Muxtape is a site that lets you create a quick mp3-mixtape of songs. It only lets you upload 12 songs, it looks like, but maybe creating multiple tapes will come later? Anyway, throw a link in the comments if you make any mixes you’re proud of and want to share!
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Nouvelle Vague
Not to be confused with the French “New Wave” genre in general, Nouvelle Vague is the name of a French group which covers a variety of songs in a bossa nova style, making them quite different from their originals. To make sure that their covers are significantly different, the singer they use for each song has to be unfamiliar with the song she sings. It produces great covers that are very interesting in their difference from the originals, and still sound really good.
Blue Monday
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Songza
A couple weeks ago I discovered Songza, which allows you to listen to songs full-length online, and even create a playlist of songs you particularly like. It’s pretty useful for finding songs you’ve heard of, etc. and it has a pretty big database.
Marseille Figs
The Marseille Figs is a neat band I just found out about. They’re kind of a mix of jazz and folk, with some punk elements thrown in sometimes. They have a whole slew of instruments at their disposal, and so with this mix of genres and instruments, each of their songs varies quite a bit from the next. The song i’m featuring here, Staggerlee, is my favourite out of their songs.
Staggerlee
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Yael Naim
This is such a beautiful song, and Yael Naim has such a beautiful voice that it can’t go unmentioned. Apple gets all the credit for introducing me to this song. They used Naim’s song New Soul for the first Macbook Air ad, and it’s such a beautiful and creative tune that it became immediately very popular. The music video for New Soul is also lovely and imaginative.
New Soul
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And the video: