Drowning in music. There are a few ways to imagine what that could mean, but in our case, it’s purely about the amount of amazing music that has been sent to us over the past couple of months, but which has been put in a holding pattern because so many freaking stellar records have been coming out week after week for some time now.
By April of this year (which is a blur now), we realized it was getting harder and harder to share all of the sweet music coming at us. One way we have been trying to address that issue is by publishing longer playlists and mixtapes, and more frequently. One example is this series, the successful Recent Releases We Almost Missed – specifically focused on highlighting widely acclaimed LPs from relatively well-known indie artists which would have otherwise been included – by release date – in IRC’s weekly Best New Releases series (you can listen to online, and download, all 24 of these mixtapes).
We really hope you will dig the songs in this post because they include awesome fresh tracks from artists and bands like The Depreciation Guild, The Delta Mirror, Jeremy Messersmith, Fol Chen, Double Dagger, The Octagon, The Hundred in Hands, and Common Loon.
“Crucify You” – The Depreciation Guild from Spirit Youth – April 20th
“My Chariot” – The Depreciation Guild from Spirit Youth
The Depreciation Guild on MySpace
“He Was Worse Than The Needle He Gave You” – The Delta Mirror from Machines That Listen – May 4th
“Violet!” – Jeremy Messersmith from The Reluctant Graveyard – May 4th
Jeremy Messersmith offiicial website
“In Ruins” – Fol Chen from free and legal In Ruins remix EP – April 20th
“Pillow Talk” – Double Dagger from Masks EP – March 23rd
“Clew Haywood” – The Octagon from Warm Love and Cool Dreams Forever- June 8th
The Octagon official website
“Ghosts” – The Hundred in Hands from This Desert EP – May 14th
“Mexico” – Common Loon from The Long Dream of Birds – April 6th
Artists and Bands Profiled in Other Recent Releases 2010 Mixtapes
Vol. I: Boy Eats Drum Machine, Phantogram, ArpLine, BlueBrain, Wakey! Wakey!
Vol. II: Screaming Females, Prizzy Prizzy Please, Fictionist, Fresh and Onlys, Adam Green, Roadside Graves
Vol. III: Archeology, Rocky Votolato, The White White Lights, Schooner, Thruses, Ghostly
Vol. IV: Holly Golightly, Motion Turns It On, Ruby Suns, Josiah Wolf, Happy Birthday
Vol. V: The Library Is On Fire, Son Lux, The Ambience Affair, Japanther, Yawn, Kikipau
Vol. VI: Owen Pallett, ARMS, Gareth Dickson, Monster Movie, Silver Seas
Vol. VII: Sam Billen, The Press, Markaras Pen, Boy Without God, Peasant
Vol. VIII: Vita Ruins, Lou Barlow, Communist Daughter, Cary Ann Hearst, Apollo Ghosts, Holy Ghost
