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Yesterday we shared Part One of the Øya Festival Mixtape, and today we've got 7 more free tracks for your listening pleasure. Here's anther sampling of what's to come at Norway's biggest and greenest music festival.
Pic: Julie Loen
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Norway's Øya Festival is the largest outdoor music festival in Oslo, and it's back for its eighth year. Running from August 10th-14th, we'll be there to see the likes of the Flaming Lips, M.I.A., Pavement, Iggy & the Stooges and LCD Soundsystem, enjoy the sandy beaches and the beautiful fjords, and to experience Oslo nightlife, complete with DJ-sets from Jamie XX, Four Tet and Caribou.
Not only is Øya Festival officially the greenest festival in Europe, but its organisers are also quite generous. We've been given a whole slew of tracks to share with you for free, courtesy of some of the festival's biggest acts, and some Norwegian ones you've probably never heard of - but you really should.
Pic: Erik Svendsen
In this first mixtape installment, we've got Marina and the Diamonds and Cymbals Eat Guitars, as well as six Norwegian acts that should be on your new music radar.
If you haven't come across them before, James Chance and the Contortions were a bunch of seminal New York No Wavers that liked to push music, and in particular saxophones, to breaking point.
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Another legend makes his return today. Orange Juice man Edwyn Collins is set to release his first album since his serious illness in 2005, and it's a star-studded affair. As previously reported, 'Losing Sleep' (out on Heavenly on September 13th) features members of The Cribs, Franz Ferdinand, The Magic Numbers, The Drums and Aztec Camera and sounds pretty special judging by what we've heard.
Have we been going on about Summer Camp much lately? Probably, but don't expect it to end any time soon as the duo keep sending us lush lo-fi treats as summer careers on by.
There are a bunch of great mixtapes on the Web this week, so we've found the best ones for you, along with a few other free track downloads. Have at them, and share your thoughts below.
1. Ra Ra Riot – ‘Boy’
New York indie-rockers Ra Ra Riot will be releasing their next album, ‘The Orchard’, at the end of the summer. Co-produced by Andrew Maury and mixed by Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla, the album seems very promising, especially after hearing the first single (which can be yours by visiting the band’s official website).
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