MUST BE SUMMER: a 12-track minimix

Songs shared with me and current sweat weather tunes to ease you through whatever it is everyone is doing all summer. It starts real fuzzy and rockin’ then eases into more psyched out electronic vibes with lady vox riding the waves. 

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1. THIS TIME I GOT A REASON // FUZZ // TROUBLE IN MIND

2. GIRL IN MY HEAD // UV RACE // HOMO

3. DAMP FACE // LA LUZ // DAMP FACE

4. WHITE MICE // THE MO-DETTES // SINGLE

5. SEPTEMBER // THE STICK FIGURES // THE STICK FIGURES

6. WEB // BURNT ONES // YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE

7. YAWN FACTORY // SPRAY PAINT // SPRAY PAINT

8. DEATH TO FAME // GOLDEN TRIANGLE // DOUBLE JOINTER

9. CHICK HABIT // APRIL MARCH // CHICK HABIT

10. CRYSTALIZED // MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER // MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER

11. ALL MY FRIENDS // CHERRY GLAZERR // CHERRY GLAZERR 

12. ROSA // GRIMES // GEIDI PRIMES

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a MID-FALL minimix

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1. SPEECH // COUSINS // THE PALM AT THE END OF THE MIND

2. STANDING AT THE STATION // TY SEGALL // LEMONS

3. UNDEATH // CHIT CHAT // 7″

4. C. C. RIDER // THE DELMONAS // DANGEROUS CHARMS

5. LUPINE DOMINUS // THEE OH SEES // PUTRIFIERS II 

6. GOLDILOCKS ZONE // GRASS WIDOW // INTERNAL LOGIC

7.  MR. POWER // THE PLEASURE SEEKERS // WHAT A WAY TO DIE

8. YOU KNOW YOU CAN’T RESIST // THEE HEADCOATEES // HAVE LOVE, WILL TRAVEL 

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STRANGE.WAVES MIXTAPE

Here are some songs rangeing from experimental 60s pop to new wave computer artists to cherished classix. Stream the 17 songs through 8-tracks and  allow them to comfort any socially awkward tendencies you may have inherited during the cave times of winter.

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1. O SUPERMAN // LAURIE ANDERSON // BIG SCIENCE

2. SEE THE SUN // BAD INDIANS // NOT HAVING ANY FUN

3. MONEY // THE FLYING LIZARDS // THE FLYING LIZARDS 

4. YANG YANG // ANIKA // ANIKA

5. SOPHISTICATED BOOM BOOM // THE SHANGRI-LAS // LONG LIVE OUR LOVE/SOPHISTICATED BOOM BOOM 

6. PATA PATA // MIRIAM MAKEBA // PATA PATA

7. SPACE IS ONLY NOISE IF YOU CAN SEE // NICOLAS JAAR // SPACE IS ONLY NOISE

8. MAY I WALK WITH YOU? // STAR SLINGER // MAY I WALK WITH YOU?

9. BLACK RAIN // NEWVILLAGER // NEWVILLAGER

10. THE PLATFORM ON THE OCEAN // ARTHUR RUSSELL // CALLING OUT OF CONTEXT

11. (NOTHING BUT) FLOWERS // TALKING HEADS // NAKED

12. ACCIDENTS NEVER HAPPEN // BLONDIE // EAT TO THE BEAT

13. TELEPHONE STORIES // BRILLIANT COLORS // AGAIN AND AGAIN

14. LORELEI // COCTEAU TWINS // TREASURE

15. I GET NERVOUS // LOWER DENS // TWIN-HAND MOVEMENT

16. I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU // THE FLAMINGOS // I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU

17. HEAVY WATER/I’D RATHER BE SLEEPING // GROUPER // DRAGGING A DEAD DEAR UP A HILL 

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Share. care. create.

XO, J.D. 

SPRING MINIMIX // “KEEP IT COOL”

JAM DAMSEL PRESENTS // SPRING MINIMIX // “KEEP IT COOL.”

After several days of overheating and sunshine loving, we are in the midst of a cold front. I present you with another 8tracks 12-track mix keeping you hot until summer unity embraces our frail beings .

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1. RECALLING // THE PROPER ORNAMENTS // MAKE A MESS 7″

2. HAMILTON ROAD // DUCKTAILS // III: ARCADE DYNAMICS

3. SUCH A JOKE // VIVIAN GIRLS // SELF-TITLED

4. WYLDE STYLE // CHIT CHAT // CHIT CHAT

5. ON THE BEACH // GUN OUTFIT // DIMLIGHT

6. THE DREAM // THEE OH SEES // CARRION CRAWLER/THE DREAM

7. M&MS // COLLEEN GREEN // DEMOS

8. IN DECAY // PHÈDRE // PHÈDRE

9. ALONE // TY SEGALL // MELTED

10. THE POOL // WHITE FENCE // HARNESS 7″

11. JON’S SONG // TAN DOLLAR // DIARY OF OUR JOURNEY TO THE NETHERLANDS

12. DON’T LIE // THE MANTLES // DON’T LIE 7″

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I hope this mix leaves you feeling a little bit lighter and a lot bit loose. Listen, share, care.

XO, J.D. 

color me brilliant

Greetings. In honor of the lovely weather Michigan (and much of the U.S.) has been encountering in the past few weeks, I present you with a light, airy, so-good-i-wanna-eat-you up band jam all the way from the ripe and roaring city of San Francisco. This blissful band I type of is, Brilliant Colors.

WHO? With inspiration hailing from the post-punk era and a style that mirrors the type of pop with teeth so sharp it could slice a block of swiss, Brilliant Colors offers a sensational, dream-like homage to all things lovely. Comprised of three cool-haired gals – Jess Scott (vocals, guitar) Diane Anastasio (drums) and Michelle Hill (bass) – Brilliant Colors formed in 2007 and have been perfecting their sound since. The band released “Introducing” on Slumberland and Make a Mess records in 2009 and after everyone was super pumped about that album, they began recording and touring all over the place.

LISTEN: Their most recent release, “Again and Again” sounds like a glass of lemonade dripping with condensation. With bass lines that flow round and round like a valley highway and vocals so sweet they make your tongue tingle, each song creates a memory of a distorted summer love affair once had or the hopeful realization that independence is the best attribute we can embody. Positive vibes and ear smiles are included, as well.

*fun fact: “Cult Face” off “Again and Again” was inspired by Patti Smith and her ability to transform hellish crowds into harmonic forces of energies through her music.

Buy their albums! Buy their 7″s! Consume creativity.

xo, JD

March miniMIX // “I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE”

JAM DAMSEL presents // MARCH MINIMIX // “I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE”

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1. HEY SANDY // POLARIS // MUSIC FROM THE ADVENTURES OF PETE AND PETE

2. EVAPORATION // SWIMSUIT // SWIMSUIT 

3. JOHNNY // CHIT CHAT // CHIT CHAT

4. ROUND YOUR WAY // BRILLIANT COLORS // AGAIN AND AGAIN

5. TRY TO GET BY // BAD INDIANS // NOT HAVING ANY FUN

6. NO FUN // IGGY POP & THE STOOGES // THE STOOGES

7. ON PARADE // ELECTRELANE // THE POWER OUT

8. CELEBRATE THE MUNDANE // GRASS WIDOW // GRASS WIDOW

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As a leap day treat, I decided to make a minimix courtesy of 8tracks.com. 8tracks is a killer website that lets you create your own playlists and browse other people’s playlists, regardless of genre. Playlists range from Disney study songs (?) to early 1990s R&B to Icelandic death metal. It’s awesome.

HIGHLIGHTS. 

Swimsuit. Ypsi/Ann Arbor. Motown lady vocals traveling on a surfboard down Michigan Ave.

Brilliant Colors. San Francisco. Sounds like a soft frenzy of cheek kisses. *Album feature coming soon.

Bad Indians. Ypsi/Ann Arbor. BAD INDIANS is like that band you heard in a city bar and really “felt connected to” but could NOT remember the name for THE LIFE OF YOU revived in living color.

Electrelane. Heaven. Punk prowess chimed perfectly with every raging atom of femininity you embody. *Band Jam coming soon. 

I hope you enjoy this light mixture of the then and now. Winter is on its way out. Spring is upon us. May this little mix get you through the chilling winds and snuffly noses that remain.

XO, JD. 

Gimme that CHIT CHAT

CHIT CHAT is an Ypsilanti, Mich. based garage punk trio fevering its way through the Michigan music scene. CHIT CHAT has been making a name for itself all over the state, from Detroit to Grand Rapids, and are planning a tour throughout the midwest this spring.

SOUND: CHIT CHAT’s genuine, hard-hitting, yet soft when it needs to be, sound is only complimented by the talent each musician embodies. With vocals stemming from a high school girl’s bathroom in the early 80s and high-powered dueling guitar bits, each track on their demo album, CHIT CHAT, tells its own story.

Tracks like CRUISING, WYLD STYLE, and JOHNNY portray their soft, warm, nostalgic view of all things matter. While the harsh, dark, and crash-slashing tracks like BABY, CHIT CHAT, and KILLER BITCH expose a reality infused with cheating lovers, teasing friends, and everything in between. The median equals CHIT CHAT and CHIT CHAT equals <3.

 

BLOOD BIAS? Band members include Kevin Mckay (drums), Nick Melody (guitar) and Izzy Johnson (guitar and lead vocals). Izzy also happens to be my beloved older sister, so if you think I have some sort of bias towards this band, think again. Or shall I say listen again, because this band is a damn jam whether Izzy and I share the same blood or not.

CHIT CHAT’s self-titled demo tape can be found at their shows or on the Ypsi Music Shelf at Cafe Ollie, if you’re in the Ann Arbor-Ypsi area.

SEE FOR YOURSELF: 

FEBRUARY 21. TRUMBULLPLEX. DETROIT W/ THE PHARMACY & TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS

MARCH 3. CAFE OLLIE. YPSI W/ TERMINAL ORCHESTRA

MARCH 9. SUICIDE HOUSE. GRAND RAPIDS W/ RADIATOR HOSPITAL & SWEARIN’

xo, JD