July '15 Playlist

To check out my July playlist and several others, visit my Spotify:

http://open.spotify.com/user/1265165104/playlist/5HknTyNMeZbiDbw4M2wrQO

Music Monday: Memoir

"Raise Your Glass"


"Take Me Home"


"Look Away"



Memoir is an LA-based soul/pop group headed by Dena Deadly. You can purchase their music here.

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Music Monday: Charlotte OC

"Strange"


"Hangover"


"Colour My Heart"



Charlotte OC (the OC is short for surname O'Connor) is a singer-songwriter from Blackburn, UK. Her music can be purchased here.

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Music Monday: Curtis Harding

"Next Time"


"Keep On Shining"


"Drive My Car"


"Cast Away" (Live)



Curtis Harding is based in Atlanta. His debut album, Soul Power, can be purchased here.

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Music Monday: Maverick Sabre

"Let Me Go"


"Let Me Go" Live


"I Need"


"These Days"


"I Used To Have It All"


Maverick Sabre is an Irish-English artist from London. His debut album, Lonely Are The Brave, can be purchased here.

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Music Monday: The Perfect Mix Tape

1. "Wish You Were Here", Pink Floyd.

2. "We Own the Sky", M83.

3. "Royals", Lorde.

4. "First Song for B", Devendra Banhart.

5. "Jane", Jefferson Starship (Wet Hot American Summer). 

6. "Balance", Future Islands.

7. "Wicked Game", James Vincent McMorrow (Chris Isaak cover).

8. "The Loco-Motion", Little Eva ('60s).

9. "Holocene", Bon Iver.

10. "Intro", The xx.

11. "Mind Sex", Dead Prez. (Hidden track- wooo!)

This was a fun little Music Monday activity. I remember when I was in school, I'd always make mix tapes (and later CDs) for my friends and such. The last time a guy gave me one (a few years back) it was quite prolific- more like a box set. Mixes truly are one of the most thoughtful gifts that come straight from the heart. I'm a major lyric lover because I think that words are powerful. Music takes it to another level.

October 2013 Playlist

1. "Pumpin Blood" by NONONO, 2013.
2. "Paper Doll" by Pyramids, 2013.
3. "Parachute Heart" by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, 2012.
4. "Cry Like a Ghost" by Passion Pit, 2013.
5. "Feel So Close" by Calvin Harris, 2011.
6. "Goodbye Horses" by Q Lazzarus, 1988.
7. "Ghost Lights" by Woodkid, 2013.
8. "Geri" by Superhumanoids, 2012.
9. "The Gaudy Side of Town" by Gayngs, 2010.
10. "The Ghost on the Shore" by Lord Huron, 2012.
11. "Dream Lover" by White Flight, 2011.
12. "Love Ablaze" by Phedre, 2012.
13. "Burn the Witch" by Queens of The Stone Age, 2006.
14. "Staring at the Sun" by TV on the Radio, 2006.
15. "Ring a Bell" by Late Night Alumni, 2013.
16. "Mississippi Mud" by Black Blood and the Chocolate Pickles, 197?.
17. "Weekend Wars" by MGMT, 2008.
18. "Thinking About You" by Frank Ocean, 2012.
19. "Bound 2" by Kanye West, 2013.
20. "Raspberry Beret" by Prince, 1985.
21. "Playground Love" by Air, 2000.
22. "Born to Die" by Lana Del Rey, 2012.
23. "Only Heather" by Wild Nothing, 2012.
24. "Star Fire Power" by Gardens & Villa, 2011.
25. "Runaway" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 2009.
26. "Alaskans" by Volcano Choir, 2013.
27. "Pays to Know" by MYPET, 2012.
28. "Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode, 1990.
29. "Use Me" by Beans & Fatback, 2012.
30. "A Long Time Coming" by Wampire, 2009.

Music Monday: Rhye

"Open"


"3 Days"


"The Fall"


"One of Those Summer Days"


"Major Minor Love"



Rhye is a Canadian/Danish duo based in Los Angeles (both are male). Their debut album, Woman, can be purchased here.

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Music Monday: Elle King

"Playing For Keeps"


"I Told You I Was Mean (Live)"


"No One Can Save You"


"To Be A Man"


"My Neck My Back (Cover)" *Explicit Content, haha!



I don't regularly read music magazines or blogs. Instead, I prefer to discover new music organically- through word of mouth, opening acts, record shops, songs playing inside stores, in movies/television/commercials, etc. I first heard Elle King in a promo spot for season six of my favorite show, Mad Men.

I think there's a certain stigma behind the familiar "Mad Men commercial brought me here!" type comments as seen on sites like YouTube. My ears are always open. I think it's more respectable for your own taste to convince you that you like something as opposed to reading what some pretentious music writer is telling you is cool. Ears > Eyes.

Good music isn't a race. It shouldn't matter if you're the first to hear it or you're God forbid! several months late to the party. Strong music will continue to be discovered over and over for decades to come. If you listen to a piece of music within its first year or two of release, consider yourself well ahead of the game.

I stopped critiquing/reviewing music after about the third record that I did- all of which were positive. I don't mind suggesting things I like through Music Monday posts but you'll never find me criticizing what someone else considers art (at least not in print). Different strokes for different folks.

But I digress...

Elle King was born in LA, raised near Columbus, Ohio, and now resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Her EP, The Elle King, can be purchased here. A full length album is expected this year.

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Music Monday: Devendra Banhart

"Baby"


"First Song For B"


"Never Seen Such Good Things"


"My Dearest Friend"


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Devendra Banhart was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Venezuela before moving to California as a teenager. His new album, Mala, can be purchased here.

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Music Monday: SZA

"Time Travel Undone"


"Country"



SZA is from Maplewood, New Jersey.

Her debut EP See.SZA.Run is out now. It can be heard here.

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Quoteworthy

"Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?"
 -John Keats 1795-1821














Now Playing: "No Kind Words" by The Maccabees

Music Monday: Miguel

I recently had the pleasure of catching Miguel for the first time on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. I thought his voice was beautiful, his song ("Do You...") was fantastic and he had a great stage presence. His album, Kaleidoscope Dream, is out now. There isn't a bad track on it.

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"Use Me"


"Do You..."


"Arch & Point"

Quoteworthy

C.S. Lewis 1898-1963


Sidenote: I'll be sure to use this line the next time someone says I don't have a soul because I'm a ginger! ;)
















Now Playing: "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad" by Moby