a springtime mix tape.

DIRECTIONS: Listen to while driving with the windows down, taking a walk, or going on a hike. Hooray for finally warmish weather!!!

1. tom petty - you don't know how it feels (getting so excited to see him next month! AH.)

2. fun. - some nights (also can't wait to see these guys at the end of the month.)

3. sigur ros - hoppipolla
4. gotye - somebody i used to know (i totally judged this song at first. don't tell anyone but i kind of like it.)
5. lcd soundsystem - dance yourself clean
6. regina spektor - us (did i mention she's opening for tom petty? rad.)

7. fleet foxes - blue spotted tail
8. holy ghost! - it's not over
9. rebelution - ordinary girl

10. stars - my favourite book (mine & luke's song!)
11. incubus - the warmth
12. tokyo police club - nature of the experiment
13. pink floyd - keep talking

a mixed tape for fall.

DIRECTIONS: Listen to on a morning walk, while drinking a pumpkin spice latte, or while watching the rain.


1. simon & garfunkel - the boxer
2. cinematic orchestra - to build a home
3. stars - tonight
4. bon iver - calgary
5. the beatles - while my guitar gently weeps
6. sufjan stevens - for the widows in paradise, for the fatherless in ypsilanti
7. elliot smith - i didn't understand
8. belle & sebastian - i want the world to stop
9. lydia - this is twice now
10. interpol - slow hands
11. woodpigeon - blur
12. the album leaf - eastern glow

happy listening!

covers.

1. ben harper - strawberry fields forever [originally by the beatles]

2. death cab for cutie - love song [originally by the cure]

3. the flaming lips - great gig in the sky [originally by pink floyd]

4. florence and the machine - postcards from italy [originally by beirut]

4. jimi hendrix - all along the watchtower [originally by bob dylan]

5. joe cocker - come together [originally by the beatles]

6. passion pit - tonight, tonight [originally by smashing pumpkins] 

7. damien rice - creep [originally by radiohead]

8. rufus wainwright - hallelujah [originally by leonard cohen]

9. bangles - hazy shade of winter [originally by simon & garfunkel]

10. eric clapton - i shot the sheriff [originally by bob marley]

11. florence and the machine - oh darling [originally by the beatles]

12. creedence clearwater revival - i put a spell on you [originally by screamin' jay hawkins]

13. allred - damnit [originally by blink 182]

14. a perfect circle - imagine [originally by john lennon]

15. bat for lashes - use somebody [originally by kings of leon]

16. sparklehorse - wish you were here [originally by pink floyd]

17. incubus - let's go crazy [originally by prince]

18. augustana - dreams [originally by fleetwood mac]

19. johnny cash - i won't back down [originally by tom petty]

20. ray lamontagne - crazy [originally by gnarls barkley]

ah...quite the compliation. and don't worry, it took me days to narrow down my favorite covers. these are pretty epic though, if i say so myself!

a one year mix.

1. pinback - good to sea
2. yeasayer - one
3. arcade fire - ocean of noise
4. stars - your ex lover is dead
5. radiohead - there there
6. elliot smith - everything means nothing to me
7. bright eyes - lua
8. damien rice - 9 crimes
9. the beatles - here comes the sun
10. tom petty - time to move on


a year ago i thought i'd never see the sun again. i thought i'd never be able to bounce back. i thought life would never get any better. i didn't care if it did or if it didn't. i just wanted to go back in time and fix things, fix my life before it shattered. i was stuck.
there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. things always get better. and even when it seems impossible, you will always move on.
if i had known this time a year ago where i would be today, i would have gladly welcomed the trials i have endured. how can so much good come from something so bad? the past year has proven that no matter what happens, it is what it is.
everything happens for a reason, they say. i never believed it until today.


"Don't waste your time looking back on what you've lost. Move on, because life is not meant to be traveled backwards."

my summer playlist.

1. the dodos - undeclared
2. noah and the whale - 5 years time
3. fleet foxes - helplessness blues
4. belle and sebastian - calculating bimbo
5. freelance whales - hannah
6. modest mouse - the view
7. stars - we don't want your body
8. the album leaf - always for you
9. mumford and sons - nothing is written
10. manchester orchestra - apprehension
11. led zeppelin - d'yer maker

12. lykke li and bon iver - dance dance dance

hope y'all enjoy it. i know i'll be blasting it to cheer me up when i am stuck indoors for 50+ hours per week this summer..missing the twilight shows, beerfest, other concerts, and fun summer pastimes. *sigh*.
it will all be worth it...i think.



see other mix tapes here, here and here.

i dig.

i've hardly had time to breathe the past few days...thanks to midterms, watching my sisters, working, getting sick...i am going from sunup to sundown and it is exhausting. but i've still found some time to discover new favorite musica...i give you...my "it's almost spring" happy playlist:

1. coconut records - west coast

2. manchester orchestra - simple math [this is manchester's new single...ah.]

3. radiohead - lotus flower [also new!]

4. florence and the machine - dog days are over
5. stornoway - zorbing
6. brand new - daisy remix

7. modest mouse - night on the sun
8. matt and kim - daylight
9. arcade fire - ready to start
10. fictionist - blue eyed universe


now maybe the rain will go away...
i wanna go for a hike.

st george summer 2009.

another mix tape.

this week i made a pretty depressing mix.

hahahah. but seriously, it is way sad.

it's a mix i put on when i'm feeling kind of heartbroken about all of my past failed relationships. haha. i always try to plan out my life/relationships and it never ever works. it just goes to show you can never plan ahead, or else life will never turn out the way you want it to. just kidding..but seriously. when i get feeling in these rather awful moods,  i listen to some stellar tunes that are kinda depressing but wonderful nonetheless. here is a lovely mix for this week:

1. angus and julia stone - hold on

2. the weepies - be my honeypie

3. damien rice - grey room

4. broken social scene - lover's spit

5. citizen cope - sideways

6. radiohead - high and dry

7. tom petty - you don't know how it feels

8. ben harper - amen omen

9. the national - fake empire

10. manchester orchestra - badges and badges

11. modest mouse - a life of arctic sounds

12. stars - your ex lover is dead

enjoy with a bag of tissues and a bowl of ice cream.

a mix tape.

am i the only one who still enjoys a good mix  tape every now and then?

well..maybe not a mix tape. i upgraded to the "CD" a few years ago and despite the craze of iPods and such i still enjoy burning a good CD every so often of things i'm currently digging on.

i think today i'm going to share my most recent mix with youuuu!

hope you enjoy.

1. joanna newsom - sawdust and diamonds

2. freelance whales -enzymes

3. kings of leon - the end

4. band of horses - is there a ghost

5. portugal the man - all my people

6. animals as leaders - soraya

7. fleet foxes - blue spotted tail

8. john legend & the roots - wake up (arcade fire cover)

9. ra ra riot - ghost under rocks

10. mumford & sons - little lion man

it's all a bit random, but it's a lot of great music i've been digging on lately, both old and new. hope everyone's weekend was fantastic.