Scattered Swedes

An old favorite, a Scandanavian throw back. DUNGEN.

Trendy Suburban Get-Together, The Musical

Had some lovely old friends over for drinks, tasty food, and pleasantries tonight. Oh, and some delightfully cliche indie musics.

Here's the pairing menu:

Fleet Foxes | Tiger Mountain Peasant Song

RATATAT | Everest

The Bird & The Bee | F*cking Boyfriend

Camera Obscura | Razzle Dazzle Rose

Andrew Bird | Fitz & Dizzyspells

Sydney Wayser | La Di Da

Volcano Choir | Island, IS

Monsters of Folk | Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)

Asobi Seksu | Thursday

Bon Iver | Brackett, WI

Broken Social Scene | Swimmers

Lykke Li | Let It Fall

MGMT | Time to Pretend

The Smiths | There is a Light that Never Goes Out

Radical Face | Welcome Home

Radiohead | Weird Fishes/Arpeggi

Regina Spektor | Two Birds

Stereolab | Window Weirdo

(Let's measure this in) Metric.

Radiohead, meet The Smiths

Cover of The Smiths' The Headmaster Ritual

GNARLS BARKLEY COVERING RADIOHEAD'S "RECKONER"

This is almost too good to handle. I'm DYING.

The Cure "The Lovecats"

In One Night: Grizzly Bear, meet The Knife

Bill Evans "Waltz for Debbie"

Fish and Hot Chip(s)

Hot Chip "Over and Over": my life in short.

(read: unbelievably surreal in the most amazing of ways)

Regina's "Laughing With"

For my lovely lovely Kate because she's the kind of friend who even from oceans away knew that this would be exactly what I needed to hear this morning. xo

Mr. Woodnote in Brighton

Wandering a messy handful of streets by the sea, my friends and I found something wonderful today in Brighton. As we crossed the road - hearts hoping for a peak of the water - our ears were stretched from our heads and strung among lines of music dangling from the lamp posts. Buzzing and lively and breaking into our chests, Mr. Woodnote - armed a with a sax, a tasty set of pedals and an unbelievable talent - and an MC whose name I cannot unfortunately remember rallied an audience of intrigue. My brain melted and my heart was quick to follow.

Here's a video from earlier this year of Woodnote solo:

And another of Dub FX featuring Woodnote:

Bon Iver, over and over and over and over

Some time ago I posted this. I've found myself in a same state of mind -- a quiet calm pulled and certain like white cotton. This, from the same series, seems unendingly perfect: 

New York, New York

I'm leaving for London soon, but I love this right now.

Closely, Now

For Dex:

Camera Obscura, a portrait

Dear words, it's been quite a while. Here are some beautiful things while I continue to look for you. They call themselves Camera Obscura and they make brilliant music. I don't think you need to know much more -- just watch and fall deeply in love like I have. 

  

Maggie my love, this one's for you. xo

Damien Rice "Me, My Yoke, and I"

I love everything about this. There is a rather decent chance that Damien and I are soul mates. 

Bon Iver, my darling, Bon Iver

This is my heart and my head melted and seeping into parchment and poetry. With a kind of vulnerable, familiar melancholy that's meant to be a close friend - that kind of silent friend where we needn't say anything because everything worth saying has already been said. And loudly, at that.  

(this one's for my near and dear friend Kate and her smoke-and-music perfect porch and the summer evenings we will spend there)

Yann Tiersen and Elizabeth Fraser "Kala"

{I can't believe I didn't know this duet existed until tonight, but I'm happy it found me.} 

There are nights when the chords hum right, and the light from the building next door falls slanted into my room -- pivoting around a midnight moon as shadows of cars pass on the street. A gentle song swathes me to sleep. And oh how I sleep. Until gravity feels safe again and the city sings softly and I slip into something of myself by morning.  

I wish I wish

I wish I could call her voice my own. 

Yelle "A Cause De Garcon" TEPR remix.

I have watched this video a million billion times, and it is still an instant good mood. Thank GOD for Tectonic.