Friday Mix Tape: New Winter Tunes

With 2008 starting to look smaller and smaller in the rear view mirror and 2009 now in full swing, we’re sure that you’ve probably grown tired of some of the music you injected into your iPod last year. Since you may not get the itch each Tuesday to hit your local record shop for new tunes, I thought I’d use this week’s mix tape to feature some new music that has already hit stores this year. So sit back, relax and take a listen…

We kick things off with the Derek Trucks Band’s soulful cover of Down In The Flood from the band’s seventh album Already Free. From there, we’ve got A.C. Newman – the “side-project” from New Pornographers front-man Carl Newman – with The Palace At 4 AM from Get Guilty. We continue on with the beautifully, spooky title track from Bon Iver’s recent EP Blood Bank. Next up is Whispered Words from Black Keys guitar-slinger Dan Auerbach’s solo debut Keep It Hid. Then, we’ve got another cover tune. This one comes from M. Ward who takes on Buddy Holly’s Rave On from his upcoming release Hold Time. Finally, we close things with some indie-twang-pop with Ben Kweller’s Things I Like To Do from Changing Horses.