Mix Tape Thursday, 4/2/09

WTMD listeners take over the airwaves with three-to-five song sets on Thursday.

Submit your own mixtape and enter a drawing to win a pair of VIP tickets to the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, TN!

6 a.m. Gavin St. Ours

This is my mix tape to help from cold to warmer weather. and "Winter '05" . The warm keyboard in "We Gathered in Spring" and "March (A Prelude to Spring)"

• "White Winter Hymnal," by Fleet Foxes is a beautiful, curl-up-by-the-fire song.
  
• "Winter '05," by Ra Ra Riot, longs for spring.
  
• "We Gathered in Spring," by Midlake, could melt snow by itself.
• "March (A Prelude to Spring," by Jon Foreman, brings enough sunlight to make things grow.

8 a.m. Laura Abel

A brief tribute to the fellas.

• "Mr. Oysterhead," by Oysterhead
  
• "Mr. Ambulance Driver," by The Flaming Lips
  
• "Mr. Blue Sky," by Electric Light Orchestra
  
• "Mr. Maker," by The Kooks
  
• "Dear Mr. Supercomputer," by Sufjan Stevens
  

10 a.m. Brett Haley

Songs best listened to really, really loud.

• "Idioteque," by Radiohead
  
• "Ecstasy," by Rusted Root
  
• "Touch Me," by The Doors
  
• "Electric Feel," by MGMT

12 p.m. Maxi Adelstein

All of these artists will be appearing at this year's Bonnaroo, and these are the songs I am most looking forward to seeing and hearing live!

• "Soft Shock," by Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs
  
• "Skinny Love," by Bon Iver
  
• "The Engine Driver," by The Decemberists
  
• "The Youth," by MGMT
  
• "Id Engager," by Of Montreal
  

4 p.m. Natalie Neill

These are all artists that I was really hoping would make it on this year's Bonnaroo lineup that didn't. So If I could make five additions, these would be it!

• "Speak Slow," by Tegan and Sara
  
• "Ways to Make It Through the Wall," by Los Campesinos!
  
• "Too Too Fast," by Ra Ra Riot
  
• "The Fear," by Lily Allen
  
• "Rich Girls," by The Virgins
  

6 p.m. Pat Corrigan

Great music with a catch alt rock rhythm. These songs would make my commute outstanding. A little partiality to David Byrne, I know, but great music all the same.

• "Sweet About Me," by Gabriella Cilmi
  

• "Toe Jam," by The BPA
  

• "Psycho Killer," by Talking Heads

• "Not Fair," by Lily Allen
  

• "Young Folks," by Peter, Bjorn & John