Friday Mixtape! (with bonus video) | The Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon

Friday Mixtape! (with bonus video)

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Press play on this week’s mixtape and be whisked away into a dingy record store playing music slightly elusive but decadently inviting all at the same time.

That’s often the experience when visiting a local independent music hustler. The tracks they promote are different enough not to be instantly catchy, but communicate an intense need to be owned nevertheless. That’s what these songs are.

Experience the dark and loveable track “I Suck at Life” by Bare Mutants, eclectic fuzzy pop from bands like A Lull and Eldest Son as well as spacy rock from Foxygen front man Jonathan Rado. Pay special attention to the song “Officer” by punk youngsters Saint Rich and definitely take the watch its fun little music video.


And now the video. The Saint Rich album drops October 1.

Ethan Maffey

Both a writer and a fan of vinyl records since age 5, it wasn't until nearly three decades later that Oregon Native Ethan Maffey derived a plan to marry the two passions by writing about music. From blogging on MySpace in 2007 and then Blogspot, to launching his own website, 83Music, and eventually freelancing...
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