A 25-track "mixtape", featuring a variety of bands who’ve recorded at Brooklyn’s Rare Book Room, with exclusive cuts (minus the Silver Jews track,) from established names like Avey Tare, Deerhunter, Blood on the Wall and Black Dice, and a host of others who deserve to be established, including Charles Gansa, the Naysayer, and Telepathe. Like the CD, the songs are subtly cross-faded. Also available: an unmixed version with individual tracks available for download.

"Living Bridge" is a sprawling, 25-track mixtape of a compilation, featuring a vast variety of bands who’ve recorded at famed Brooklyn’s Rare Book Room studio. With exclusive material (minus the Silver Jews track,) from established artists such as Avey Tare of Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Blood on the Wall, Black Dice, Rings, Enon, Tara Jane O’Neil, and a host of other people who deserve to be established, including Charles Gansa, Palms, the Naysayer, La Lus, and the always amazing Telepathe. Throw New York’s most dangerous rock band, the Jewish, into the mix and you have what is pretty much an essential compilation. This version of "Living Bridge" comes subtly crossfaded (trust me, it works) but for those of you who prefer to hear the songs unmixed (or buy the tracks individually), an un-mixed version is also available on Other Music Digital. [BC] (February 27, 2008)