Category Archives:  MIXTAPE

FARKAST: summer twenty12

enjoy the Summer Twenty12 FARKAST. let the summer breeze make you feel fine as waves of chill roll over your white SPF 90 laden beach bod. download and let me know what you like/dislike.

part 1 // part 2

Air France // Beach Party
Animal Collective v. The Beach Boys // I’m Waiting for my Banshee
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti // Let’s Build a Campfire There
Avi Buffalo // Summer Cum
Beach Fossils // Shallow
Beach House // The Hours
Best Coast // Sun Was High (So Was I)
Blackbird Blackbird // Happy High (Brothertiger Remix)
Blue Hawaii // Dream Electrixra
Boat Club  // Warmer Climes
Body Language // At A Glance (Toro y Moi Remix)
Brothertiger // Golden Years
Candy Claws // Sunbeam Show
Ennui // We Are Young
Fool’s Gold // Nadine (Memory Tapes Version)
Heyward Howkins // Spanish Moss
House of Wolves // Waves
Korallreven // Sa Sa Samoa
The Limes // Beyond Blue
Memory Tapes / Pink Stones
Memoryhouse // To The Light House (Millionyoung Remix)
Millionyoung // Cosmonaut
Real Estate // Suburban Dogs
Small Black // Despicable Dogs
Summer Camp // Why Don’t You Stay
Taken By Trees // Watch The Waves (Memory Tapes Version)
Tamaryn // Dawning
Toro Y Moi // Blessa
Two Suns // Time Again
Washed Out // Call It Off

FARKAST [Chicago Edition]

Uncle Farkus is going to Chicago to study the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies Van der Rohe. Enjoy this mixtape that exemplifies artists from Chicago and/or songs about Chicago.

Bad Bad Leroy Brown // Jim Croce
Chi-City // Common
Chicago // Sufjan Stevens
Come On! Feel The Illinoise! // Sufjan Stevens
Dear Chicago // Ryan Adams
Hitch Hike // Marvin Gaye
Homecoming // Kanye West  (Ft. Chris Martin)
In The Ghetto // Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The Levee’s Gonna Break // Bob Dylan
Long Distance // Muddy Waters
Murder To Excellence // Jay-Z & Kanye West
My Kind Of Town // Frank Sinatra
Peace Frog // The Doors
Southside // Common (Ft Kanye West)
Sweet Home Chicago // Robert Johnson
The Woman Downstairs // The Handsome Family

FARKAST [autumn edition]

Hay friands! Autumn is almost here, so I made you a FARKAST featuring songs that remind me of Autumn. Some are simply songs from albums arriving this Autumn–but you can bet your booty they are coming out in Autumn for a reason. Enjoy. Give me feedback.


  • Suzanne // Alela Diane
  • Let’s Win! // Alexander Ebert
  • American Goldwing // Blitzen Trapper
  • Love me like you used to // Class Actress
  • Come Thou Fount & The City Prevails // Cool Hand Luke
  • Life Before Aesthetics // Denison Witmer
  • Grown Ocean // Fleet Foxes
  • For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti (Sufjan Stevens Cover) // The Good Natured
  • The Creature // Kurt Vile
  • Within the Rose // Matthew and the Atlas
  • Last Night (The Strokes cover) // The Morning Benders
  • Supercomputer // Neva Dinova
  • Tamer Animals // Other Lives
  • The Show Is On The Road // Paleface & Just About To Burn
  • Kill Dragon // Strand of Oaks
  • Dawning // Tamaryn
  • I Was There // The War on Drugs
  • Up on A Mountain // The Welcome Wagon
  • Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight // Whiskeytown
  • Be All Be Easy // Woods

[FARKAST] 15 of the best from 2011 (so far)

Hay friands.

I’ve compiled 15 mp3s from 2011 that absolutely must be given a fair opportunity. This is important. Please don’t let me down. Download the whole thing from a handy mediafire link or pick and choose certain ones by right clicking the track and selecting ‘save as’.

[FARKAST]

15. ice cream // battles

14. pushing onlys // woods

13. to begin // alela diane

12. keep you // class actress

11. your life is important // ear pwr

10. lost at sea // puro instinct

9. we have everything // young galaxy

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8. repatriated // handsome furs

7. saturday love // toro y moi

6. diamonds // weatherhouse

5. saved for my girl // two suns

4. midnight city // m83

3. layers of ice // dada trash collage and bear ears

2. wait and see // holy ghost!

1. bad street // twin sister

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