Nu Rave Brain Wave

Apologies for the missed January mixtape, hopefully this February 2012 one will soothe the ache I’m sure you all felt sans my monthly mixtapes. I had things to do like see the Thunder play, hang out in Washington DC and resume hating the English winter, but I’ve got my shit back together now, y’all. Enjoy:

01 Jack of Heart – Marry Me
02 The Obligatory Cripples – I Wanna Be Yr Boyfriend
03 Corners – Sometimes
04 King Khan & The Shrines – Bite My Tongue
05 Colleen Green – Goldmine
06 Soko – I Just Wanna Make It New With You
07 Royal Limp – Ennui
08 Heavy Hawaii – Super Bowl XIX
09 King Tuff – Wild Desire
10 Cold Bones (feat. King DJ) – No Need For Names
11 Grimes – Nightmusic (feat. Majical Cloudz)
12 A$AP Rocky – Celebration

mp3: Nu Rave Brain Wave x February 2012 Mixtape | zip file [63.3mb]

Been super sweet on California girl Colleen Green for quite some time now, and couldn’t be more excited about her upcoming release, Milo Goes to Compton, which comes out tomorrow via the ever impeccable darlings at Art Fag Recordings. Goldmine, a track that lives up to its name in almost every single way, is the best way to whet your appetite until tomorrow. It’s an upright, confident helping of summer sun and punk fuzz with Green’s lilting, clear vocals — this succulent little tale of not being able to control oneself sounds so damn good. Don’t forget to grab your copy of her full-length tomorrow and grab the mp3 below:

mp3: Colleen Green – Goldmine

I always find it really hard to do song of the year posts, so I just put all the music I got in 2011 and picked 25 of my most played and most favorite tracks, some from my favorite albums, some demos and some singles, in no particular order. Enjoy:

Nu Rave Brain Wave Top 25 Songs of 2k11:

The Babies – Sunset (from The Babies LP)
The Babies – Sunset by nuravebrainwave

The Mind Spiders – Don’t Let Her Go (from The Mind Spiders LP)
Mind Spiders – Don’t Let Her Go by nuravebrainwave

MellowHype – Right Here (from BLACKENEDWHITE LP)
Right Here – Mellowhype by NellyDaBeaner

Bobby Chiz – Brooklyn Mouth (Cats Purring Download)
Brooklyn Mouth by BOBBY CHIZ

Kanye West – Mama’s Boyfriend (Unreleased/Leaked)
Kanye West – Mama’s Boyfriend by Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes

Gross Magic – Sweetest Touch (from Teen Jamz EP)
Gross Magic – Sweetest Touch by TheSoundsOfSweetNothing

Black Lips – New Direction (From Arabia Mountain LP)
Black Lips – New Direction by Biz 3 Publicity

Chill Black Guys – CBG (From CBG Mixtape)
Young Hawaii Slim & Jay Ugh (GBGs) – Chill Black Guy by nuravebrainwave

King Lollipop – Cheeseburger & Fries (from King Lollipop LP)
King Lollipop – Cheesburger and Fries by nuravebrainwave

School Knights – You Read Books (from All Dawgz Go 2 Heaven LP)
School Knights – You Read Books by nuravebrainwave

Brown Brogues – Don’t Touch My Hair (from 7″)
Brown Brogues – Don’t Touch My Hair by nuravebrainwave

The Fabulous St. Knicholas Cage – Bloody Beach Blanket (Unreleased Demo)
Bloody Beach Blanket by St. Knicholas Cage

Monster Rally – The New Optimism (from Deep Sea 7″)
Monster Rally – The New Optimism by nuravebrainwave

Danger Beach – Lakes (feat. TV Colours) (from Dream Damage Records)
Danger Beach – Lakes (feat. TV Colours) by nuravebrainwave

Sonny & The Sunsets – I Wanna Do It (from Hit After Hit LP)
Sonny And The Sunsets – “I Wanna Do It” by forcefieldpr

High Pop – Drip From The Sea (from Hippie Speed Ball EP)
High Pop – Drip from the Sea by yvynyl

Milk Maid – Such Fun (from Yucca LP)
Milk Maid – Such Fun by nuravebrainwave

Dead Gaze – Fishing With Robert (from Atelier Ciseaux 7″)
DEAD GAZE - Fishing With Robert by atelier ciseaux

Ketamines – Line by Line (from Mammoth Cave Recordings)
Line by Line – Ketamines by NewtownRadio

Royal Headache – Down The Lane (from Royal Headache LP)
Royal Headache – Down The Lane by nuravebrainwave

Bloodshot Bill – Dark Lonely Street (from Thunder & Lightning LP)
Bloodshot Bill – Dark Lonely Street by nuravebrainwave

Fidlar – Oh (from DIYDUI EP)
FIDLAR – Oh by nuravebrainwave

Colleen Green – Green One (from Green One EP)
Colleen Green – Green One by nuravebrainwave

Assassins 88/TV Colours – Lethal (from Assassins 88/TV Colours/Catholic Spray split 7″)
Lethal (with TV Colours) by ASSASSINS 88

Bazooka – I Wanna Fuck All The Girls In My School (from XVIII Records 7″)
Bazooka – I Want to Fuck All the Girls in My School by nuravebrainwave

Normally I don’t listen to anything that mixes sort of bedroom guitar and electronics, but I’ve had to make an exception for San Diego’s Colleen Green. Not only is she admired by tons of musicians that I really like, but according to approximately every person on Twitter who caught her at SXSW, she fucking kicked ass. I got my hot little hands on a copy of her new 7″ Green One which you can pick up courtesy of the great Hardly Art. ‘Green One’, off the eponymous 7″, is a slice of spring-time pop that errs on the side of perfection unlike anything I’ve heard recently. You can forget how silly those little drum taps are because of the head-nodding guitar and the catchy “I’m just a green one, green one” which makes me, too, want to be a green one. This is necessary listening, promise.

mp3 | Colleen Green – Green One