September 12, 2008 | 2:21pm ET
Is it just us or did this week feel especially long and tiring? Thankfully, we have a new Friday Mixtape to help you close out the week. As always, below you’ll find a mix of the best new singles, remixes, covers, and other selections from both old favorites and up-and-comers you might want to get familiar with.
By the way, if you think this is good, just wait until you see what we have for you on Monday. Check back then for a very special surprise!
NEW Singles:
- “Oppressions Each” by Brightblack Morning Light
- “Someone Like You” by David Vandervelde
- “Offend Maggie” by Deerhoof
- “No No One Does It Like You” by Department of Eagles
- “Palmitos Park” by El Guincho
- We Should Fight by Ezra Furman & the Harpoons
- “Acid Tongue” by Jenny Lewis
- “Heart Attack” by Low vs. Diamond
- “Miss Me When I’m Gone” by The Mojomatics
- Faerie Dance by Plants and Animals
- “Be Mine Everyone” by Sam Champion
- “Ricochet!” by Shiny Toy Guns
- “Get Yourself Home (In Search of the Mistress Whose Kisses Are Famous)” by These United States
Covers, Remixes, and all that JAZZ:
- “All Cats Are Grey” (The Cure) by Band In Box
- “Fancy Footwork” (Guns’n’Bombs Remix) by Chromeo
- Something Is Not Right With Me (Richard Swift Onasis Remix) by Cold War Kids
- “Gut Symmetries” (Parenthetical Girls) by Deerhoof
- “Why Can’t I Be You” (Live) by Locksley
- “Fine” by Mr. Meeble
- “Party All The Time” (Eddie Murphy) by Oh Snap!!!
- “Panic Shopper” (Tobacco Remix) by Restiform Bodies
- “Juno” (RAC Maury Remix) by Tokyo Police Club
- “Death” (Crystal Castles Remix) by White Lies
Something to CHECK OUT:
- “BBC Midnight Broadcast” by Brass Bed
- “When It Rains” by The Builder and the Butchers
- “I Could Write A Book” by Drew Andrews
- “From Here to There” by Dylan Champagne
- “Plywood Superman” by Jim White
- “Joe D” by Restavrant
- “Good Fight Fighting” by The Very Most