Here’s an old mix that I made for a friend. It started out as an introduction to Alt Country, but turned into more of a mood mix than anything. It’s still one of my favorite mixes that I’ve made.

It’s got some pretty sad bastard material on it, but I don’t think of it as depressing [disclaimer: I have a huge appreciation for sad bastard music]; I think of it as a somewhat introspective Sunday afternoon listen (also makes excellent lie-in-bed-with-significant-other music). Hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think.

1. Jay Farrar - “Hanging on to You”
2. Scud Mountain Boys - “In a Ditch”
3. Wilco - “Remember the Mountain Bed”
4. South San Gabriel - “I Feel Too Young To Die”
5. Marc Carroll - “No Time at All”
6. Paul Brill - “Maybelline”
7. Josh Rouse - “100m Backstroke”
8. Hayden - “You Are All I Have”
9. Drive-By Truckers - “Danko/Manuel”
10. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billie - “Hard Life” [f. Marty Slayton]
11. Elliott Smith - “Miss Misery”
12. Neil Halstead - “High Hopes” [No Outro]
13. Clem Snide - “African Friend”
14. Fruit Bats - “Seaweed”
15. Iron & Wine - “Sodom, South Georgia”
16. Sufjan Stevens - “For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti”
17. Beck - “Lost Cause”
18. Sparklehorse - “Maria’s Little Elbows”

Making mixes has been a passion of mine since I first jury-rigged two tape decks together back in junior high. For some reason, I almost completely stopped making them when I moved to San Francisco.

I’m challenging myself to post one mix each month (sliding this one in under the wire for August). As I work on getting back into it, I’d love inspiration from our readers. Anyone have a mix request? Feel free to be as broad or specific as you like. Leave a comment or email me at stranger@strangerdance.com

While the folks at APE Concerts haven’t announced the schedule for the Outside Lands Festival [Update: full schedule now available here], most of the bands involved have which night they’re playing on their respective sites. So we did a little investigative journalism to cobble together a schedule.

According to their site, Radiohead is scheduled to headline the opening night of the three-day festival. Tom Petty’s site notes that they will play Saturday night, leaving MoR Jack Johnson to close out the festival on Sunday night

[Full schedule after the jump.]

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As we previously posted, we were already pretty excited about the upcoming Summer concerts. The lineup for the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park was announced today and I’m peeing in my pants. One word: incredible. 3-Day pass tickets go on sale this Sunday for $225. Single-day passes have not yet been confirmed. [Update #1, 4/28: Full lineup/schedule and single-day tickets announced; Update #2, 6/18: Even More Acts Announced]

See below for the full announced line-up: Click here to read more