Mixtape: Twisted
Do these weekly-ish mixtapes satisfy y'all's cravings for Viking's Choice? I stepped away from essays and short album reviews because 2023 has been challenging, to put it lightly. But I have missed writing about psychedelic black metal, twee pop and all manner of loud, obscure and weird with regularity — basically, the stuff that's too fringe for my day job at NPR. So my question is an honest one: Do the mixtapes suffice? Does the BNDCMPR playlist tool work for y'all? (No, I'm not switching to Spotify or the like.) Would y'all take less mixtapes for more musings on music?
As it happens, today is Bandcamp Friday. I'll reserve my opinions on the latest Bandcamp drama (the acquisition by Songtradr and its subsequent layoffs) for folks IRL. So if you like something from this mixtape, click the buy button to support the artist. —Lars Gotrich
Stream the Viking's Choice mixtape via BNDCMPR. Follow my Bandcamp collection. Tracklist below:
Dawn Richard, "Your Love / Legends"
Limbo District, "Rhythm Forward"
Gualajo, "El Patakore (Piper Street Sound Dub Version)"
Yalla Miku, "Asmazate"
Spencer Zahn, "OST"
Ava Mirzadegan, "Sleeping Through the Afternoon"
Ara Tokatlian / Enrique Villegas / Guillermo Bordarampé, "Camino a Samarkanda"
Helado Negro, "LFO (Lupe Finds Oliveros)"
Sunny Kim, "The Totality of Silence"
Nabalayo, "Fairy circle"
800 cherries, "b.b.v.u. (give me give me)"
daily rituals, "the window lit; the shorebirds north"
Wendy Eisenberg, "The Kiss (Judee Sill cover)"
Joseph Branciforte & Theo Bleckmann, "11.15"
Sunn O)), "Evil Chuck"
Janel Leppin, "World of Glass"
Kobza Vajk, "Madárka"
Mary Halvorson, "The Gate"
Marie Awadis, "Free Your Mind"
The Umbrellas, "Three Cheers"
Universal Harmonies & Frequencies, "Tune IN"
Animal Hospital, "Awful Beast"
Broadcast, "Black Cat"
Duke, "WADA PANGA 1"
S.C. Sharma, "Dance Music II"
Lucy Liyou, "We Belong Together (Mariah Carey cover)"
Trhä, "Danë‡i"
Rosa Faenskap, "Skjør"
Like Roses, "Easy"
Plume Girl, "twisted"
Tara Clerkin Trio, "Marble Walls"