34th & Now

When I first started up 34th & Now, I wasn’t entirely sure of where I wanted to go with it; I knew what I wanted to focus on—the bands, music, and art that I enjoy—but I wasn’t too sure why anyone else would want to read it. What I did know was that if I somehow turned even one person on to a new band that they had never heard before, I would consider it a success; a sentiment that lies at the heart of the latest 34th & Now download, These City Lights: A Mixtape in Seven Acts.

As an avid fan of reading music blogs to discover bands, I know it can sometimes be frustrating to realize, after buying an album, that a band’s overall sound is nothing like you expected based on the one track you heard. To combat that problem, this latest mixtape features seven of the bands that I have recently blogged about—and totally dig—and offers three tracks by each; some tracks are old, some are new, but they were all specifically chosen to give you an idea of the band in question and, hopefully, help you find something new you enjoy.

You can pick up the mixtape here as a free zip file.

Track List:

1. Oh La - Ra Ra Riot
2. Boy - Ra Ra Riot
3. Too Dramatic - Ra Ra Riot
4. A Children’s Crusade… - Margot & The Nuclear So and So
5. Quiet as a Mouse - Margot & The Nuclear So and So
6. Barfight Revolution… - Margot & The Nuclear So and So
7. Almost Everything - Wakey!Wakey!
8. Light Outside - Wakey!Wakey!
9. Square Peg Round Hole - Wakey!Wakey!
10. Miles Davis & The Cool - The Gaslight Anthem
11. Here’s Looking at You, Kid - The Gaslight Anthem
12. Stay Lucky - The Gaslight Anthem
13. Fake Empire - The National
14. Green Gloves - The National
15. Bloodbuzz Ohio - The National
16. Now The One You Once Loved is Leaving - Lydia
17. Fate - Lydia
18. Stay Awake - Lydia
19. Blue Blood - Foals
20. Spanish Sahara - Foals
21. 2 Trees - Foals

[As always if you like the music, please support the artists]