Mixtape #23: Space Beach

Side A
Francoise Hardy - "La Rue Des Coeurs Perdus"

Line & Circle - "Roman Ruins"

The dB's - "A Spy In The House of Love"

TV Torso - "No Idea Why"

Fletcher C. Johnson - "Send Me Your Love"

Pangea - "River"

Cass McCombs - "Bobby, King of Boys Town"

Lace Curtains - "Police Brutality"
Matthew Dear - "Do The Right Thing"

Side B

Lands & Peoples - "In Living Colour"

Ganglians - "Cryin' Smoke"

T. Rex - "Hot Love"

Andy Human - "Land of The Dinosaurs"

The Shivvers - "Don't Tell Me"

Eternal Summers - "Lightswitch"

The White Wires - "Let's Start Over Again"

Terry Malts - "No Good For You"

Dean & Britta - "I'll Keep It With Mine"

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Mixtape: Color Your Ears

The Music of Francoise Hardy, "The ideal woman"

Joe Strummer first introduced me to Francoise Hardy through his personally curated BBC radio program London Calling. A French model and singer, Hardy was perhaps known as much for her looks as her voice. But that doesn't mean the music isn't great. There's an intoxicating charm and subtlty to her songs—especially those from the late 1960s—that create an atmosphere in turns soothing, playful and melancholic. Although Hardy's voice does not have the androgynous quality of Nico's, there's nevertheless a certain similarity: songs dominated by a singular personality, simple vocal melodies that never force the singer to rise or fall out of their comfort zone, and gorgeous professionally-executed background instrumentation that can be vibrantly lush or delicate and sparse.