The dead of winter is no fun, especially when you’re dealing with massive blizzards, chilling temperatures, and the Giants out of the playoffs. Despite the lineups and rumors, festivals seem so far away and our next big holiday is what? President’s Day? That’s no fun.

This is where our Friday Mixtape comes in. New music always kicks ass, but it’s even better when fending off the winter blues. Christmas is 11 months away? Psshh… check out new music from Bright Eyes, Social Distortion, and The Radio Dept. instead. Plus, we have a wonderful assortment of covers, compliments of Cover Me.

See, guys, it’s not all that bad.

NEW Singles:

• “Mellow You Out” (feat. Tunde Adebimpe) by Beans
• “Shell Games” by Bright Eyes
• “Slow Peels” by Com Truise
• “Fire to the Ground” (feat. Matt Berninger) by The Forms
• “Into The Labyrinth” by Kraddy
• “Devils Hearts Grow Gold” by La Sera
• “San Pedro” by Mogwai
• “The One” by The Radio Dept.
• “Machine Gun Blues” by Social Distortion
• “Mosaik” by Siriusmo
• “Gotta Have Someone” by Teddy Thompson

COVER Me Songs:

• “The Plan” (Built to Spill Cover) by Bad Books
• “Death at One’s Elbow” (The Smiths Cover) by Janice Whaley
• “Sometimes It Happens” (Bill Patten Cover) by Jeff Tweedy
• “Seven Deadly Finns” (Brian Eno Cover) by Mission of Burma
• “Dirty Boots” (Sonic Youth Cover) by Sex Beet
• “Love More” (Sharon Van Etten Cover) by Yellow Ostrich
• “Angst in My Pants” (Sparks Cover) by Yo La Tengo
• “Chocolate Jesus” (Tom Waits Cover) by The Young Republic

Remixes GALORE:

• “Bad Day” (Javein Remix) by Darwin Deez
• “Killdear” (P.O.S. vs La Roux) by The Hood Internet
• “Internet Connection” (Huoratron Rum Aid Remix) by M.I.A.
• “Victory Walker” (Papercuts Remix) by Still Flyin’

Something to CHECK OUT:

• “Palm Aire” by Bikini
• “Be Around” by Dark Colour
• “Jesus Got A Gun” by Duke Garwood
• “Goodnight Company” by Jane Lui
• “Billy Cruz” by Metal Mother
• “Mind” by Range Rover
• “Ambergris” by Snowblink
• “Peripheral Visionaries” by Young Galaxy

mp3 support via BrooklynVegan, Cover Me, My Old Kentucky Blog, Pitchfork, Spinner, and Stereogum`