Halloween Part 3

Merry fucking Christmas you filthy animals! Or whatever. Anywho, here's my Halloween-esque mix for your enjoyment. It is composed of songs that I considered, but rejected for a variety of reasons. Usually because the tone wasn't quite right or the lyrics didn't match the mood.

Halloween-esque 2009:
1. The Ghost by I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
2. Heads Will Roll by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3. Magic by Ladyhawke
4. Suicide by Raveonettes
5. I'm a Ghost by Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
6. White Shade by Lukestar
7. Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts by Wolf Parade
8. Ghost Mouth by Girls
9. Of Moons, Birds & Monsters by MGMT
10. So Haunted by Cut Copy
11. Skeleton Key by Margot & The Nuclear So and So's
12. Scarecrow by +/-
13. Cities beneath the Sea by Gravenhurst
14. Ghosts by Lightning Seeds
15. Padding Ghost by Dan Deacon
16. Skeletons by Locust Avenue
17. Fax of Death by The Laurel Collective
18. Bloodsport (109 Mix) by Official Secrets Act
19. Death by Everybody Uh Oh
20. Fear of Drowning by British Sea Power

Halloween Part 2

Here's the sequel to last year's Halloween mix. Enjoy it, if you can! Muhahaha....oh wait, there wasn't really anything scary or funny about that. Never mind.

Halloween II: 2009

1. Haunted Disco by Chromium
2. Monster Hospital by Metric
3. One Eye Open by Baddies
4. Dead Cruiser by Kavinsky
5. Tree Full of Ghosts by Hungry Villagers
6. Bela Lugosis Dead by Nouvelle Vague
7. In the Room Where You Sleep by Dead Man's Bones
8. Ghosts by Ladytron
9. You're Out by Dead Disco
10. Closet Freak by Videeo
11. PARANOIA by Video Villain
12. Pick the Ghost... by Underground Railroad
13. Wish You Dead by Love Like Fire
14. Baulderdash by Ipso Facto
15. Tigerlily by La Roux
16. Black Magic by Magic Wands
17. Howl by Florence and the Machine
18. Thrill Kill by The Damned
19. Graveyard Queen by Zombie Ghost Train

Happy Halloween Charlie Brown.

Happy Electroween!

Trying to put together an all electro Halloween album with little previous experience with the genre turned out to be more difficult than I imagined it would be. However, it was fun, I learned a lot, and I came up with a list I enjoy. I tried, when possible, to include tracks from pioneers of the genre. Of course, any Halloween list is an exercise in subjectivity. There is kind of a bipolar tone/vibe when it comes to the holiday. It can be both chilling and truly horrifying and completely silly and over the top. Complicating this is the fact that everyone has different memories/experiences with the holiday so different sounds/tones will evoke the holiday for some and not others. Additionally, musical tastes can vary dramatically from person to person. All this to say, your "mileage" may vary, however, I hope you can find a few things to enjoy. Anyway, here it is:

Electroween Mix 2009:
1. Scary Tricycle by Silent Fish Heads
2. The Haunted House of Rock (Remix) by Whodini
3. The Horror by RJD2
4. Tubular Bells by Book of Love
5. The Bog (dance mix) by Bigod 20
6. Testarossa Autodrive by Kavinsky
7. Old Castle Madrigal by Joy Electric
8. Nothing to Fear by Depeche Mode
9. Shadows by Midnight Juggernauts
10. Ghost House by Teenage Bad Girl
11. Zip by Julian Jeweil
12. Talk Like That by The Presets
13. Ballo dei Morti by Brassica
14. The Talking Dead by Weird Tapes
15. Asylum by Gary Numan
16. Poisonous Friend (Iris remix) by Seabound
17. Ultraviolent by Cinnamon Chasers
18. The Hidden Door by Belbury Poly
19. Circus of Death by The Human League
20. Beyond the Dark by Raiders of the Lost Arp

More to come soon!

Happy Halloween...Two days late!

I've been working on this Halloween mix for some time (time I probably should have been spending on my studies). Thankfully, I had a lot of help from friends who were kind enough to give me many suggestions. So here it is for your enjoyment:

Version 1.4
1. Ode to Isis by And you will know us by the Trail of Dead
2. You could easily have me by Metronomy
3. This is halloween by Marilyn Manson
4. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky by Jonny Cash
5. The Boogie Monster by Gnarls Barkley
6. Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon
7. Attack of the 60ft Lesbian Octopus by Does it offend you, yeah?
8. I Walk Alone Music Go Music
9. Creeper by Islands
10. Hunting for Witches by Bloc Party
11. Not as Goth as They Say We Are by Say Hi to Your Mom
12. Rebel With the Ghost by Sons & Daughters
13. Magick by Klaxons
14. No Lucifer by British Sea Power
15. R.I.P. by Zombie Ghost Train
16. I feel evil creeping in by Islands
17. The Mercy seat by Johnny Cash
18. Necoromancing by Gnarles Barkley
19. Black Cat by Ladytron
20. I'm a Vampire by the Future Bible Heroes
21. Wolf like Me by Tv on the Radio
22. Graveyard Girlfriend by The Groovie Ghoulies
23. Thriller by Michael Jackson

Honorable Mentions:
Nightmare on My Street by Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff
Graveyard Tree by Koffin Kats
I am a Ghost by Ted Leo
Death or Life We Want You by The Dears
Sex Dwarf by Soft Cell
Ghosts by Ladytron
Ghost Under Rocks by Ra Ra Riot
Graveyard Girl by M83

My plan for next year is a Technoween mix. I'm out!