Music for the lazy listener: the Slow Burn Summer Mix

Just a short post, but The Burning Ear has just put together a good one hour mixtape of (mostly) 2009 remixes. If you feel like throwing on some good tunes without even needing to create a playlist on itunes... then this is for you. Their Slow Burn Summer Mix consists of one continuous MP3 file. There are very basic transitions between songs, but it serves its purpose. Also, don't expect any original songs (as you might expect from team9/stereogum mixes).

The file is too big to stream, but you can get it via mediashare. Enjoy.

MP3: DOWNLOAD The Burning Ear's Slow Burn Summer Mix (click here).

To give you a little guidance...

0:00 – Vampire Weekend / The Kid’s Dont Stand A Chance (Miike Snow remix)
4:19 – Lykke Li / Little Bit (Gigamesh remix)
7:45 – Kings of Leon / Use Somebody (Andrew Anjos remix)
11:15 – Hey Champ / Cold Dust Girl
14:19 – Miike Snow / Animal (Treasure Fingers remix)
18:52 – Chester French / She Loves Everybody (RAC mix)
21:42 – Basement Jaxx / Raindrops
24:50 – Little Boots / New In Town (Fred Falke remix)
29:18 – Datarock / Give It Up (Kissy Sell Out’s 4-4 Cello mix)
33:07 – The Killers / Spaceman (Steve Aoki remix)
37:25 – Phoenix / 1901 (What Kind Of Breeze Do You Blow E-Mix)
41:23 – Wale w/ Lady Gaga / Chillin’
44:32 – Chris Cornell w/ Timbaland / Part Of Me (Grandtheft Disco remix)
47:20 – Passion Pit / Sleepyhead (Kids At The Bar remix)
52:24 – Busy P w/ Murs / To Protect and Entertain (Crookers remix)
56:56 – The Presets / Talk Like That

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Remix Mixtape

French rock band, Phoenix, released their fourth studio effort "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" this past May and it garnered near universal acclaim. Not only have many critics claimed that WAP is their best work.... but it has become relatively mainstream to the point that it was ranked 37 on the Billboard charts and now you can pick it up at Target for 10 bucks. If the name sounds either oddly familiar or extremely random to you, it's because WAP is a take on Mozart's full name (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart).

Since late May there have been well over 20 remixes of the songs off WAP. Most are terrible trance remixes of their single "1901" (not really my style)... but there a few bright spots. The whole cd is excellent, but here's a mini-mixtape of my favorite remixes.
You can buy it here.

Enjoy.
Phoenix - Rome (Lanny Merge Remix) (link removed)
Phoenix - 1901 (The Teenagers Remix) (link removed)
Phoenix - Litsztomania (Yuksek Remix) (link removed)
Phoenix - Long Distance Call (25 Hours A Day Remix)(link removed)
(ok-- so Long Distance Call isn't technically off WAP, but it's one the better Phoenix Remixes out there)

MP3: DOWNLOAD the entire Phoenix Remixed Mixtape (click here).

Bonus Tracks-- Here's a pretty decent mashup of Au Revoir Simone and Phoenix. Since you might not have heard about Au Revoir Simone (a Brooklyn based synthpop group), below is their original version of Sad Song off their 2007 album "The Bird of Music."

Au Revoir Simone vs. Phoenix - Sad Song From 1901 (link removed)
Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song (link removed)
Buy their cd here.