Life is a Mixtape / MIDI Mornings

Life is a Mixtape

Fri, Mar 20, 2026

Start your Friday strong. Listen to today’s highly-caffeinated LIFE IS A MIXTAPE, the ideal blend of mostly new indie music with some tasty throwbacks woven in. (Artwork: Cover art from the album Wired by the band Basement, who I’ll be playing just before 7 am)

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Playlist

    Time: March 20 - 6:04:39 am
  • Hello Flower

    Joanna, “Mr. Sunshine”

    from Hello Flower

    New Feelings - 2025

    • Time: March 20 - 6:08:20 am
  • Throw My Shadow To The Sun

    Calvin Love, “Payback”

    from Throw My Shadow To The Sun

    rare form/taxi gauche records - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 6:11:58 am
  • Speaking In Tongues

    Talking Heads, “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)”

    from Speaking In Tongues

    Warner Records - 1983

    • Time: March 20 - 6:16:18 am
  • Automated Response

    Hot Face, “Sinnes”

    from Automated Response

    speedy wunderground - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 6:20:15 am
  • Monochrome

    LOWMOON, “Monochrome”

    from Monochrome

    Safe Suburban Home Records - 2024

    • Time: March 20 - 6:22:15 am
  • Banana Sunday

    The Flamboyant Train, “Turtles Don't Believe in Time”

    from Banana Sunday

    apapthonrecords - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 6:24:17 am
  • cash rich

    snake eyes, “soup”

    from cash rich

    alcopop! records - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 6:25:44 am
  • Sub Atomic Party Cool

    Beach Riot, “Modern Dinosaur”

    from Sub Atomic Party Cool

    Alcopop! - 2021

    • Time: March 20 - 6:33:00 am
  • Firing Line - Single

    The Slow Country, “Firing Line”

    from Firing Line - Single

    heist or hit - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 6:36:59 am
  • Damaged by Their Silence

    Malummi, “Key”

    from Damaged by Their Silence

    mouthwatering records - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 6:39:04 am
  • Beautiful Noise

    Pynch, “Revolve Around You”

    from Beautiful Noise

    Chillburn Recordings - 2025

    • Time: March 20 - 6:43:17 am
  • Woodface

    Crowded House, “As Sure As I Am”

    from Woodface

    Capitol Records - 1991

    • Time: March 20 - 6:49:52 am
  • Haf

    Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18, “Gwenyn y Gwanwyn”

    from Haf

    carwyn ellis - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 6:53:03 am
  • Parts And Labour - Single

    Treeboy & Arc, “Parts And Labour”

    from Parts And Labour - Single

    clue records - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 6:56:02 am
  • WIRED

    Basement, “Broken By Design”

    from WIRED

    run for cover records - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 6:59:04 am
  • You Down For It? - Single

    Manilla Times, “You Down For It?”

    from You Down For It? - Single

    Manilla Times - 2025

    • Time: March 20 - 7:06:33 am
  • Little Death Project - Single

    Dead Freights, “Little Death Project”

    from Little Death Project - Single

    25 hour convenience store - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 7:08:57 am
  • AUTONOMY

    STONE, “FREEZING”

    from AUTONOMY

    stone & V2 records - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 7:13:36 am
  • How Am I Not Myself?

    French Vanilla, “Real or Not”

    from How Am I Not Myself?

    Danger Collective Records - 2019

    • Time: March 20 - 7:15:38 am
  • Cure for Pain

    Morphine, “A Head With Wings”

    from Cure for Pain

    Ryko/Rhino - 1993

    • Time: March 20 - 7:26:04 am
  • Cinema - Single

    LOWMOON, “Cinema”

    from Cinema - Single

    safe surburban home - 2025

    • Time: March 20 - 7:26:40 am
  • Come on Feel The Lemonheads

    The Lemonheads, “It's About Time”

    from Come on Feel The Lemonheads

    Fire Records - 1993

    • Time: March 20 - 7:27:38 am
  • The Reprise Years

    Dean Martin, “Bumming Around”

    from The Reprise Years

    Legacy Recordings - 2013

    • Time: March 20 - 7:30:16 am
  • Irreversible

    Brigitte Calls Me Baby, “Truth is Stranger Than Fiction”

    from Irreversible

    ATO Records - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 7:35:38 am
  • Morning Coffee - Single

    Hungry, “Morning Coffee”

    from Morning Coffee - Single

    Sound Recordings - 2025

    • Time: March 20 - 7:38:53 am
  • Big Disgrace

    Haute & Freddy, “Anti-Superstar”

    from Big Disgrace

    Runaway Carnie Co LLC - 2024

    • Time: March 20 - 7:41:31 am
  • Haf

    Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18, “Shades Of Red (feat. Nina Miranda)”

    from Haf

    Bubblewrap Collective - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 7:44:59 am
  • Losing - EP

    SLAG, “Face Off”

    from Losing - EP

    big scary monsters - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 7:49:20 am
  • Scour - Single

    The 113, “Scour”

    from Scour - Single

    launchpad+ - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 7:52:20 am
  • GOLDSTAR

    The Sophs, “SWEETIEPIE”

    from GOLDSTAR

    rough trade records - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 7:55:40 am

  • SONS, “surfin'”

    from surfin'

    [PIAS] Recordings - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 7:57:18 am
  • Waiting on the Rain - Single

    The Mellows, “Want You Too”

    from Waiting on the Rain - Single

    The Mellows - 2026

    • Time: March 20 - 8:03:45 am
  • Waiting on the Rain - Single

    The Mellows, “Elm Street”

    from Waiting on the Rain - Single

    The Mellows - 2026