MIXTAPE: FLORENCE WELCH

Many of us have had our calendars marked for this week's release of Florence + the Machine's new album, Ceremonials. The time is thankfully upon us, and to celebrate, Florence Welch has created a mixtape for NYLON  inspired by just about any momentous occasion you can think of...

--MALLORY RICE

For a Funeral:

SPIRITUALIZED - HOLD ON

I love Spiritualized so much. Everything Jason [Pierce] sings he sings with such craft and world weariness you believe him, really pure.

To walk down the aisle:

QUINDON TARVER - EVERYBODY'S FREE

This is the song they walk down the aisle to in Romeo + Juliet.

For the wedding disco:

HARRY BELAFONTE - JUMP IN THE LINE (SHAKE SHAKE)

This is my favorite party song to dance to. (Beetlejuice's too.)

For an exorcism:

WOLF EYES - THE DRILLER

This is a good choice because of the intensity of the noise it's literally just noise.

For my ascendance into heaven:

MANFRED MANN - BLINDED BY THE LIGHT

My friend and I chose theme songs for each other, and she chose this one for me.

For my eventual descendance back into hell:

THE ROLLING STONES  -I CAN'T GET NO (SATISFACTION)

This would be a pretty good song to go down to.

For my Burning Man pre-freakout ritual:

ARTHUR BROWN  - FIRE

For my divorce party:

ZORBA THE GREEK - ZORBA'S DANCE

For ritual ex-boyfriend possession burning:

ALANIS MORISSETTE  - YOU OUGHTA KNOW

For a rain dance:

JIMMY HENDRIX - THE WIND CRIES MARY

For casting spells:

HOLE - VIOLET

Listen while wearing your '90s witch cover-alls and channeling Fairuza Balk.