a new mixtape

1. Beach House - Wild

2. The Department of Eagles - No One Does It Like You

3. The Radio Dept. - The One

4. Yeasayer - Madder Red

5. Wild Nothing - Vultures Like Lovers

6. Big Scary - Mix Tape

7. Last Dinosaurs - Andy

8. Beach House - Other People

9. Goldspot - Float On (Modest Mouse Cover)

10. The Vaccines - If You Wanna

11. Bluejuice - On My Own

12. Cub Scouts - Do You Hear

13.  Passion Pit - Take A Walk 

14. Starky - Hey Bang, Bang

15. The 88 - How Good It Can Be

16. Big Scary - Falling Away

17. Freelance Whales - Generator ^ First Floor

18. The Shins - A Call To Apathy (Gone for Good)

19. Windsor for the Derby - Melody of a Fallen Tree

20. The Cure - Plainsong

Enjoy. 

Beach House - Bloom

I remember when I happened upon Beach House for the first time... I was completely smitten.

Beach House were also one of the first bands I talked about on this blog and now I'm going to talk about them again because they just released their 4th album, Bloom.

I was worried as to whether I'd like the new album because I loved Teen Dream so much - how could anything ever top that? Bloom takes a few listens to get used to but thankfully it's a winner! It pretty much follows their regular formula of chill, dream-pop infused tunes but it's more than that. You need to listen for yourself.

Lyrics are still lovely and Victoria Legrand's voice is still incredible.

"So you thought it would happen 

Good luck goodbye

I know when no one can reach you 

No I don’t mind

It’s your word why would you fake it

These days go by

As you turn around-ow-ow-ow

Other people want to keep in touch

Something happens and its not enough

Never thought that it would mean so much

Other people want to keep in touch"

(Other People)

Tunes to listen to include "Other People", "Wild", and "Myth".

Bloom, Teen Dream, Devotion and Beach House are all available for purchase on iTunes. If these albums aren't already in your possession, rectify the situation. Now.

life lately according to my iphone pictures...

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Millie and Lucy

Sydney from the hospital and my nursing uniform 

Art Gallery of NSW - Brett Whiteley's Matchsticks. 

Waiting for Bon Iver

Very early morning train rides to the city

Home sweet home. 

Alan Palomo, Neon Indian

Australia Square

Kookaburra at Taronga Zoo

what I'm listening to ( a mixtape - vol. 11).

Image taken at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. 

1. Cub Scouts - Evie

2. The Shins - Simple Song

3. Bon Iver - Calgary (Azeda Remix)

4. Broken Bells - The High Road

5. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die

6. Neon Indian - Polish Girl

7. Washed Out - You and I

8. M83 - Reunion

9. Moths - <3

10. The Radio Dept. - The One

11. Jack Peñate - Pull My Heart Away

12. Cloud Control - This Is What I Said

13. Givers - Ceiling of Plankton

14. Patrick Wolf - The City

15 The Sleepy Jackson - Don't You Know

16. Jonathan Boulet - A Community Service Announcement

17. Real Estate - Kinder Blumen

18. Ducktails ft. Panda Bear - Killin' the Vibe  

Back to blogging.

It's about time I sat down and wrote some decent posts.

What with being back at uni as a second year nursing student and working two days a week for Dad, I am finding it hard to juggle everything in my life. Not to worry, I have some good ideas for posts in my head which will hopefully come to fruition in the next couple of weeks.

I recently saw Neon Indian, Washed Out, and Portugal. The Man in concert and I thought I would write a bit about that, also I will write about the impending Bon Iver concert in the "Bon Iver week" as I have coined it.

That said, I am sitting here with a gigantic nursing textbook on my lap, a big nursing drug guide to my right and fretting about my impending clinical placement in Darlinghurst starting on the Monday of my birthday week... it's all systems go around here and I think if I stop I'll probably freak out. Anyway, enough of the personal stuff, stay tuned for when I get down to business!

In the mean time, here is a chilled out Koala to keep you amused.

a chillwave mixtape

I love chillwave music. Here are some of my favourite laid back tracks compiled into one neat package... 

1. Memory Tapes - Today Is Our Life

2. Deerhunter - Helicopter

3. Washed Out - Feel It All Around

4. Neon Indian - Mind, Drips

5. Kisses - People Can Do The Most Amazing Things

6. Toro y Moi - Still Sound

7. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round

8. Washed Out - You and I

9. Blood Orange - Sutphin Boulevard 

10. Hypnolove - Holiday Reverie

11. Neon Indian - Halogen (I Could Be A Shadow)

12. Simone Fedi - Bitter Devotion

13. Matt Van Schie - Journey

14. Active Child - Hangin' On 

15. Beach House - Silver Soul

16. Snakadatal - Air

17. Kisses - Bermuda 

18. Your Nature - Forward Motion

all songs are available on iTunes. Enjoy! 

a very belated happy 2012 + Fleet Foxes & Beirut!

Happy (very belated) 2012!

My what a year 2011 was! so many awesome albums and so many gigs were seen, I finished my first year of university complete with my first clinical placement and did extremely well! I hope 2012 is just as good for music AND university - fingers crossed I get a spot on the exchange to Georgetown University in Washington D.C.


All this news aside, let's get down to business. As I was saying, 2011 was an incredible year for music and I was lucky enough to catch the following artists in concert last year:

• Beach House (x2)
• Yeasayer
• Local Natives (x2)
• Decoder Ring
• Ernest Ellis & the Panamas
• The Drums (x2) 
• Foster the People
• Gypsy & the Cat
• Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
• Two Door Cinema Club
• Jonathan Boulet
• The Wombats
• Noah & the Whale
• Gotye (x3)
• Stornoway 
• The Holidays (x2) 

(those are the ones I remember!) 

Now to 2012! 


In the 25 short days that has been 2012, I have seen both Beirut and Fleet Foxes at the Sydney Opera House - how lucky am I! 


Funny story. As I was settling down for a night of tv after a day spent at the beach I thought I better go and check that my Fleet Foxes tickets were in fact for Tuesday the 3rd of January. INCORRECT. They were for Monday the 2nd and I realised this at 7:45pm and the gig started at 8pm sharp. Cue my frantic rushing and my Mum driving like a rally driver to get us to the concert at 10 past 8. What a legend! It was completely worth it, Fleet Foxes are incredible - they have a really fun stage presence as well which was refreshing and there were lots of laughs in between songs not to mention their amazing graphics they have going on in the background that were done by Sean Pecknold (Robin's brother - the one Blue Ridge Mountains was written about!). 


I managed to get a few shots of Fleet Foxes. Excuse the quality - they were taken up high in the auditorium and on my iPhone. 

And here's a gratuitous shot of the Sydney Harbour Bridge!

stay tuned for more music news!


farväl

a little mixtape vol. 10 (summer edition)

hello, here is a selection of a few wonderful songs to really make your summer that much better.

Picture courtesy of Tchmo on society6

1. Fitz & the Tantrums - MoneyGrabber

2. Real Estate - It's Real

3. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round

4. Band of Horses - Dilly

5. The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby

6. Cut Copy - A Dream

7. Deerhunter - Don't Cry

8. M83 - Steve McQueen

9. Poolside - Do You Believe?

10. Grouplove - Tongue Tied

11. Kisses - People Can Do The Most Amazing Things

12. Neon Indian - Polish Girl

13. Animal Collective - Bluish

14. Florence & the Machine - Dog Days are Over 

15. Pinback - Non Photo-Blue

16. Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday

17. Foster the People - I Would Do Anything for You 

18. Seabellies - Armour

19. Boy & Bear - Golden Jubilee 

20. The Middle East - Blood 

Everything is available on iTunes. Farväl. 

Bon Iver - Bon Iver (video form)

Here is Bon Iver - Bon Iver in deluxe video form. Enjoy. 

1. Perth 

2. Minnesota, WI 

3. Holocene

4. Towers

5. Michicant

6. Hinnom, Tx

7. Wash. 

8. Calgary

9. Lisbon, OH

10. Beth/Rest 

triple j hottest 100 2011 - my vote

This year was hard because the songs that I originally wanted to include by some certain artists (Washed Out, Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver) weren't available to vote for and I figured that the ones that WERE available had a better chance of a spot in the top 100 so I went for them. Overall, I think I have a pretty great list, I'm looking forward to the countdown on Australia Day!