Songbird
Jun
17
So Breathe On, Sister Breathe On
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I feel like I have been sitting in traffic most of the week…
I am angry, need to train myself to just chill out. Let it roll off my back… It is hard, a constant struggle of knowing that all these little petty annoyances are nothing in the grand scheme of things. I know this. Just need to constantly apply it in my day to day life.
This song has always put me at ease. The beat calms my soul and the voice on Beth Gibbons makes all my troubles go away. It shuffled on in my car right as I got on the freeway heading home from work. I turned it up.
mp3:Â It’s A Fire
Dummy 1994 (Polygram Records)
p.s Portishead has a new song out, Chase The Tear (eMusic)
Jun
14
Must I
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So ever since I first listened to Dead Heart Bloom I have pretty much fallen head over heals in love with their music.
I want to give the whole band a big hug, scream their name from the top of a mountain so everyone knows just how awesome they are.
It only takes one listen to fall in love with them. Everyone I have suggested them to has adored their music and then recommended it to a few other people and so on and so on… This makes me ever so happy inside.
Dead Heart Bloom has a new album coming out in August 2010… Very excited. They are releasing an unreleased track each week up until they release the album. Must I is a track that the band just couldn’t fit on to their 2008 EP, In Chains. I love it. xx
Unreleased Tracks – Recorded in 2008/Released as free download in 2010
Jun
7
Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses
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The translation of La Vie En Rose is Life through rose-colored glasses.
I want to see the world through rose-colored glasses.
So tonight, I went back in time…
Perfection.
mp3: La Vie En Rose
All Time Greatest Hits 1994 (Geffen)
Jun
3
Home To Me
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I have to wonder why on short work weeks they always seem to take the longest to go by… I think this is just a “Rachel issue” but seriously it feels like it has been 2 work weeks already and we still have one more day to go. Sigh.
So I spent an hour in traffic on my way home today when usually it is about a 30 min drive door to door, I felt defeated…
I put my iPod on (my savior) and smiled when The Middle East shuffled on, they are playing 2 shows at The Music Box in LA today and tomorrow (coincidence?). Lovely little band that hails from Australia and who I have yet to see live but have heard nothing but wonderful things.
xx
mp3:Â Blood
The Recordings of the Middle East 2009 (Self Released)
Available at eMusic
May
26
Repeat
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I am obsessing about this song right now. Josh Ritter is not my favorite but this song and a few others have caught my ear on his new full length album… This song is an absolute must. xx
mp3:Â Change Of Time
So Runs The World Away 2010 (Pytheas)
Available at eMusic
May
17
Slow Show
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Feel ever so defeated this evening.
I have a frown that just won’t turn right side up.
I guess you can call it the Monday blues… Although, I think in the end it is a bit more than that.
What is more perfect then The National on this cloudy Monday evening? I can think of nothing else. I am sure you have come across The National in recent news, magazines or other music blogs but their fifth full length album, High Violet was released last week…We will get to that in coming days. but tonight I want to revisit one of my favorites off their 2007 album, The Boxer.
I love these lyrics…
mp3:Â Slow Show
Available on eMusic
xx
Standing at the punch table swallowing punch
can’t pay attention to the sound of anyone
a little more stupid, a little more scared
every minute more unpreparedI made a mistake in my life today
everything I love gets lost in drawers
I want to start over, I want to be winning
way out of sync from the beginningI wanna hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I’m very, very frightening
I’ll overdo itLooking for somewhere to stand and stay
I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away
Can I get a minute of not being nervous
and not thinking of my dick
My leg is sparkles, my leg is pins
I better get my shit together, better gather my shit in
You could drive a car through my head in five minutes
from one side of it to the otherI wanna hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I’m very, very frightening
I’ll overdo itYou know I dreamed about you
for twenty-nine years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for
for twenty-nine yearsYou know I dreamed about you
for twenty-nine years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for
for twenty-nine years– The National, Slow Show
May
13
Unwind With Me
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Something quiet…
Mellow.
Must unwind.
mp3:Â Trapped In The New Scene
Fortresses 2009 (White Whale Records)
Available at eMusic
Found them through eMusic awhile back but I guess they were on a recent episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Love this song.
May
12
So Tired I Could Fall Over
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I am completely and utterly exhausted.
First day of swimming. I loved it. I missed it and it feels good to get back in the water and be alone with my thoughts and push myself to go farther and farther. I find I push myself more swimming than any other aerobic activity. I have been doing pretty good staying on a routine, I could do better. It has been difficult working out in the morning due to the fact that my body has gotten into a horrible habit of waking up at 4am and not being able to fall back to sleep for hours… So annoying. By the time I finally do get back to sleep it is already 6am and I have to get up at 6:30am to be on time to work. This schedule seems to be working out nicely though, getting off of work and going directly to work out. It works for me.
But whew, I am tired. Seriously, I have not been this tired since I started working out. This is a good thing. Hopefully I will be able to sleep through the night without any 4am sudden wake up moments.
Ok enough with all this banter, on to the music. I went into my bag of tricks and just pulled something out. There are a couple of albums I am listening to and digesting but for now lets just do a little music mix up. I am kind of falling in love with Andrew Belle’s music. His full length album which was released back in February is filled with a delightful mix of singer-songwriter pop songs, delicious catchy melodies and dreamy lyrics. I can’t say I loved every song from beginning to end but I can say that he is a new and upcoming artist that I am keeping my eye on.
mp3:Â The Ladder
The Ladder 2010 (1L Music)
Available at eMusic
Apr
15
The Return Of A Friend
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So happy to see this today… An old friend starts off right where he left off.
Check it out. Cheers!
Mar
31
Exit Stage Left
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Wow. I just feel really stressed… No one likes feeling like they just got the shit kicked out of them, that is how I feel when I am stressed, like someone beat me up and took everything I had. Rachie no likey… So whenever I am feeling a bit blue I turn to my favorite friends, Radiohead. Their music has gotten me through some dark times… Nothing like coming home, sitting back and putting the headphones on. Tune out all the chaos around you at least for a moment, nothing but that glorious Radiohead sound. So tonight I did just that.
mp3:Â Exit Music (For A Film)
OK Computer 1997 (Capitol)
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