As Hiatus Continues...Enjoy Another Mix..

Hey All...As I continue to determine the next steps of this lowly artist's creative outlet and ventures in the music world I leave you with another Mixtape. It has been a busy yet great summer thus far and with the autumn like weather hopefully creeping up soon and all the kiddies are returning to their halls of education, I cant help but reminisce of the array of emotions that were always attached to this time of the year. Anyway, I will keep you posted on my progress and again...please follow me on twitter @drawingfromusic as I regularly tweet my contributions to The Music Slut, Brooklyn Vegan and of course Radio Free Chicago...Enjoy guys and see ya soon..

Back to School Mix..August Already??

1. E Is for Estranged - Owen Pallett

2.Runaway - The National

3.I Want a House - Twin Sister

4. Wet Cement - Morning Benders

5.Nothing Like You - Frightened Rabbit

6. Salt In The Wound - Delta Spirit

7.Taxi Cab - Vampire Weekend

8. Dirty Cartoons - Menomena

9. I'll Never Leave You - Rogue Wave

10. Perch Patchwork - Maps & Atlases

11.Nobody Gets Me But You - Spoon

12. You Can Keep Me Runnin' Around - Suckers

13. Broken Horse - Freelance Whales

14. Cubism Dream (Daytrotter Version) - The Local Natives

15. Someone's Missing 2:30 MGMT

16. When I'm With You 2:58 Best Coast

17. Gone - Tokyo Police Club

18. Better Times - Beach House

19.Modern Man - Arcade Fire

20.Finish Line - Fanfarlo

21.Down River - The Temper Trap

22. I Only Wear Blue - Dr. Dog

23. Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Port O'Brien Makes it Out to Daytrotter

Cold and dreary with a high possibility of snow flurries is the perfect day to find that our Rock Island friends at Daytrotter have chosen Port O'Brien for the session of the day. Preparing to kick off their second tour supporting the third release, Threadbare; a more somber approach is apparent throughout the album making for an excellent soundtrack for a less noteworthy day. Anyway regardless of how your day is turning out, head over to Daytrotter for a stellar set of songs.

Port O'Brien

Imagine Sunny Skies with Avi Buffalo on Daytrotter

With the frigid Chicago weathers still freezing my butt, I cant help but be grateful for Daytrotter's post today. Avi Buffalo is a band based out of Long Beach, California whose music intertwines angst ridden lyrics (appropriate enough with band members still completing high school)and a psychedelic beach haziness in each strum of the guitar. The West Coast warmth radiates off the four track session available to download, and cant help but bring back a nice reminiscence of the sunny winters I spent in California for grad school. Anyway, the band's debut album is set to release in 2010 with Sub Pop and are expected at this year's SXSW. To check the session along with Sean Moeller's eloquent words head to the link below.

Avi Bufalo @ Daytrotter

Avi Buffalo

The Antlers on Daytrotter: A Ray of Light on this Rainy Day

As the boys of The Antlers make their trek through the West Coast and California before heading out to Europe; our friends at Daytrotter released their session today for our listening pleasure. It has been an awesome year for the trio as I suspect Hospice will land very high on many people's yearly top list of albums. I have had the pleasure of seeing them perform live three times this year at Pitchfork, Monolith and on their own tour. Not to mention, the opportunity to interview them early on. They are such a great bunch of guys who I have enjoyed getting to know better and deserve all the success they've had thus far. If you haven't had the chance you better jump on the wagon. I have been anticipating this since Michael mentioned their session to me back in July.

The Antlers @ Daytrotter