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Here at DiS Towers we're pretty hazy on how we used to preview festivals before the advent of Spotify.... smoke signal? Tribal dance..? No idea. Anyway, Glastonbury = quite a lot bands playing. So many that one mixtape won't do. No sir. Initially we decided to do an old folks' mix and a young folks' mix, but that ran aground upon realising there weren't really that many old bands on the bill at all, or at least, not such a large number that we wouldn't have just been bulking out the mixes with songs by Rolf Harris and Tom Jones for the sake of it. So instead here's our per day mix of tips and recommendations for what to see at the festival, plus a bonus mix of IT WILL DEFINITELY BE SUNNY WEATHER music courtesy of our noble leader Sean Adams.
Tracklisting:
- Neil Young: 'Like A Hurricane' (live)
- Little Boots: 'Stuck On Repeat'
- Fucked Up: 'No Epiphany'
- Animal Collective: 'The Purple Bottle'
- The Specials: 'Gangsters'
- The Horrors: 'Three Decades'
- British Sea Power: 'Victorian Ice'
- La Roux: 'In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Mix)' - NB fact fans, this is by way of representing Skream, not La Roux, who is of course on tomorrow. I mean, it CAN represent La Roux, obviously, but y'know...
- The Big Pink: 'Velvet'
- Emiliana Torrini: 'Fireheads'
- Regina Spektor: 'Fidelity'
- Q-Tip: 'Things We Do'
- The Kinks: 'David Watts' - by way of representing Ray Davies
- Fleet Foxes: 'Mykonos'
- Doves: 'The Cedar Room'
SPECULATIVE BONUS TRACK
- The Libertines: 'What A Waster'
- Spinal Tap: 'Tonight I'm Going To Rock You Tonight'
- Bruce Springsteen: 'Adam Raised A Cain' (live)
- Dizzee Rascal: 'I Luv U'
- First Aid Kit: 'You've Not Coming Home Tonight'
- Marina And The Diamonds: 'Obsessions'
- Emmy The Great: 'We Almost Had A Baby'
- Bon Iver: 'Skinny Love'
- Passion Pit: 'Swimming In The Flood'
- Eagles Of Death Metal: 'Don't Speak (I Came To Make A BANG)'
- Metric: 'Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Mix)'
- The Gaslight Anthem: 'Old White Lincoln'
- Jarvis Cocker: 'Running The World'
- Tindersticks: 'Tiny Tears'
- Baaba Maal: 'Farba' (live)
- Rolf Harris: 'Sun Arise' - we reserve the right to hypocrisy on this one
SPECULATIVE BONUS TRACK
- Klaxons: 'Gravity's Rainbow'
- Micachu & The Shapes: 'Lips'
- Blur: 'Beetlebum' (live)
- Bat For Lashes: 'Daniel'
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs: 'Rockers To Swallow'
- Echo & The Bunnymen: 'Villiers Terrace' (live)
- The Soft Pack: 'Nightlife'
- The Aliens: 'Magic Man'
- Peaches: 'Kick It'
- The Prodigy: 'Their Law'
- Brand New: 'Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades'
- Art Brut: 'Formed A Band'
- Roots Manuva: 'Witness (1 Hope)'
- Robyn Hitchcock: 'Traveller's Fare'
- Amadou & Mariam: 'La Realite'
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: 'The Ship Song' (live)
'OH ALRIGHT THEY DID DO ONE GOOD SONG' BONUS TRACK
- Status Quo: 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men'
- Four Tet: 'She Moves She'
- The Horrors: 'Scarlet Fields'
- Friendly Fires: 'Strobe'
- Bombay Bicycle Club: 'Always Like This'
- Animal Collective: 'Brother Sport'
- Passion Pit: 'Sleepyhead'
- Peter Bjorn and John: 'Nothing To Worry About'
- Golden Silvers: 'Arrows Of Eros'
- We Have Band: 'Hear It In the Cans (DIY Version)'
- Metronomy: 'Holiday'
- Micachu: 'Golden Phone'
- The Memory Band: 'This Is How We Walk On The Moon'
- The Mummers: 'March Of The Dawn'
- Metric: 'Empty'
- Emmy The Great: 'First Love'
- M. Ward: 'Chinese Translation'
- Eliza Carthy: 'Train Song'
- Emiliana Torrini: 'To Be Free'
- Temper Trap: 'Science Of Fear'
- The Big Pink: 'Velvet'
- The Emperor Machine: 'Kananana'
- Heartbreak: 'Loving The Alien'
- Deadmau5: 'This Noise'
- Chase: 'Call To Prayer'
- Fucked Up: 'Crooked Head'
And finally here's a monster megamix of the entire weekend, starting with a bonus set of Thursday night songs which runs thusly:
- Maximo Park: 'Apply Some Pressure'
- We Have Band: 'Oh!'
- Kap Bambino: 'Save'
- Alessi's Ark: 'Over The Hill'
- Metronomy: 'My Heart Rate Rapid'
- East 17: 'Stay Another Day'
We do have better things to do than dick around on Spotify all day. Just not many. Enjoy, and feel free to post your own alternate tapes below...
