WELCOME TO THE MIDDLE EAST — Mixtape
Before I started blogging about music, I always assumed that all of the ‘good music’ was made in magical faraway places like California and New York and that Virginia and DC were only good for country music or hip hop, neither of which are my favorites. As I began to explore the music blog-world, I began to discover that there was actually a lot of great music coming out of places very nearby — Richmond, DC, even Blacksburg and Charlottesville. So the aim for this mixtape is to shine a little light on all my favorite artists making really great music in my own backyard.
Anyway, the name of the mixtape is a little bit of a play on the location from which all of this music comes from, somewhere in the middle of the Eastern seaboard - Virginia. So without further ado…
WELCOME TO THE MIDDLE EAST
- Manta Rayz - Intro
- Climbers - Firehead
- Darker Daze - Monoxian
- Hoop Dreams - XCPR
- The Potomac - November
- Nash Smith & Ganges - Black Cadillac
- Spacemonster - DeVille
- True Womanhood - Dark Rift (Pictureplane Cover)
- Everybody Yay - Meaning
- Boas - Spring Fireball
~ DOWNLOAD & ENJOY ~
NEON WAVES is a music blog constantly updated with new music and artists from a variety of genres but mostly focusing on lo-fi, psychedelic pop.
DISCLAIMER: All music posted is posted for promotional / preview purposes only. If you want your music taken down, email me.
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