4.14.2018
playlist
Oh man! It's been a few months since I've touched my blog and I've really missed it. I also haven't
been making any small playlists lately and that's been nagging at the back of my mind for much too long, so I finally pieced this one together. So far 2018 has been dazzling for new music. Plenty of albums that I know I'll be listening to for many years to come have arrived (including the best album you'll ever listen to, Uncle, Duke & The Chief !!!!).
Coincidentally, I chose to take the time to write my post and make a poster this very weekend--that special window of time during which all of the projects I am working on should be near completion, but aren't yet. So I'll just leave this list here and hopefully write a post on what I've been up to for the past couple of months soon. Enjoy!
april / one
Getting Loose | Dick Stusso
Ring That Bell | Born Ruffians
Rainbow Skies | Jorge Elbrecht
Leap of Love | John Moods
Shades | Alexandria Savior
How Was I Supposed to Know | Holy Wave
Escalator | Good Morning
Tiger | The Gloomies
Voices Carry Through the Mist | The Surfing Magazines
Cry On Me | CHAPPO
TTYL | Morabeza Tobacco
You Know You're Not Alright | Nicholas Franchise
Another Day | LIGHTWASH
Sick Bug | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Memoria Colorida | Winter
I See You | Paul Cherry
Only A Moment | Sunflower Bean
Quick note: I've had a few people ask me how to access the full playlist and since it's been a while, maybe the rest of you need a refresher. Every playlist title is linked to the full playlist, so simply click on 'april / one' and you'll get a neat playlist of the songs there. The songs are all individually linked too; if you just want to check out a particular song, click on the one that captures your interest. xx
1.27.2018
best of 2017 / pt. 1
Here is the final installment of my best of 2017. It's a week late, but I've had lots of commissions and classes started up again, leaving me with sparse free time. This is yet another portion of the collection of phenomenal albums that I've fallen in love with last year and will continue to enjoy for a long time. I failed to mention this earlier, but despite this being a countdown and appearing in some kind of order, it does not indicate that one album was better than the other. I really can't rank my favorite albums, no matter how hard I try (and I've tried many times when asked). However, I can tell you that part one includes those that I listened to non-stop––driving, sitting at my desk, trying to stay awake and finishing work at two in the morning, walking through buildings, drawing, laying on the floor, dancing, potting new plants, packaging orders. So these are extra special. Oh and in case you need a refresher, it goes song, album, artist. Here we go:
best of '17 / one
Right On / Expect the Best / Widowspeak
Human Being / Messes / Stef Chura
Choke / Multi-task / Omni
Stay Gold / You Tried / Hater
Mexi / Everyone Gets Exactly What They Want / Las Rosas
Inside Out / Transparent World / Pool Holograph
Daydreams / Slow Wave / The Velveteins
Sorry Is Gone / Sorry Is Gone / Jessica Lea Mayfield
A Tear For Rosie / Gravedigging / The Buttertones
No Pepper for the Dustman / Que Aura / Kelley Stoltz
Cosmic Dancer / Cosmic Bear Jamboree / Joel Jerome, Cosmic Bears
Objects / Capacity / Big Thief
Sisters / Offers / NE-HI
A Crowded Room / A Place for Nothing and Everything in Its Place / Tracy Bryant
Landscape Painter / Out of Range / Gun Outfit
Velvet / 15 Sunrise / Calico Blue
The Bridge / Charlemont Reef / Sagamore
May 1st / Somersault / Beach Fossils
Count Your Blessings / Mattiel / Mattiel
Wrong End of a Knife / Aron D’Alesio / Aron D’Alesio
Shatter / Outside (briefly) / Froth
Role Model / Ti Amo / Phoenix
Follow the Leader / Hang / Foxygen
Try / Please Be Mine / Molly Burch
City Music / City Music / Kevin Morby
Nite Life / Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void) / Hand Habits
Sun’s Out / Routines / Hoops
Survival Into the 21st Century / The Babe Rainbow / The Babe Rainbow
She Won’t Go Away / Faye Webster / Faye Webster
I Must Work & I Must Die / Beauty & Sadness / Horsebeach
I also promised that I'd release a project I was working on, but it's not quite complete. In addition to that, I made a site for fifteen of these albums along with posters for each one and coded it myself. I've only got the desktop version done and I'm probably not going to end up working on a responsive design for that one, since I don't have that much time on my hands. Either way, you'll be able to take a look at that soon, so keep an eye out. Hope you enjoyed this list and poster and thanks for stopping by. xx
1.14.2018
best of 2017 / pt. 2
Almost through with this big list. Here's part two. These are all albums I never tire of and I hope you'll find that you love them just as much as I do. As a reminder, the song is listed first, album next, and artist last.
best of '17 / two
Television Eyes / Indifferent World / Steady Sun
Waiting on Me / Morning Haze / New Rose
Only Friend / Bubble Gum / Travis Bretzer
Malibu 1992 / How Will You Know If You Never Try / COIN
Soft Love / The Symposium / The Symposium
Sucker / Love in the 4th Dimension / The Big Moon
Vibrato / 1992-2001 / Acetone
Tulsa / Philistines / Pro Teens
Used to Be in Love / Quiet Ferocity / The Jungle Giants
Saturday / In Mind / Real Estate
Park Moments / MANGOLANE / Mango Lane
Pretty Wonder / Her Kind of Man / Tino Drima
Her Heart / Steady / Strongboy
Don’t Worry / I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone / Chastity Belt
Eastern Holiday / Venomous Blossoms / Shadowgraphs
So She / Fresh Air / HOMESHAKE
Good Thing / Some Twist / Michael Nau
Take My Time / Life & Love / Skinshape
Baby Don’t Believe / Yours Conditionally / Tennis
Bones / Belladonna of Sadness / Alexandra Savior
California / Whichever Way the Wind Are Blowing / Wazonek
Marigold & Gray / Sugar at the Gate / TOPS
Fireproof / The Tourist / Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
On the Level / This Old Dog / Mac DeMarco
Shimmy / Saturn Over Sunset / Midnight Sister
Risin’ Sun / Heron / Nassau
Pool of Rotting Water / Bloodshot Tokyo / The Dig
Need to Feel Your Love / Need to Feel Your Love / Sheer Mag
Hope you enjoy the music along with the poster and I'll see you soon for the final installment of this little project. xx
1.07.2018
best of 2017 / pt. 3
Hope everyone is enjoying the new year so far. I'm dropping by to post another installment of my best of 2017. Part three jumps right into the LPs. As a reminder, the song is listed first, album next, and artist last. All of these albums are excellent and absolutely deserve your time, so give them a listen.
best of '17 / three
Lucky Girl / Morningside / Fazerdaze
Life’s a Lie / Shitty Hits / Katie Von Schleicher
Road Head / Soft Sounds from Another Planet / Japanese Breakfast
Aquarian / Painted Ruins / Grizzly Bear
Time To Die / Fake Laugh / Fake Laugh
The Fear of Losing This / If Blue Could Be Happiness / Florist
Abandoned Mansion / Abandoned Mansion / Dr. Dog
Boji / Stay Cool / Twinsmith
Country Figs / Forced Witness / Alex Cameron
Magic Feel / The Pink Haze of Love / White Poppy
Leech / Stay a While / The Cactus Channel
Bossa Yoshua / Jazzi Robinson / Mellow Fellow
Flat Battery / Cartoons / Hollow Everdaze
Low Rent/Blue Skies / Love You, Mean It / Okey Dokey
Born into the Sunset / Volcano / Temples
Lies / Love at Low Speed / Abram Shook
Walking Blues / Wolf Lie Down / The Fresh & Onlys
Never Get You Out Of My Mind / Leif Erikson / Leif Erikson
One Of These Days / Bedouine / Bedouine
Are U Fucked / Abysmal Thoughts / The Drums
In Undertow / Antisocialites / Alvvays
Over Everything / Lotta Sea Lice / Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile
I’ve Lost My Dinosaur / Secret Place / The Zephyr Bones
Eclipse / Underwater Pipe Dreams / Inner Wave
Humble Pro / Apocalipstick / Cherry Glazerr
July / Afterglow / Triptides
Pain / A Deeper Understanding / The War On Drugs
See you next week (or earlier) for part two. And if you're curious to hear the full list, it is already on Spotify and you can check it out here. xx
12.31.2017
best of 2017 / pt. 4
It's the end of the year again and I'm here to bring you a very long countdown of my favorite LPs, EPs, and singles of 2017. This year, the list is 113 songs long and I broke it up into four parts and made a poster for each. Starting with part four (which contains only EPs and singles), here is all of the music that glimmered amongst the drab landscape of 2017. Song first, album next, and artist last. Note: quite a few of these are singles and don't belong to an album, thus it is omitted. Hope you enjoy this just as much as I enjoyed putting it all together.
best of '17 / four
Candy Wrappers / So Polite / Summer Salt
Should Have Known / Kindness / Still Parade
Your City / Night Shop / Night Shop
Nada / Liminality EP / Mellah
Space / The Gloomies, Madeline Follin
We Will Not Make It (Not Without You) / In the Meadow/We Will Not Make It (Not Without You) / Twin Peaks
Shuffle / Vundabar
My God Has A Telephone / The Flying Stars Of Brooklyn NY
Subdued / The Delicates / The Delicates
Why Didn’t You Say That? / Brothers of Destruction / The Lemon Twigs
Been so Long / Mike Edge / Mike Edge
Love Grows / Hala
I’m The Moon / Spooky Mansion
John Wayne / Gillbanks
All the Wrong Reasons / Max Gardener
Special Moment / Post Animal
Get in My Car / BRONCHO
Into Me / Strange Names
Brittany Glasz / Allah-Las
Like Yesterday / Paul Cherry
I Remember / Need You / Sam Evian
French Press / Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Song of the Highest Tower / Alien Sunset / Cut Worms
Lovely Lately / Carl Sagan EP / Night Moves
Velvet / Carroll
Forget Me / Born Ruffians
I'll post part three very soon and when I get to part one, I am going to release a project I've been working on for the last two months or so, if all goes as planned. I hope everyone has a great night. Stay safe and have fun. Wishing you all the best in 2018. See you next year! xx
I'll post part three very soon and when I get to part one, I am going to release a project I've been working on for the last two months or so, if all goes as planned. I hope everyone has a great night. Stay safe and have fun. Wishing you all the best in 2018. See you next year! xx