The Summer Never Ends / A Mixtape by Jens Lekman
July 25, 2009 // Music

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The Summer Never Ends by Jens Lekman

I figured the best way to send everyone into the weekend is through a new mixtape, though this one is by one of my favorites, Jens Lekman. Just so we’re clear, I don’t know Jens Lekman at all, but I wish I did because I think he’s amazing. Anyhow, he’s created this clever little mixtape to get you through the hottest part of the year. On it is a hodge podge of new and old, including a brand new song of his (I only know this because I saw him perform it live), lots of samples from his previous albums, and an awesome conversation with Alicia Keys. Here’s the tracklist, as provided by Mr. Lekman:

(excerpt from) The Summer Never Ends /// I Really Think That We Can Make It Girl /// Nicolette Larsson – Lotta Love /// The Embassy – State 08 /// (excerpt from) New Directions /// Coke Escovedo – I Wouldn’t Change A Thing /// Filippo Trecca – La Morte Dell’erminia /// His name is Mikael Carlsson, her name is Alicia Keys /// Lamont Dozier – Blue Sky and Silver Bird /// Cat Stevens – If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out /// Jeff Perry – Love Don’t Come No Stronger /// Good News – Australia /// Baby’s Gang – America /// American Breed – Always You

You can listen to the mix by clicking the player above or you can download it by clicking here.

Bobby

  1. good stuff.

    Comment by nerdski — July 25, 2009 #

  2. That mixtape is off the hook! Fun! Thanks for pointing me to it.

    Comment by Ryan — July 25, 2009 #

  3. Man this is a great mixtape! Just turned it on for my morning homework routine and it’s drastically improved my perceived quality of the work haha.

    Nice find, thanks!

    Comment by Alex Cornell — July 25, 2009 #

  4. Jens is so cool!
    good job with the cover photo :)

    Comment by victor — July 26, 2009 #

  5. This is my first time here, fabulous.

    CTRL+D

    Comment by T — July 27, 2009 #

  6. Woohooooooooo- thanks for the headsup Bobby. It’s winter down here but this mix still rocks!

    Comment by Hemi — July 27, 2009 #

  7. Nice little mix, I had a little chat with him after a festival once and he was very friendly and polite. Was fun live.

    Comment by Paul — July 28, 2009 #

  8. Hello,
    I’ve been listening to this mixtape “en boucle”.
    I can’t stop listening to it, but I also can’t download it !
    I click on that “Click here” hyperlink but the next window is just a grey rectangle like in Quick time player with the play button an the forward.
    How can I download it , really ?
    “Cordialement”
    Mario.

    Comment by Mario Núñez — July 28, 2009 #

  9. @Mario, you could Right click on the ‘clicking here’ sign and choose ’save as..’. hope it’ll work. cheers! :D

    Comment by lints — July 28, 2009 #

  10. Wonderful !
    Thank you .

    Comment by Mario Núñez — August 1, 2009 #