Hey Girls. I made a mixtape to celebrate you
W, I also made a gallery on Flickr.
Don’t know if you heard, but yesterday was International Women’s Days. No one congratulated me, besides Twitter, of course. However, that doesn’t really count, as we all know everyone is just looking for an excuse to tweet. But why would they anyway? Being a woman is complete pain in the behind! I cannot think of a single pro to being a lady, except perhaps for taking special pride in seeing another woman succeeding in a man’s world.
My first ever public Spotify playlist took on this very same theme. Several months ago, I created two playlists celebrating female musicians, almost exclusively from the indie scene. Yesterday, I took the opportunity to finish the third installment that is once again mostly centered around current releases.
Volume III
Volume II
Volume I
These are all different musicians so that’s a total of 100 female artists you could be listening to right now.
Full tracklisting below:
Volume III
Grimes – Circumambient
Nite Jewel – One Second of Love
Iamamiwhoami – N
The Golden Filter – Dance Around The Fire
Tennis – Origins
Hospitality – The Right Profession
First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
Land Of Talk – Some Are Lakes
Anika – Yang Yang
U.S. Girls – Island Song
Xray Eyeballs – X
Bleech – Break My Nose
Darkness Falls – Before The Light Takes Us - Original Mix
Lesbians On Ecstasy – Tell Me Does She Love The Bass
Class Actress – Love Me Like You Used To
Niki & The Dove – Gentle Roar
Body Language – Holiday
School Of Seven Bells – The Night
Widowspeak – Gun Shy
Cameras – I Know
Big Deal – Talk
Julia Holter – Maria
Trailer Trash Tracys – You Wish You Were Red
Memoryhouse – The Kids Were Wrong
Eleanor Friedberger – My Mistakes
Planningtorock – Manifesto
Keep Shelly In Athens – Our Own Dream
Olga Kouklaki – Stop
Exitmusic – The Sea
Chairlift – Guilty As Charged
I Break Horses – Wired
Blouse – Firestarter
Bleached – Electric Chair
Novella – The Things You Do
Esben and the Witch – Warpath
Gazelle Twin – I Am Shell I Am Bone
Chelsea Wolfe – Mer
Veronica Falls – Right Side Of My Brain
Still Corners – Cuckoo
Katy B – Hard To Get
Volume II
Glasser – Apply
Grouper – Alien Observer
Florence + The Machine – Girl With One Eye
Joan As Police Woman – Eternal Flame
Caitlin Rose – Shanghai Cigarettes
Cat’s Eyes – Over You
Lower Dens – Rosie
Day For Night – Badlands
Lia Ices – Grown Unknown
Tune-Yards – Real Live Flesh
Frankie Rose and the Outs – Candy
Marnie Stern – Every Single Line Means Something
Dag För Dag – Ring Me, Elise
Forget Cassettes – Venison
Screaming Females – Bell
Deerhoof – Panda Panda Panda
Wildbirds & Peacedrums – There Is No Light
Buke And Gass – Medulla Oblongata
Bat For Lashes – What’s A Girl To Do?
Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers
The Mynabirds – Let The Record Go
Best Coast – When I’m With You
Beach House – Master of None
Sharon Van Etten – Save Yourself
Warpaint – Lissie’s Heart Murmur
To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie – Lovers & Liars
Hidden Orchestra – Footsteps
Holly Miranda – Slow Burn Treason
The Joy Formidable – The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade
Zola Jesus – Manifest Destiny
Volume I
Little Scream – Cannons
The Kills – Blue Moon
Asobi Seksu – Strawberries
Puro Instinct – Silky Eyes
Portishead – The Rip
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers – Hookers
Thao – Know Better Learn Faster
EMA – Marked
Little Dragon – Feather
Telepathe – Bells
Twin Sister – Milk And Honey
The Deer Tracks – Dark Passenger
Anna Calvi – I’ll Be Your Man
Wye Oak – Civilian
Emmy The Great – Mia
Blue Roses – I Am Leaving
WILD FLAG – Future Crimes (7” Version)
Micachu and the Shapes – Vulture
Rolo Tomassi – Titanomachia
The Big Sleep – Murder
Tamaryn – Love Fade
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Our Change Into Rain Is No Change At All (Talkin’ ‘Bout Us)
The Besnard Lakes – You’ve Got To Want To Be A Star
Fever Ray – Seven
Phantogram – As Far As I Can See
Austra – Young And Gay
White Ring – We Rot
Crystal Castles – Alice Practice
Gang Gang Dance – MindKilla
Social Studies – Time Bandit
Spotify playlist: 100 songs from 2011
Ah, it’s that time of the year again. The cool air, Christmas lights, the impending fluffy white stuff that’s luriking round elsewhere… and the lists. Oh, the lists!
I’ve been keeping a Spotify playlist of random songs I’ve enjoyed listening this year. This list was at times confused with the starred playlist, so I ended up doing some trimming and merging anyway. All with the goal to reach a sweet round number - at first I was aiming for a manageable 50 song playlist but wound up with too many finalists. Sadly there’s not a single commercially available software that measures which songs stimulated the brain more than others. I’m afraid I must say this is all based on guesstimates. That’s why I enjoy cranking up the Last.FM stats. It’s all about the cold-hearted numbers.
There are also a couple of songs from albums I did not listen to that much throughout the year, so there may be songs on those albums that I will end up loving more AND let’s not forget the albums that were released late in the year that I’ve barely even listened at the moment. There are no winners, I say.
[ Spotify Playlist ]
Anyway, I look forward to listening to other playlists!
Complete list
There is one single song that’s not available to stream at the moment but I coulnd’t bring myself to delete! It’s in the Top 20!
100. Bibio – Excuses
99. Thao & Mirah – Folks
98. Smith Westerns – Weekend
97. Deerhoof – Behold a Marvel in the Darkness
96. Yuck – Rubber
95. Veronica Falls – Beachy Head
94. Is Tropical – The Greeks
93. Ghostpoet – Us Against Whatever Ever
92. Little Scream – Cannons
91. Puro Instinct – California Shakedown
90. Zomby/Reark – Natalia’s Song
89. Asobi Seksu – Trails
88. Blood Orange – Sutphin Boulevard
87. Florence + The Machine – What The Water Gave Me
86. Country Mice – Morning Son
85. Ladytron – White Elephant
84. Win Win – Future Again (Oakland) (Feat. Angela Sarakan)
83. The Drift – Horizon
82. John Maus – Believer
81. Björk – Crystalline
80. Ganglians – Jungle
79. Nicolas Jaar – Wouh
78. White Denim – Anvil Everything
77. Neon Indian – Polish Girl
76. The Naked And Famous – The Sun
75. Lindi Ortega – Little Red Boots
74. Arctic Monkeys – Library Pictures
73. Sun Airway – Wild Palms
72. Wooden Shjips – Lazy Bones
71. Pure X – You’re In It Now
70. Wilco – Art Of Almost
69. Caitlin Rose – Shanghai Cigarettes
68. Holy Ghost! – Hold On
67. The Antlers – Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out
66. Feist – How Come You Never Go There
65. Com Truise – Futureworld
64. Panda Bear – Alsatian Darn
63. Low – Especially Me
62. EMA – Marked
61. Dum Dum Girls – Wrong Feels Right
60. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
59. Crystal Stilts – Still as the Night
58. Laura Marling – Sophia
57. Phantogram – Don’t Move
56. Say Hi To Your Mom – Devils
55. Girls – Honey Bunny
54. Arms – Heat & Hot Water
53. Toro Y Moi – Sweet
52. St. Vincent – Cheerleader
51. Flako – Dwarf Dance
50. I Break Horses – Wired
49. Youth Lagoon – Daydream
48. Cass McCombs – County Line
47. Twin Sister – Saturday Sunday
46. Thee Oh Sees – The Dream
45. Cat’s Eyes – Over You
44. Sinden – Seekwal
43. Bon Iver – Minnesota, WI
42. Cant – Answer
41. Gardens & Villa – Black Hills
40. Sepalcure – Fleur
39. The Deer Tracks – Dark Passenger
38. Ringo Deathstarr – Tambourine Girl
37. Radiohead – Codex
36. Katy B – Hard To Get
35. The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
34. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – FFunny FFriends
33. Maybeshewill – To The Skies From A Hillside
32. Cameras – I Know
31. Wye Oak – Dogs Eyes
30. TV On The Radio – Will Do
29. Active Child – Hanging On
28. Little Dragon – Shuffle A Dream
27. Real Estate – It’s Real
26. Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers
25. The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love?
24. Tune-Yards – Gangsta
23. Body Language – Falling Out
22. Wild Flag – Future Crimes
21. Zola Jesus – Hikikomori
20. Exitmusic – The Sea
19. PJ Harvey – The Glorious Land
18. Still Corners – The Twilight Hour (* Not available on Spotify - Streaming on Soundcloud )
17. Explosions In The Sky – Postcard From 1952
16. Deadboy – Wish U Were Here
15. Gang Gang Dance – MindKilla
14. Widowspeak – Harsh Realm
13. Anna Calvi – I’ll Be Your Man
12. Washed Out – You and I
11. Sbtrkt – Trials Of The Past (feat. Sampha)
10. Battles – Inchworm
9. Mogwai – George Square Thatcher Death Party
8. Austra – Beat and the Pulse
7. The Kills – DNA
6. James Blake – Unluck
5. The Horrors – Moving Further Away
4. Jamie Woon – Lady Luck
3. Wild Beasts – Catherine Wheel
2. Planningtorock – Manifesto
1. M83 – Reunion
Oh, Baby: The Mixtape
“Baby” is a very popular, non-gender specific, way of referring to your significant other. It is a wonder-word in terms of phonetic camouflage, it can be included in a myriad of music genres without losing a step. Its pop sensibility is so high, that it can even be used by closeted gay people without fear of outing themselves to anyone. “Baby”: sweet and short.
While crushing very hard on the latest addition to the Baby Hall of Fame - Baby by Warpaint- it dawned on me that it’d probably be a good topic for a mixtape. Now, don’t be fooled by its sweetness, not all babies are good-natured. Some of them are deceiving, backstabbing, selfish, evil spawns. So, I decided to give a premature, one-sided account on the state of mind of each one of these precious babies to provide extra rant value.
You can either listen to the songs on Blip.fm or skip to the end and download them all to share with your baby.
Oh, how I worry. Please, baby, hurry.
Come back, come back, come back to me right now […]
You go, I hope maybe I’ll be fine. I walk a steady line.
Never again will I make somebody mine”
Born Ruffians– Come Back
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood: 
Heartbroken, yet holding ground to save pride
“My baby cried all night long. He saw me dancing with a boy named Joe.
A hug and then a kiss and with the lights down low […]
He saw me messing with a boy named Lou. And baby can’t do what Lou can do”
Nancy Sinatra – My Baby Cried All Night Long
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood: 
Sad and betrayed (Keep this song in mind next time you listen to Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down))
“Oh baby love, my baby love, I need you. Oh, how I need you.
But all you do is treat me bad. Break my heart and leave me sad.
Tell me, what did I do wrong to make you stay away so long”
The Supremes – Baby Love
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Effect on Mood: 
Unhappy in love
“Pretty little baby, you say that maybe you’ll be thinking of me and try to love me.
Pretty little baby, I’m hoping that you do”
Connie Francis – Pretty Little Baby
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood: 
Teasing about being in love
“The night we met I knew I needed you so and if I had the chance I’d never let you go.
So won’t you say you love me I’ll make you so proud of me.
We’ll make ‘em turn their heads every place we go.
So won’t you please be my little baby”
The Ronettes – Be My Baby
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood: 
Madly in love
“Oh, oh, baby, I want you to know how good it feels to be with you, but I’ll never let it show. Because the moment that I tell you, you turn right around and then I’ll never see you again as my heart’s pulled out”
Best Coast – Feeling Of Love
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood:
In love, but insecure about rejection
“The way that you love me. The way that you touch me.
The way that you whisper my name. I cannot resist you each time I kiss you
Then everything goes up in flames. Baby I’m burnin’ ”
Dolly Parton – Baby I’m Burnin’
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood:
In love and lovin’ it
“It’s not the way you smile that touched my heart.
It’s not the way you kissed that tears me apart.
Many, many, many nights go by. I sit alone at home and cry over you. What can I do?
Don’t want nobody, nobody, ‘cause, baby, it’s you.”
Smith – Baby It’s You (The Shirelles Cover)
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood:
Madly in love
“I can’t quit you babe. I think I’m gonna put you down for a while.
I said you messed up my happy home. Made me mistreat my only child
You built my hopes so high, baby Then you let me down so low”
Led Zeppelin – I Can’t Quit You Baby
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Effect on Mood: 
Mad and reluctantly heartbroken
“Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye. So long, my honey, so long.
Too bad you had to drift away ‘cause I could use some company right here on this road, on this road I’m on today”
Janis Joplin – Bye, Bye Baby
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Effect on Mood:
Heartbroken, depressed and lonely
“Well, it’s been building up inside of me for, oh, I don’t know how long.
I don’t know why but I keep thinking something’s bound to go wrong
B ut she looks in my eyes and makes me realize and she says “Don’t worry baby””
The Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood: 
Supportive and in love
“Everywhere I look I see downs ‘cause hate is always black
Everyone thinks they can shut you down, even if they only sit around […]
Everybody’s out to get my baby. You’re wrong. He’s all right, he’s all right
My baby is better than you”
Dum Dum Girls – Everybody’s Out
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood:
In love and flattered by overwhelming support
“If you want my loving, if you really do, don’t be afraid, baby Just ask me.
You know I’m gonna give it to you”
Aretha Franklin– Baby, I Love You
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood:
In love and ready to take action
“Well, since my baby left me, I found a new place to dwell.
It’s down at the end of lonely street at Heartbreak Hotel.
You make me so lonely, baby. I get so lonely, I get so lonely I could die”
Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Effect on Mood:
Heartbroken, depressed and lonely
“You say you’re looking for someone never weak but always strong.
To protect you and defend you, whether you are right or wrong.
Someone to open each and every door
But it ain’t me, babe. No, no, no, it ain’t me, babe It ain’t me you’re lookin’ for, babe”
Bob Dylan – It Ain’t Me Babe
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood:
In search of love and full of demands
“There goes my baby. Moving on down the line
I wonder where, I wonder where she is now
I broke her heart and I made her cry
Now I’m all alone, I’m all alone. What should I do”
The Walkmen – There Goes My Baby (The Drifters Cover)
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood:
Heartbroken and alone
“Baby, come over, I need entertaining. I had a stilted, pretending day
Lay me down and say something pretty
Lay me back down where I wanted to stay
Just say something perfect, something I can steal
Say, look at me, baby, we’ll be fine
All we’ve gotta do is be brave and be kind”
The National – Baby, We’ll Be Fine
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood: 
Uncertain and apathetic, yet hopeful
“Don’t you call anybody else baby ‘cause I’m your baby still.
It took a long time to make it, but I never changed my mind”
Warpaint – Baby
[ Listen ]
Baby’s Mood:
Unhappy in love
[ Download a mixtape for your baby ]
Oh, Baby! We live in the 90s
Due to lack of 90s songs in original mixtape, I now present a 90s appendix.
“Baby, baby, baby yeah!
She abused me for no apparent reason!
She confused my hopes for a blistered lesion”
Pavement - Baby Yeah (Live)
Baby’s Effect on Mood:
Flabbergasted by Baby’s evil tendencies
“You’re so pretty. Not to talk to you would be a crime.
Let me put my arms around you
Just wanna use up a little of your time
Baby baby baby, won’t you be my girl”
R.E.M. f/ Mike Mills - Baby Baby (The Vibrators Cover)
Baby’s Effect on Mood:
Madly in love
“In the midnight moonlight I’ll be walking a long and lonely mile
And every time I do, I keep seeing this picture of you
Here comes my baby, here she comes now
And it can come as no surprise to me, with another guy”
Yo La Tengo - Here Comes My Baby (Cat Stevens Cover)
Baby’s Effect on Mood:
Resigned to the loss
“Oh where, oh where can my baby be
The Lord took her away from me
She’s gone to heaven so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world”
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss (J. Frank Wilson cover)
Baby’s Mood:
Sad, but at peace in heaven
“Baby did a bad, bad thing
You ever love someone so much you thought your little heart was gonna break in two?
I didn’t think so
You ever tried with all your heart and soul to get your lover back to you?
I wanna hope so”
Chris Isaak - Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing
Baby’s Effect on Mood:
Heartbroken and with bags under his eyes due to lack of sleep for thinking about what Baby did
If you know of any baby in need of recognition, drop it in the comments.
