A NY-mixtape is a thing I've been, in a way, working on for years as well. So now the time of wrapping up is finally here, I must say the result turned out pleasing but also rather surprising. Most of the featured artists are from New York, perhaps born or raised or even died there. The blend of old and new songs all have a certain almost melodramatic feel to them. The title was initially just a working title, taken from the Interpol song. But now that it's finished, it seems to fit the compilation rather well.
Picture by Ted Dwane.
NEW YORK CARES
1. The Strokes - New York City Cops
2. Ella Fitzgerald - Manhattan
3. Harlem Shakes - Niagara Falls
4. The Walkmen - 138th Street
5. Matt & Kim - I'll Take Us Home
6. Cat Power - Hard Times In New York Town (Bob Dylan Cover Peel Session)
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Yeah! New York
8. John Lennon - New York City (Rehearsal)
9. Beastie Boys - An Open Letter To NYC
10. Interpol - NYC
11. Vampire Weekend - M79
12. The Magnetic Fields - The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
13. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo
14. LCD Soundsystem - New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
15. Ramones - 53rd & 3rd
16. Jonathan Richman - Springtime in New York
17. Bishop Allen - Flight 180
18. Conor Oberst - NYC - Gone, Gone
19. The National - So Far Around The Bend
20. Julian Casablancas - Ludlow St.
21. Frank Sinatra - New York, New York
Bonus track: (yes, beyond corny, but I couldn't help it)
22. Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind (ft. Alicia Keys)
Also on Spotify (with limited availability).
