Radar Heart - a blend of pop and rock tracks to listen to over the weekend

Things have been a little busy in my world of late, hence the reason I haven't been posting much.  Hopefully that'll change soon and I'll get a chance to spend some more time at my computer and work on some new compilations.  Radar Heart is a mix I did a few months ago, which is a nice blend of pop and rock music that's an easy listen.  Hope you like it.....

Tracklist:

01 - War / Rain - Johnossi

02 - Breakfast At Sweethearts - Cold Chisel

03 - Waste A Moment - Kings Of Leon

04 - Switchblade Heart - Goodbye June

05 - Long Line Of Cars - Cake

06 - What Else Is There? - Royksopp

07 - Hearsay - Phyllotaxis

08 - Face Full Of Lines - The Radar Station

09 - So Pretty - Noises Of The Wicked

10 - Read About It - Midnight Oil

11 - Over My Shoulder - I Am Kloot

12 - No One's Home - Switchblade Glory

Radar Heart

Quiet In Lockdown - a mix of Alt Rock to wake up the neighborhood

I'm currently in full lockdown and things have gotten just a little bit quiet in my neighborhood so I felt it was time to create a bit of noise. This compilation is a mix of Alt Rock tracks that will appreciate a bit of volume to maximise the effect......if you know what I mean :-)

Tracklist:

01 - Remember When - Bad Wolves

02 - Any Moment Now - Finger Eleven

03 - Voices - Alesti (feat. Loveless)

04 - Kill The Lights - The Colour

05 - Hurricane - Needtobreathe

06 - The Rallying Cry - Black Nazereth

07 - Morning After - Dead By Sunrise

08 - Somewhere Beautiful - Ra

09 - Help (Remastered) - Papa Roach

10 - Sons Of Mary - Comehere

11 - Dragonfly (Extended Unplugged Version) - Shaman's Harvest

12 - We Breathe The Same - Neptune Rain

Quiet In Lockdown

Storm Chaser - a blend of pop & rock with a little Kiwi & Oz thrown in for good measure

My Storm Chaser compilation starts off a little tongue-in-cheek with 80's track Precious Little Diamond from Fox The Fox followed by the immediately recognizable voice of Marc Bolan from T-Rex with Ballrooms Of Mars. The mix includes songs from a couple of Kiwi artists - Evermore and Pluto as well as tracks from a couple of favourite Oz neighbors Jimmy Barnes and James Reyne. I also threw in a mash-up called Holes In My Disposition with Mercury Rev & The Temper Trap, which I feel puts in place a reflective interlude after Trouble Andrew's song New Kid before heading into the last 4 tracks.  Enjoy.

Tracklist:

01 - Precious Little Diamond (12" Mix) - Fox The Fox

02 - Ballrooms Of Mars - T-Rex

03 - Hey Boys & Girls - Evermore

04 - You From Me - Jimmy Barnes

05 - Everytime We Fall - Anna Ternheim

06 - Reckless - James Reyne

07 - New Kid - Trouble Andrew

08 - Holes In My Disposition - Mercury Rev vs The Temper Trap

09 - Virgin Of The World - Cory Becker

10 - Jane Says - Janes Addiction

11 - The Balance - Torul

12 - Long White Cross - Pluto

Storm Chaser

    

I'm Back.....here's a new compilation for your listening pleasure

Well I'm back.  Finally got ourselves a new home and have finally moved in......well mostly.  I'm slowly getting things back to normal so thought I'd go through my archives and see if I could find a mix to share.  This one's titled "Keep It Real", which is kinda appropriate for me given the state of transition we are in by moving cities. It's got a nice prog-rock feel to it and has a some of my favourite artists on it like RPWL, Starset and Geoff Tate.  Hope you enjoy it.

Tracklist:

01 - I Walk Beside You - Dream Theater

02 - In Your Dreams - RPWL

03 - The Mystic Technocracy - Dockers Guild

04 - Versions Of The Truth - The Pineapple Thief

05 - Uprising - Muse

06 - The Space On The Wall - Dead Letter Circus

07 - Put Down The Gun - This Oceanic Feeling

08 - Faith Healer - Fish

09 - Hurricane - 30 Seconds To Mars

10 - Bullits Dominae - Pure Reason Revolution

11 - Let It Die - Starset

12 - Change - Geoff Tate

Keep It Real

Taking a short break - but I'll be back

I'm going to be taking a short break from this blog while we move house to another city.  As you can imagine, there's a lot to be done and so I've got to spend a bit more time doing things like packing and organizing our move.

Back in a few weeks......

Mind The Gap - a mix of rock, pop, alt-rock, synth pop and melodic rock

Here's a blended mix from multiple genres for your listening pleasure.   There's a reasonable spread of different music from tracks 1 through 12 and so there are definitely multiple ways this mix could be sequenced but in the immortal words of Frank Sinatra - "I did it my way". Have a great weekend.

Tracklist:

01 - Just Let Go - From The Ash

02 - Dawn - Echo Black

03 - Fall Down - Toad The Wet Sprocket

04 - When You Run Away - Guild Of Ages

05 - Holding On To You - Garrett Kato

06 - Mind The Gap - The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

07 - Napalm Girls - Creeper

08 - All Of You - Cold Chisel

09 - Ghosts - Big Wreck

10 - New Sensations - Sunsleep

11 - Dodged A Bullet - Greg Laswell

12 - Nights Of Future Past - Julien-K

Mind The Gap

Ghost Town - mix of rock, blues-rock, country rock with a little bit of New Zealand rock thrown in for good measure

It's Good Friday afternoon on a dreary autumn day and I'm having a few beers and listening to my music.  I've just finished playing my Ghost Town mix and thought I'd take a few minutes between beers to share it with ya.....

This is what I call a bitza mix - bits of everything.  Well, not really everything but I've taken tracks from genres such as country rock, blues-rock, rock and probably some borderline pop.  Every now and then I also like to showcase some music from my homeland - New Zealand.  In this mix I've included some tracks from Graham Brazier (RIP), who was the front man for Kiwi favourites Hello Sailor, the legend Mark Williams who now fronts Dragon, a dark number from the great music-man himself Greg Johnson and an acoustic version of their song 'Bullet For Your Gun' from 2000's rock band Black River Drive.

Tracklist:

01 - Turning Away - Dougie MacLean

02 - Ghost Town - Bo Bruce

03 - Closing Time - Semisonic

04 - Gravity - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band

05 - Back To Zero - Third Eye Blind

06 - Autumn - Graham Brazier

07 - Around The Sun - 8mm Overload

08 - Feel For The Night - Mark Williams

09 - Other Side Of You - American Bang

10 - Winter Song - Greg Johnson

11 - Bullet For You Gun - Black River Drive

12 - Everything Is Going Great - Tiny Stills

Ghost Town

Change The Past - a mix of progressive rock / rock music for your weekend

Change The Past is a new mix I put together a couple of weeks ago.  It's predominately progressive rock tracks from artists of that genre but I've also included a couple of other tracks that have a prog rock feel to them but from artists whose normal sound would not normally be associated with that genre such as Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons (hard rock) and Johnossi (indie rock).  You'll hear what I mean when you listen to their tracks as part of the overall mix and where I've sequenced them in the compilation. 

Tracklist:

01 - Change The Past - Russian Wives

02 - Fool - RPWL

03 - Thin Air - Anathema

04 - So Long And Thanks For The Fish - A Perfect Circle

05 - Colostrom (Acoustic) - Phyllotaxis

06 - For The Music - Blackfield

07 - Bullitts Domin - Pure Reason Revolution

08 - Wait For Better Days - Ray Wilson

09 - Waves - Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons

10 - Here Come The Men (Violin Mix) - Antimatter

11 - Worried Ground - Johnossi

12 - Delusional Rain - Mystery

Change The Past

Crimson Clouds - a pop mix with a bit of electronica thrown in

This mix is mostly pop music but I've included some electronica and a few that are broadly pop that I just can't put my finger on - but I feel that they compliment each other. An interesting one for me was the track 'Tehran 1979' by Brian Reitzell featuring Debbie Harry that had a bit of a Miami Vice 80's feel to it, which I put in as the opening track and then kept the tempo going with the 2nd track from Russian indie band Biting Elbows with 'Control' before putting rest of the tracks together in a sequence that kept it interesting.  See what you think....

Tracklist:

01 - Tehran 1979 - Brian Reitzell (feat. Debbie Harry)

02 - Control - Biting Elbows

03 - Drown - Melanie C

04 - Trouble - Robots Don't Sleep

05 - Crimson Clouds - Volkor X

06 - Walls Fall Down - Bedouin Soundclash

07 - Spotlight Smile - Open Sound

08 - Milestone - Diana Drive

09 - Milan - Thomas Giles

10 - My Beautiful Friend - The Charlatans

11 - Staying Out For Summer - Dodgy

12 - Bloodlust Tonight - Giant Eagles

Crimson Clouds

After The Rain - A music mix including some Kiwi & Aussie artists

After The Rain is a mix I put together some time back that brings together music from pop, folk rock & alt country genres with the inclusion of some Kiwi and Aussie artists.  The mix opens with well known New Zealand artist Anika Moa and is followed by the big sound of British artist Rag 'n Bone Man with his song 'Skin'. Aussie artists Ed Kuepper, Paul Kelly, The Black Sorrows and Missy Higgins compliment the rest of the lineup in this mix.

Tracklist:

01 - My Old Man - Anika Moa

02 - Skin - Ragnbone Man

03 - Stamina - Anastasia

04 - I Used To Cry - Imany

05 - Far From Any Road - The Handsome Family

06 - If I Had A Ticket - Ed Kuepper

07 - Darken Your Eyes - Jack Marks

08 - The Stable Song - Gregory Alan Isakov

09 - This Old Dark Machine - James Vincent McMorrow

10 - Randwick Bells - Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls

11 - Roaring Town - The Black Sorrows

12 - 49 Candles - Missy Higgins

After The Rain

Deep Waters - a mix of rock, blues-rock, folk-rock & southern rock music

Deep Waters is a music mix drawing songs from rock, folk-rock, blues-rock and southern rock genres.  I've also added a couple of Aussie selections such as Jimmy Barnes and The Black Sorrows to include some southern hemisphere representation with the fine company of the northern hemisphere artists

Tracklist:

01 - The River - Larry Howard

02 - Sometimes - John Illsey

03 - Town Called Heartbreak - Patti Sciaffa

04 - Deep Waters - Jack Savoretti

05 - Radio Was  King - The Black Sorrows

06 - Sundown - Bruce Springsteen

07 - Wild And Lonely - Melissa Etheridge

08 - Stargazer - Jimmy Barnes

09 - Long Black Veil - Harry Manx

10 - Save Your Water - Mudcrutch

11 - Too Far From Texas - Stevie Nicks

12 - You Stopped The Rain - King King

Deep Waters