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I adore this song right now… LOVE. I play it loud and then I repeat it over and over. I first heard it on KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic and as soon as I could get my hands on it, it was on constant repeat. I could go on and on all day about Florence Welch, the unique, magnificent voice of Florence and the Machine. In an interview she spoke about her music, “I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe,” says Florence Welch. “It’s something overwhelming and all-encompassing that fills you up, and you’re either going to explode with it, or you’re just going to disappear.” And that is about where I melted from the awesomeness that is her. I think she is the bees knees.  Her new album, Lungs is set to be released October 20, 2009 but is currently available now for download.

mp3:  Cosmic Love

Lungs 2009 (Universal Republic)

Tags: Florence + the Machine, Love, Music 2009

Yesterday was the longest day of my life as I have been sick for the  last 3 days, it hit me Friday like a ton of bricks but yesterday was certainly the worse of it. I call it “Snot Fest 2009”, charming I know.

Anyways, Taken By Trees has a new album and I love the new direction she has taken with her music, a collaboration between her gentle indie pop vocals and Pakistani musicians adding a beautiful exotic touch, a perfect merriment of sounds. Well done, indeed.

mp3: To Lose Someone

East Of Eden 2009 (Rough Trade)

Available on eMusic

Tags: East Of Eden, Music 2009, Taken By Trees

I have seen Grosse Point Blank more times then I have fingers. I love it. I adore John Cusack and then throw in Minnie Driver, Joan Cusack, Dan Aykroyd and Jeremy Piven? I am sold. I love this movie because it totally reminds me of high-school, I can relate to it and isn’t that just one of the reasons we grow to love something? We can connect to it and that helps us to not feel as alone in this huge over populated world we live in. The music is AWESOME. Everything from David Bowie, to The Clash and the Violent Femmes. Yes please!

One of my personal favorites:

mp3:  Mirror in the Bathroom – The English Beat

Grosse Pointe Blank 1997

Tags: All Time Favorite, Grosse Point Blank

Hmmmm. The xx is a UK based group that has knocked my socks clear off with their alternative pop that is perfectly suited for some late night soul searching, sharing of souls in the night time air or driving home at midnight when you are one of the only cars on the road. Always the unexpected surprises are the best, this album has filled me up and brought a smile to my face as it welcomes me home.

mp3: Islands

mp3:  Shelter

xx 2009 (Beggars XL/Rough Trade)

Available on eMusic

Tags: Alternative pop, Music 2009, The xx

Work all day and then headed to class. Pounding headache for the last 4 days that comes and goes. I am making a bite to eat and then going to bed. I will return tomorrow…
Bonne nuit  xx

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*Update*

I have been having issues with my web host and server issues with bandwith. All that behind the scenes stuff, which is why I have been MIA. Now that we have everything under control I will certainly have something new to put together as soon as I get home.

OK… So… It’s hot. It is blazing. In fact I do not remember the last time it was this hot. It has been a very long week, work has been crazy busy and my days have been long. Tonight though I just want to lie back, relax and listen to some chill music. ZAZA is a small band hailing from Brooklyn, NY, their debut EP is like a bowl of yummy shoegazer ice-cream. Perfect on a blistering summer night. LOVE.

mp3:  The Call

Cameo 2009 (Kanine Records)

Available on eMusic

Tags: Music 2009, Summer Nights, ZAZA

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One of my best friends since 5th grade got married over the weekend in La Jolla, California. She actually had her civil ceremony a few months back and decided to do a small intimate ceremony for some of their closest friends and family. It was lovely from beginning to end and I am so happy for both of them. Mazel Tov!

Her father and her walked down the aisle skipping to The Beatles, All You Need is Love (the skipping was impromptu and it was perfect).

mp3:  All You Need Is Love

Magical Mystery Tour 1967 (EMI)

Tags: Love, Music 1967, The Beatles

Almost Famous is one of my top five favorite movies of all time, hands down. I know many will agree. I have seen this movie so many times I could almost recite it line by line (Not really actually. Fact: No matter how many times I have seen a movie I still can’t recite lines. It bothers the shit out of me.) But anyways I have seen this movie at least a dozen times and I am not one to watch movies over and over so there is proof.

Now, as for the soundtrack? Well… It is A M A Z I N G! It is so wonderful I wasn’t sure if I could select just one song… My two absolute favorite songs are America by Simon & Garfunkel and The Wind by Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam). In the end though this song is gorgeous and at times has even brought me to tears. I love it so much…

mp3:  The Wind – Cat Stevens

Almost Famous Soundtrack 2000 (Dreamworks)

p.s. I really didn’t plan to post this #20 on 8/20 but how awesome. :-)

Tags: Almost Famous Soundtrack, Cat Stevens, The Wind

Oh dear… I just feel so uninspired lately. I think I am just in one of those summer ruts, I need a break from everything, I need to just go out and experience a bunch of the things that I love doing, new activities, old favorites. I have not gone to a movie in forever, how sad is that? I need a vacation from work, sometimes it seems that is all I do. So I have been trying to figure out where to go… San Francisco? The Desert? (wait I would melt in the Desert so scratch that one off the list). I live at the beach so there is no reason to go to another beach… I don’t know… Maybe I should see if any of my favorite bands are playing anywhere interesting and go there. That might work.

While I figure out where to enjoy some of my paid time off, I have been listening to Lightning Dust and Amber Webber’s vocals shine as always. This side project of fellow band mates Black Mountain is stripped down to the minimum to showcase the dark melodies with just the right amount of twang. I like it. :-)

mp3:  Dreamer

mp3:  History

Infinite Light 2009 (Jagjaguwar)

Available at eMusic

Tags: Lightning Dust, Music 2009

I was driving home late last night and this song shuffled on… It was nearly perfection, as only Chan Marshall herself can deliver. I go on a Cat Power love fest from time to time, where I listen to her non-stop and all I want to do his let each note consume me… Marshall’s music just feels right, like coming home. Her melancholy ballads and intense smoky vocals just soothe my soul, she is probably one of my favorite female singer-songwriters of all time, if not #1. I am so indecisive even when it comes to the lovely Chan Marshall. *sigh* Cat Power  will be playing a show at The Greek Theater in LA on September 9th.

On another note I am currently digesting a handful of new albums recently released, I will certainly return with some of my favs.

xx

mp3:  Maybe Not

You Are Free 2003 (Matador)

Available on eMusic

Cat Power on myspace

Tags: All Time Favorite, Cat Power, Music 2003

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