Indie Mixtape HQ, Sharing Songs We Like in the Hopes That It Will Enrich Your Lives in Some Small Way

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Like all of you, we’ve been witnesses to a terrible — but hopefully transformational – moment in our nation’s history. It is our belief that music is needed now more than ever — as a balm, as a source of spiritual and emotional renewal, and as a reminder that there is still beauty in this world that is worth preserving and protecting. In that spirit, we will continue to do what we usually do here at Indie Mixtape HQ, sharing songs we like in the hopes that it will enrich your lives in some small way. But music can only do so much, so please: Reach out to those in need in your communities, especially your Black and Brown neighbors who are under siege at the moment. The power of music is that it connects us to one another, so now is the time to follow through on those very human bonds by giving money, food, and other essential supplies to those in need. No matter how our politicians might fail us, we will always have each other.

-- Steven Hyden, Uproxx Cultural Critic and author of This Isn't Happening: Radiohead's "Kid A" And The Beginning Of The 21st Century

OPENING TRACKS JAPANDROIDS

Our favorite leather-jacketed two-dude rock band from Canada never fails to lift our spirits in times of hardship. So we’re happy about their new live album, recording during their excellent tour in support of Near To The Wild Heart Of Life. Oh, and it’s called Massey Fucking Hall, after the storied Toronto venue.

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HUTSON Our favorite and most listened to While you might not know his album right now is Survival, the name, you probably know Christian second album by Canadian singer- Lee Hutson’s music. His highest songwriter Cassia Hardy, aka profile work has been in Wares. A song cycle about her collaboration with Phoebe transition into a woman, Survival Bridgers, having co-written songs marries confessional lyrics with for the Boygenius and Better some of the year’s biggest Oblivion Community Center sounding and most rousing rock albums. That has raised his profile music, evoking Against Me! and and expectations for his own work, Titus Andronicus. including the new Beginners. LISTEN LISTEN

DEEP CUTS BASEBALL GAME OMNI

This low-key duo, who split time This post-punk indie rock trio between Nashville and Los recently dropped covers of songs Angeles, make a dreamy kind of by Billy Joel and 10cc, so they Americana that somehow definitely know how to ingratiate encompasses the spirit of both themselves into our soft rock-loving cities. Imagine a more down-home hearts. Their own music, though, is version of Beach House — full of false starts and stifled riffs, Landlocked House? — and you’re like a shaggier Parquet Courts, as not far off from the lovely late-night displayed in this new single. soft-rock sound of “Woman.”

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VINYL OF THE WEEK

'PURPLE' SUPER DELUXE EDITION by STONE TEMPLE PILOTS This 3-CD/1-LP set includes a newly remastered version of the album on both CD and vinyl, as well as two extra CDs of unreleased demos, rarities, and a full concert recording. With an LP-sized booklet of liner notes, this super deluxe edition of Stone Temple Pilots' sophomore album tells the story of a band at the top of their game.

For a limited time, Indie Mixtape subscribers can get 10% off this set with by entering the promo code STP10 at checkout.

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THROWBACK

'NINA SIMONE IN CONCERT' by NINA SIMONE This pop-jazz trailblazer isn’t a direct influence on indie rock, though it’s safe bet that nearly all of your indie faves know and cherish this record. Recorded at Carnegie Hall, Nina Simone In Concert finds the master engaging in highly theatrical songs that shed harsh light on the realities of the civil rights struggles — sometimes explicitly, other times more subtly.

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LINER NOTES

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