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## Heavy metal, heady psych, furious punk, cotton-candy pop and dreamy ambient... but more than likely, lots of e•mo•tion.
A weekly-ish newsletter and playlist by NPR Music's Lars Gotrich.
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Mixtape: Nightclouds
https://www.vikingschoice.org/archive/mixtape-nightclouds/
Published: April 28, 2025 15:32
Mixtape No. 126 features Josie, ente, Ellen Arkbro, nuvolascara, Stereolab, Moin, Semi Trucks
First, some professional news: I'm now the Series Editor of Tiny Desk. So, yes, that includes editing copy for Tiny Desk videos but also lending editorial…
Mixtape: Tangerine Drops
https://www.vikingschoice.org/archive/mixtape-tangerine-drops/
Published: April 4, 2025 10:52
Mixtape No. 125 features Fine China, Earth, Kaleidoscope, BIRTH (DEFECTS), Tortoise, XIXA, Wolfgang Voigt
By 1995, Dayton, Ohio already had a handful of classic indie-rock albums under its belt: The Breeders' Pod and Last Splash; Brainiac's Smack Bunny…
Mixtape: I Am Here And Now
https://www.vikingschoice.org/archive/mixtape-i-am-here-and-now/
Published: March 19, 2025 18:21
Mixtape No. 124 features, Valentina Goncharova, Yazz Ahmed, Messa, terraplana, Six Organs of Admittance, Florry, caroline
It's hard to know what day it is or what I'm supposed to do; this is what it is to live in America right now. Last week, when the…
Mixtape: We Care A Lot (Benefit)
https://www.vikingschoice.org/archive/mixtape-we-care-a-lot-benefit/
Published: March 7, 2025 12:00
Mixtape No. 123 is a mix of benefit comps, singles and whatnot.
Another mixtape? So soon? Why not? For the past month and change, I've kept a running thread of albums on Bandcamp that benefit those affected by the LA wildfires. Lots of other newsletters…
Mixtape: Square the Circle
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Published: March 6, 2025 12:00
Mixtape No. 122 features Marshall Allen, Nadah El Shazly, Thanya Iyer, Wendy Eisenberg, Backxwash, Satomimagae
Here are some recommendations of things to read, listen to and watch:
Slate's Decoder Ring podcast has been on a roll lately: the history of…
Mixtape: Luna
https://www.vikingschoice.org/archive/mixtape-luna/
Published: February 20, 2025 11:55
Mixtape No. 121 features Habak, Pelican, New Jazz Underground, Iron Lung, Sensor Ghost, Eiko Ishibashi
When the world is unkind, my dreams tend to compensate with wholesome whimsy. Musicians whom I happen to know in real life often enter my dreamscape:…
Mixtape: Magick
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Published: February 11, 2025 16:20
Mixtape No. 120 features Bar-B-Q Killers, Thiago Amud, Pink Siifu, Rwake, Orchid, Shannon Wright, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
So, you know how I made a big stink about moving the Viking's Choice mixtapes to Tidal because my beloved BNDCMPR died? And how I wrung my…
Mixtape: Magnolia
https://www.vikingschoice.org/archive/mixtape-magnolia/
Published: January 28, 2025 16:26
Mixtape No. 119 features Lucrecia Dalt, Deafheaven, Circuit Des Yeux, Jules Reidy, Nyron Higor, Lucy Liyou
BNDCMPR, my preferred way to share music for the past four years, appears to be dead. (Long live BNDCMPR.) The third party platform allowed Bandcamp…
Mystics, Headbangers and Dreamers: 2024 in 8 mixtapes
https://www.vikingschoice.org/archive/mystics-headbangers-2024-in-8-mixtapes/
Published: December 31, 2024 14:25
I spent the year making y'all mixtapes and figured that here, at year's end, I should do the same. What follows are eight mixes grouped by different themes that should be pretty self-explanatory. BNDCMPR, my preferred playlist-maker, appears to be on the…
A Quiet Theatre Kid, A Patient Teacher
https://www.vikingschoice.org/archive/a-quiet-theatre-kid-a-patient-teacher/
Published: November 26, 2024 17:05
Cast photo, circa 2000-2001. The young stunna surrounded by girls in the bottom left is yours truly, terrified to ask any of them out.
While I'm constantly in my teenage music tastes, I rarely think about high school itself. Nothing terribly traumatic…