Mixtape: You Look Like a Kitty

I’m burning this one for the car – it’s that much fun. The kitty mix includes a couple tracks from the upcoming HIV/AIDS awareness compilation by 4AD Dark Was the Night, two incredible songs from Austin upstarts (Corto Maltese, Leatherbag), a pinch of flashback (Richard Swift, Thom Hell), a dash of Seattle (J Tillman) and a hop across the pond for the Hot Chip collaboration that didn’t involve Peter Gabriel, the Geese-remixed EP with Robert Wyatt. Oh, and make it all the way through for a special treat from David Byrne, covering Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” Just perfect.

DOWNLOAD: VA – You Look Like a Kitty (zip)

01 The Books & Jose Gonzalez “Cello Song”
02 Thom Hell “A Day and a Half”
03 The Middle East “Fools Gold”
04 Here We Go Magic “Everything’s Big”
05 Leatherbag “Autumn Leaves”
06 Hot Chip w/ Robert Wyatt & Geese “Whistle for Will”
07 Richard Swift “Lady Luck”
08 Big Star “Morpha Too” (Rough Mix from Ardent Session)
09 DM Stith “Just Once”
10 Dirty Projectors & David Byrne “Knotty Pine”
11 Vetiver “More of This”
12 Andrew Bird “Master Sigh”
13 J. Tillman “New Imperial Grand Blues”
14 Corto Maltese “Answer, Answer”
15 Koen Holtkamp “You Mean the World to Me”
16 Scott Tuma “Heeler”
17 David Byrne “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
18 Eric Copeland “Untitled 5″