to us, sorry.
-We reserve final say on these things... them's the breaks.

Also if you think beforehand of enclosing info such as a website, gig dates etc. that would be very cool and enable us to tell people a little more about you/your band. You don't have to be from Brighton/Sussex or even the UK, everywhere's cool although obviously you'll have to pay for postage... If you are a local band then this is a very good way to get people down your next gig.

Okay! We can't promise fame, but if you've ever wanted to hear your music on the radio then this is the opportunity. Get in touch!

Fourth time lucky

Ninth of May
The Mix Tape#4
Since it's week 4 of term this Mixtape had no title or coherent theme - a bit like Helen's essays...
1. Alpinestars - Burning Up
2. EMF - Unbelievable
3. Secret Machines - Nowhere Again
4. The Vines - Get Free
5. Sleater-Kinney - The Professional
6. Sonic Youth - Drunken Butterfly
7. Elefant - Misfit
8. Gomez - Love is Better Than a Warm Trombone
9. The Dandy Warhols - Horse Pills
10. Fischerspooner - The 15th
11. Tom Vek - A Little Word in Your Ear
12. Presidents of the United States of America - Love Delicatessen
13. The Rezillos - Top of the Pops
14. Ash- Girl From Mars
15. Clor - Love and Pain
16. The Steve Miller Band - The Joker

First post!

Here we have the first post for our show, The Mixtape, which has been running for a few weeks now. Hence we have a backlog of listings for your perusal:

Eighteenth of April
The Mixtape#1: Press Play!
In which Helen tried her best to fill an hour with good music, and not break the studio equipment in the process...
1. Tom Vek – If You Want
2. Webb Brothers – Summer People
3. Bloc Party – Banquet
4. Le Tigre – After Dark
5. The Fever – Ladyfingers
6. Death From Above 1979 – Romantic Rights
7. Nouvelle Vague – Friday Night, Saturday Morning
8. The Smiths – This Charming Man
9. Caesars – Jerk It Out
10. British Sea Power – It Ended on an Oily Stage
11. Felix da Housecat – Rocket Ride
12. The Faint – Southern Belles in London Sing
13. The Thermals – Capture With a Magnet
14. French Kicks – Don’t Thank Me
15. Phoenix – Everything is Everything
16. Rogers Sisters – Zero Point
17. Doves – Black and White Town

Twenty-fifth of April
The Mixtape#2: Pop goes the Indie Kid
This was where Helen dragged out all that she considered Good Pop Music - agree or disagree, it's better than bloody Tony Christie...
1. Ladytron – The Way That I Found You
2. British Sea Power – How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?
3. The Fever – Bridge and Tunnel
4. Spearmint – It Won’t Be Long Now
5. Bloc Party – Little Thoughts
6. Life Without Buildings – Is Is and the IRS
7. Zoot Woman – Gem
8. Joy Zipper – Check Out My New Jesus
9. Stellastarr* – A Million Reasons
10. Tahiti 80 – Heartbeat
11. The Rapture – Olio [original version]
12. Laptop – Nothing to Declare
13. Tom Vek – If You Want
14. The Futureheads – A to B
15. Hot Hot Heat – Goodnight Goodnight
16. Grand National – Playing in the Distance
17. Magazine – Because You’re Frightened
18. Felix da Housecat – Ready 2 Wear
19. Wire – Dot Dash
20. Nouvelle Vague – Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Second of May
The Mixtape#3: A-side/B-side
Where Leah joined Helen and we made a two-headed monster of tuneful goodness. First time round so we had a half hour each to showcase our selections...
Side A: Helen
1. Radio 4 – Certain Tragedy
2. Fugazi – Smallpox Champion
3. KaitO – ASA to Accuracy
4. Pretty Girls Make Graves – This is Our Emergency
5. Mission of Burma – Fight Academy Song
6. Cave In – Rubber and Glue
7. Hot Hot Heat – Bandages
Side B: Leah
8. The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows
9. Blur – She’s So High
10. Black Uhuru – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
11. Radiohead – I Can’t
12. Silversuit – Hanging with the Beehives
13. Supergrass – Some Girls are Bigger than Others
14. The Clash – The Guns of Brixton
15. T-Rex – Telegram Sam