This morning on Twitter, I asked people to submit their song to a mixtape to the theme:
Songs to beat the Monday blues?
Here are 22 songs handpicked to cheer you up on any given Monday.
One of the bands picked, Local Natives play The Academy 2, Dublin tomorrow night. WE SHOULD ALL GO. I’ve a feeling it’s going it be amazing.
- New Order – Blue Monday [@GavinFeeney & @colmbracken]
- Local Natives – Airplane [@domBrog]
- The Flirtations – Nothing But a Heartache [@Jessieluvaction]
- Nathan Fake – Basic Mountain [@Swyh]
- The Eels – I Like Birds [@brenstrong]
- Kings Of Convenience – Boat Behind [@CormacMoylan]
- A+ – Enjoy Yourself [Magooo]
- Wolf Gang – Pieces of You (Baby Monster Mix) [@Jessieluvaction]
- Speech Debelle – Spinnin’ [@noisysonny]
- Minnie Ripperton – Les Fleurs [@lennyantonelli ]
- Esser – Leaving Town (live on 6Music) [@TheMiseducation]
- Minaars – Busy Hands [@Tenacioustim]
- Lovage – Pitstop [@ManuelTheWaiter]
- Fire Island Feat. Loleatta Holloway – Shout To The Top [@D_e_v]
- Lacrosse – We Are Kids [@lennyantonelli ]
- Weezer – Holiday [@eomac]
- Phoenix – Lisztomania [@anclove ]
- Chromeo – Night By Night [@Gavin_E]
- Why? and Themselves – Canada [@Heskinc]
- Port O’ Brien – I Woke Up Today [@Johnmfinn]
- The Fiery Furnaces – Tropical Iceland [@@Karlusss]
- Jeniferever – Alvik [@DrownedinSound]
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
The Lovage tune actually better for sexy time than a blue monday….unless of course you’re having a blue monday if you know what I mean….what? do I know what I mean
Well here, you picked it like..
That explanation will do fine.
Nathan Fake… choice
🙂
Ah, Nathan Fake, nice choice from a great label in Border Community. You might also like Dextro (also on BC), his second album ‘Winded’ is just out.
http://www.dextro.co.uk
Hiya!
Nathan Fake will be playing at the SMS festival in Croatia this September! It’s going to be great! Other acts include Carl Craig, Friendly Fires, Optimo, Theo Parrish and Girlcore. Check it out at http://sms-2010.com/
Cheers!