Colour Revolt Makes MAGNET A Mix Tape

Oxford, Miss., duo Colour Revolt creates the perfect whiskey-drinking music, characterized by ragged vocals and dynamic, muddy guitar riffs, which are displayed in full glory on just-released new full-length The Cradle (New Fear/Dualtone). The band is about to kick off a U.S. tour in support of the album, with dates alongside Built To Spill, Caribou, Surfer Blood and A Place To Bury Strangers. MAGNET is celebrating the release with this mix tape made by band members Jesse Coppenbarger and Sean Kirkpatrick, who say, “If anyone goes to the trouble of actually listening to this, thank you! And we hope you find something you haven’t heard before and really like. There is plenty of stuff we didn’t put on here, but hey, it’s a mix tape. Just let it play.”

“Our Names” (download):
https://magnetmagazine.com/audio/OurNames.mp3

Sparklehorse “Dog Door”
Jesse: This is the most ridiculous track Mark Linkous ever made. It’s kind of my theme song. The coolest part for me is that Tom Waits plays the “train whistle” and Linkous is credited with “midget voice.” Video

Pavement “Gold Soundz”
Sean: This song is the perfect to listen to in the afternoon. I can’t help but feel a sense of overall well-being after its finished. Video

Jacques Brel “Ne Me Quitte Pas”
Jesse: “I’ll give you pearls of rain, coming from countries where it never rains/I will dig the earth until my death to cover your body with gold and lights/I will make a land where love will be king, where love will be law, where you will be queen.” Video

Björk “Unison”
Sean: Björk just gets it sometimes. This song is so epic, it’s ridiculous. I can’t think of a better song about having sex. Video

Puff Daddy Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. And Mase “Been Around The World”
Jesse: This was my favorite video ever as a kid. I loved every song with Mase. And I loved the build-up intro. Then I heard “Let’s Dance” and loved it even more. Video

Fugazi “Epic Problem”
Sean: “Epic Problem” just pumps me up. It’s an aggressive song. The best thing about it is that you don’t expect the punk riff at the end. It just comes out of nowhere! Video

Aphex Twin “Avril 14th”
Jesse: Richard D. James is such a freak. The video for “Windowlicker” just weirded me out so much that I had to get an AT album. This song is calm in the middle of one of the craziest albums that it just takes you some other place. And the way the hammer hits the string is so bright. It’s awesome. It’s so minimalistic but so unique at the same time. Like Erik Satie. Video

Blur “Coffee And TV”
Sean: This song has one of the best music videos ever. It sold me on the song. Now I think this song stands on its own. Good stuff. Video

Neil Young “On The Beach”
Jesse: This song has so much soul. Essentially, it can work like an old blues song with the despair and refrain of the lyrics or it can be like a relaxing song you listen to while sitting “on the beach.” Video

Deerhoof “L’Amour Stories”
Sean: I can’t help but put this one up here. This song never fails me. You either love or hate the vocals, but you can’t deny its emotive force. Video

Big Star “Stroke It Noel”
Jesse: You can slow dance to it. You can rock out. The string part is just so good and the drums are smashing like Jody does. “And they say we’re lazy men, drinking our white wine/We could go right insane , because we can buy the time/Keeping an eye … Will they come?/Oh, the bombs/But do you wanna dance?” Fuck it. Let’s dance. Video

Trail Of Dead “Source Tags & Codes”
Sean: Even though I haven’t followed these guys more recently, I still think this is one of the best songs they’ve ever written. This song has an amazing bridge. Video

Rolling Stones “Miss You”
Jesse: I had a friend who almost bought this ’70s baby-blue Cadillac convertible with white interior. He rode around in it for a week “testing out.” The only thing that worked in it was the eight-track player and there was only one eight-track in there: Some Girls. We rode up and down the Mississippi highways at night with the top down blaring this song. Not much of a better feeling than that. Video

Beck “Ramshackle”
Sean: A great song to listen to after a long day. Video

Refused “The Deadly Rhythm”
Jesse: The. Shape. Of. Punk. To. Come. Video

Gillian Welch “Everything Is Free”
Sean: Are the best things in life really free? This is a great, slow folk song. It’s all about doing what you were meant to do “even if it doesn’t pay.” Video

Pixies “Caribou”
Jesse: The arrangement is so off the wall. Still, Frank Black’s scream in this song makes John’s in “Mother” or Kurt’s in “Negative Creep” seem childish. Repent! Video

George Harrison “My Sweet Lord”
Jesse: My favorite song from my favorite post-Beatles solo album. Hallelujah. Video