Disclaimer: It’s not August, I’m not drunk, and it’s only a little bit sunny. There’s no real theme to the stuff I’m posting today, it’s just some random things that I’ve been meaning to mention.

Keegan Dewitt - It was way back in May that I first wrote about , drawing comparisons between his work and that of Whiskeytown and yes, Dylan. I’m a big fan of the Americana sound, so his country tinged acoustic songs were right up my street. Keegan got in touch a few days ago to let me know that his new album is now finished. All of the songs have been mixed properly, giving them all a generally richer sound. The album is available to order via Keegan’s website, where you can also listen the album in it’s entirity.

MP3 Keegan DeWitt – Bed of Mercy
MP3 Keegan DeWitt – So High So Low

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Siobhan DonaghyThe music elitist in me didn’t take seriously for a long time. I remember that when ‘Overrated’ was first released in 2003 I dismissed it pretty quickly, despite it actually being quite enjoyable. Sometime last year I grudgingly added it to my iPod after hearing it again, and then I realised that the whole exercise was a little absurd. A good song is a good song no matter who it comes from. Dismissing someone talented merely because of their past musical indiscretions is pretty dumb. Granted I don’t think I can name one other song of hers that I actually like, but that doesn’t change the fact that ‘Overrated’ is a fine piece of work. Apparently her new stuff is regarded as being rather good, but I can’t get on with it myself. You can make up your own mind over on her Myspace page.

MP3 Siobhan Donaghy – Overrated (expired)

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PavementLast night I started putting together my first “mixtape” for the International Mixtape Project. It’s a pretty nice idea where each month you’re sent the name and address of someone from their list (currently over 700 people) and you make them a mixtape. Everyone in the group ends up making a mixtape for someone else, and everyone should then get a new mixtape in the mail every month. How well this all works in reality is something I’m about to find out, but I enjoy making mixes, and getting some entirely random ones should be interesting too. I don’t really have any overlaying theme for my first one, but I seem to be basing the whole thing around ‘Gold Soundz’ by . I have no actual reason for this other than the fact I’ve recently become addicted to it again. It’s one of Pavement’s many pitch perfect songs, and one of the few things that will actually make me think “they don’t make them like that anymore”. So someone is going to be getting a mix of songs that go nicely with this one. Lucky them.

MP3 Pavement – Gold Soundz (expired)