2013 YEAR END LISTS FROM MEXICAN SUMMER

STAFF

Jesper

Satanic Rockers – Fu-Kung (Black Greasy Basement)
Steve Gunn – Time Off (Paradise of Bachelors)
Chance – In Search (Paradise of Bachelors)
Spacin’ – Deep Thuds (Richie)
Jeremy Seal – Meander (Vintage)
Hannah Kent – Burial Rites (Little, Brown)

Keith

Steve Gunn – Time Off (Paradise of Bachelors)
Arp – More (Smalltown Supersound)
William Onyeabor – Who Is William Onyeabor? (Luaka Bop)
Grouper – The Man Who Died In His Boat (Kranky)
Dirty Beaches – Drifters/Love Is The Devil (Zoo Music)

Kerry

top tweeter: @brandonstosuy
top live act: factory floor
top gig: merchandise at 285 kent
top album: oneohtrix point never – r plus seven (Warp)
top song: daniel avery – drone logic
top label: tri angle
top book: a scene in between: fashion and independent music in the UK 1983-89

Matt

Top Five Favorite Roots + Recipes of 2013

Daikon radishes – shred w/ carrots, mix w/ rice flour, lightly sauté in olive oil
Fennel – roasted w/ potatoes, dijon mustard and honey
Kohlrabi – made into slaw w/ a light cream
Rutabaga – mashed w/ maple syrup
Sweet Potatoes – roast those fuckers

Nancy

Lansing-Dreiden – live at the Mexican Summer Five Year Festival
Dunkelziffer – Retrospection 3xLP Obi set from emotional rescue
HOT LOVE second edition
Circuit Des Yeux – Overdue
This mix from Unpiano 2013 mix trade

Phil

Top 5 Joey Anderson tracks of 2013:

Mind Set
Above the Cherry Moon
Repulsive
Attitude
Sky’s Blessings

Rachel

Steve Gunn – Time Off (Paradise of Bachelors)
Shannon and the Clams – Dreams in the Rat House (Hardly Art)
Bill Callahan – Dream River (Drag City)
Jenny Hval – Innocence Is Kinky (Rune Grammofon)
The Dream Scene, Quiet Hooves, Guerilla Toss, Big French, etc. at Silent Barn/Escapes
Kathleen Hanna doc The Punk Singer
Justin Timberlake – “Mirrors”
The Voyager’s captured sounds from interstellar space / leaving the galaxy
Eating Taco Bell and visiting Graceland in Memphis with my best friend
M’ladys Records

Shea

A+s

A. G. Cook – Nu Jack Swung EP (PC Music)
Abstract Mutation – Fake Keygen (1080p)
ADR – Chunky Monkey (Hippos in Tanks)
Andras Fox – Erskine Falls (Home Loan Records)
Arca – &&&&& (Self-released)

Tom

Documentary Film: Cutie and The Boxer
Party: Mexican Summer 5 Years
Album that we didn’t put out: Kurt Vile – Wakin On a Pretty Daze (Matador)
Coffee: Oslo – Thor!
Local: Smiley’s Pound, South Egremont, Massachusetts

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ARTISTS

Happy Jawbone – Luke

i don’t even know what 2013 means any more! I liked a lot of things in 2013, but then it turned out it was 2012. and now, you say there will be a 2014? here are some things i plan on associating with 2013 someday.

that brian eno and john cale album, wrong way up, that one’s great, i listen to it all the time.
bubbly mommy gun, sand roses- the best band.
big french, down town running- sorry i called bubbly mommy gun the best band. i hope that doesn’t hurt your feelings. you’re amazing too! just keep practicing.
miles davis, in a silent way. and on the corner. miles davis is like soup to me. sometimes you just need some soup you know?
beck, one foot in the grave- I listened to this album and i knew i would never drown. i think he’s got something new out. i oughta find it. i listen to the album he produced for thurston moore a lot. demolished thoughts. i listen to that too much i think!
bird names, naming names– another classic. i’m excited about the album they’re working on now as a power trio.
reading james brown’s memoirs was a powerful event.
chris weisman, better psychics, maya properties — mostly i listened to 4, 5, and 6, but it’s all good. Chris weisman is an ecosystem.
ruth garbus is a hurricane. Can’t wait until she records her new songs with Julia Tadlock. Her new tape with danny bissette is killer. It’s actually Danny’s birthday today. Happy Birthday Danny! Everyone wish Danny happy birthday in your head. You are a great songwriter! keep up the good work! And Kyle Thomas is coming home for the holidays today, i heard. Hopefully I can use peer pressure to get him to drink some of my eggnog. He’s so cool. I listen to his stuff all the time too. That reminds me I need to make my christmas cards today. time to stop this music garbage! i listened to a lot of other music though. I can’t remember it all. oh and blanche blanche blanche, i can’t forget them. OK that’s it, everybody else sucks! especially gorilla toss!

Mood Rings – Chris

Grouper – The Man Who Died in His Boat
Oneohtrix Point Never – R Plus Seven
Kirin J Callinan – Embracism
Kanye West – Yeezus
Darkside – S/T
Tim Hecker – Virgins
Foxygen – We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic
Julia Holter – Loud City Song
Burial – Rival Dealer
Eleanor Friedberger – Personal Record

Quilt – Anna

Some 2013 musical highlights

Jan: Swamp Rats
Feb: Eddy Arnold
March: Dungen
April: Michael Hurley
May: Tame Impala
June: Playing a wedding with Quilt on astroturf nestled between an antique car collection… Takes the cake
July: Seeing Paul McCartney at Fenway Park
August: Tony Caro and John
September: Woodsist Fest
October: Playing in Moscow/playing in NYC with Connan Mockasin and Linda Perhacs
November: Skip Bifferty
December: Mississippi John Hurt/La Luz/Haim/Temples

Quilt – Shane

Mike Bruno & The Black Magic Family Band playing ‘In The Shade’ at West Kensington Ministry in Philadelphia
Weyes Blood, ‘Some Winters’, live at the Mexican Summer Five Year Festival in Brooklyn.
Little Wings, ‘Touch of Grey’ (Grateful Dead cover), live at Woodsist Fest in Big Sur
Peter’s Window, ‘Hey NASA’, live in Turner’s Falls, MA
Soft Healer, ‘Civilization’s Dying’, live at The Montague Bookmill in Montague, MA
Daniel Bachman & Ryley Walker doing a rendition of ‘If I Were A Carpenter’ at the Fairfield Chapel in Oberlin, OH
Mutual Benefit, just making some noise with his buddy Stefan at The Dreamhaus in Allston, MA
Brian Ellis, reading at Blastfest at the Cambridge YMCA in Cambridge, MA
Faun & A Pan-flute playing at The Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain, MA
Twig Harper, Max Eilbecher, & Tom Boram, performance at Coward Shoe in Baltimore, MD

Thug Entrancer

R Plus Seven/OPN live @ Glasslands. The Buchla Easel Re-Issue. Lampo (Chicago, IL). Garfield Park Conservatory (Chicago, IL). Death After Life and the addition to the Software crew <3. Aurora Halal. Trap House III. There Will Never Be Silence. The Rocky Mountains/Re-location, Progression + The Future.

Travis Bretzer

SONGS:

Jasmine Singh – Whatcha Gonna Do
Chris Cohen – Open Theme (Demo from “I Need You Bad”)
Teddy Holtby – Trimble Did You Know?
Kristian Smith – Losing My Touch
Darwin Deez – You Can’t Be My Girl
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Secret Xitans
Janelle Monáe – Dance Apocalyptic
Alex Calder – Location
Y.N.RichKids – My Bike
Mitchmatic – Try Something Else