This week has been good for music (for me) so I was inspired somewhat to send out music. You can call this a sorta 2006 compilation, since everything (I believe) is from 2006. This is not a mid-year best of or anything, but just some songs from this year I enjoy.

http://www.mp3ukradio.com/uploads/august_mix.zip

heres a track listing and a running commentary

01 - Kasabian - Empire
- good tune

02 - The Robocop Kraus - You Don’t Have to Shout
- good german fun!

03 - Sambassadeur - Kate
- sweden representing

04 - Kite Flying Society - 6000 Shipwrecks
- one of my favorite band names

05 - Viva Voce - From The Devil Himself
06 - The Changes - Water of the Gods
- covering good and evil

07 - Im From Barcelona - Little Boy
- pitchfork mafia hype, how can one resist!

08 - The Mountain Goats - Alibi
- respected indie band anchoring the 8 spot.

09 - The Rapture - Wayuh
- hipster new york music

10 - Flosstradamus - Overnight Star
- halfway point: sigur ros + twista mashup. totally wtf, but totally great.

11 - Regina Spektor - Fidelity
- following rap with piano tune

12 - Spearmint - My Girlfriend Is a Killer
- and then with a britpop/twee song.

13 - Metric - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT remix)
- CRTC watch, 2x points for canadian band remixed by canadian act

14 - Andrew WK - Pushing Drugs
- devil..check, god..check, drugs..check

15 - The Essex Green - Don’t Know Why (You Stay)
- swedes are good.

16 - The Whip - Trash
- electro-pop quota met.

17 - Editors - Orange Crush
- front with deep voice band quota met + cover song quota.

18 - Human Television - In Front Of The House
- back to the indie-pop

19 - Hidden Cameras - Awoo
- representing mississauga

20 - Gotye - Seven hours With a Backseat D
- australian instrumental music to end off the cd

and thats that..i would say this is a decent summer mix too.

*link is only up ..temporarily*