I’d like to pretend I’m cooler than I am and my musical tastes are more obscure than they are, but this mixtape is me.  I like folk music and alt country, mainly, and the more melancholic and beautiful the better.  I tried to put together a playlist that represented the type of music I actually listen to on a daily basis. Neutral Milk Hotel, the Decemberists, Bon Iver, Sam Amidon and Bonnie “Prince” Billy is the music I fell in love with in the last decade — some within the last few months. And I grew up on bands like The Allman Brothers, The Kinks and The Band (thanks mom and dad).

I’ve been in San Diego for almost six years now, and local bands like Transfer, The Album Leaf and, more recently, Calico Horse and Joel P. West, have made me proud to be a part of the San Diego cultural scene.   I included Bostich + Fussible (of the Nortec Collective) because I’ve lived in Tijuana for the last two and a half years, and the songs they make are such a perfect representation of the chaos, fun and excitement of my beloved TJ.  Hedwig and The Angry Inch is on my list, too, simply because the song is freakin’ awesome. Plus, musicals make this world more enjoyable, don’t you think?

Kinsee Morlan
San Diego CityBeat + Adapta Project
http://tijuanatales.wordpress.com/

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1. Two – Headed Boy    Neutral Milk Hotel
2. Pale Green Things    The Mountain Goats
3. Skinny Love    Bon Iver
4. For Every Field There’s a Mole    Bonnie “Prince” Billy
5. The Breeze    Dr. Dog
6. Random Rules    Silver Jews
7. Saro    Sam Amidon
8. The Crane Wife 3    The Decemberists
9. Hoppípolla    Sigur Rós
10. The MP    The Album Leaf
11. Melissa    The Allman Brothers Band
12. The Weight    The Band
13. Well Respected Man    The Kinks
14. 28th & NE Davis    Joel P West
15. Gold    Calico Horse
16. Everybody In    Transfer
17. Papa Was A Rodeo    The Magnetic Fields
18. Origin Of Love    Hedwig & The Angry Inch
19. Tijuana Sound Machine    Nortec Collective presents Bostich + Fussible