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Playlist: Festival SZN

April 27, 2019 No Comments

Starting your summer music festival prep? Give your ears some exercise by studying up on the lineup!

Festivals are the best spot to take in beautiful weather and vibes, listen to your favourite tunes performed live and add new finds to your music library. There’s also no better indication of the year’s hottest artists than who’s headlining the most fests. This year, that includes Childish Gambino, Kacey Musgraves, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande.

For this month’s playlist, kick off your festival SZN with an assortment of tracks from this year’s many festival artists – 6 hours’ worth in fact, to cover your road trip/flights/etc. Keep scrolling to check out 5 undercard artists that are not to be missed this summer.

Wallows

Must listens: “These Days,” “Are You Bored Yet?” (feat. Clairo)

Catch them at: MO POP in Detroit (July 27), Outside Lands in San Francisco (August 9-11)

LA-based three-piece Wallows has roots in the festival circuit, playing shows with Warped Tour as early as 2011. But 2018 was the guys’ real breakout year as members Dylan Minnette (of 13 Reasons Why fame), Braeden Lemasters and Cole Preston hit the road on their first headlining tour and released their first major label single with Atlantic Records. For their latest win, Wallows dropped their debut disc ‘Nothing Happens’ – press play and you’ll understand the hype.

Events, Travel

5 Tips to Survive Your Summer Music Festival

April 21, 2019 No Comments

Very few things in life match the excitement of summer festival season! There are so many music festivals all over the world, each catering to a specific genre or musical aesthetic. They truly provide the best value to see some of your favourite artists and discover so many new ones. Plus, from the multiple stages, to the bold fashion, to the delicious food, you’re busy from the moment you step onto the festival grounds.

I, like everyone else, have been living vicariously through every influencer’s Instagram posts from Coachella and, honestly, the FOMO is real. I’m doing everything in my power to make it out to Osheaga in Montreal this August (RIP WayHome).

As a seasoned live music attendee, I wanted to pass along some tips to make your first (or second, or third, or fourth!) music festival experience the best it can be!

1. STAY HYDRATED!

This tip above everything else – drink tons of water. Spending hours in the sun takes a toll on your body without you realizing it. Most festivals let you bring in an empty water bottle that you can re-fill once you’re inside. You can also purchase a hydration pack for under $20 to insert into your backpack – this lets you maintain style and cut down on treks to the water stations.

Playlists

March Playlist: Moody Music

March 30, 2019 No Comments

Unless my iPod is dead (specifically my iPod Classic—I still carry around that vintage gem), you will always see me with my headphones in, listening to music. What am I listening to, you might be wondering? It’s certainly a question I always think about when I’m people watching as I walk around downtown.

The better question is, what really gets me up and moving? The answer: Music with attitude, spunk and a perfect mix of confidence and cockiness. It gets me walking faster and feeling like a total boss—but, most importantly, it keeps me awake. I can almost forego my afternoon Starbucks with the right mix of music.

Here are some of my favourite feisty finds for my Moody Music playlist.

“Wow.” – Post Malone

No one can bring Post Malone down—he’s busy travelling the world, playing beer pong in various cities, releasing smash after smash, and just living his best life. With lyrics like “It’s a moment when I show up, got ‘em sayin’ wow,” and “Yeah, your grandmama probably know me,” consider this the modern-day “TiK ToK.” Also, let it be a remember to tell yourself ‘wow’ – you’re pretty awesome.

General, Playlists

6 Lucky Songs for St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2019 No Comments

Fun fact: I’m actually quarter Irish, so celebrating St. Patrick’s Day is right up my alley! If I can’t celebrate it with endless amounts of beer (sorry, I just can’t get into the taste!), I’ll get into it the only way I know how — with music.

Wherever your St. Patty’s Day plans take you, this soundtrack will make the festivities complete. Turn up your speakers and check out these six songs that embrace the luck of the Irish.

1. “Lucky Strike” – Troye Sivan

Finding someone worthy of your love is serious luck. On this groovy and sensual track, Troye Sivan asks a boy who “tastes like Lucky Strikes”—the well-known, non-filtered and very-addictive cigarette brand—to tell him all the ways to love him right. If this song were set on St. Patrick’s Day, I get the feeling that there would be two very happy-go-lucky lovers partaking in the celebrations, if you know what I mean. Get it, Troye.

Playlists

February Playlist: Love/Hate Love

February 28, 2019 No Comments

Every time February rolls around, I’m prepared to be inundated with love songs thanks to that commercial holiday that falls on the 14th. Fortunately, I actually don’t mind love songs at all—in fact, would it be weird to say I love love songs?

I once had a conversation with an artist who pointed out that love is such a common theme across all musicians and musical genres because it’s the one thing that everyone can relate to in some way, shape or form. Even if you don’t have a significant other, you hold love for other people in your life—friends, family, your pets and, hopefully, yourself. Of course, love songs aren’t always about the happy parts of partnerships. But if you can’t relate to heartbreak, you can at least recall moments of deep pain or heartache and translate the meaning of those songs to fit your past experiences.

I definitely find that the most gut-wrenching, beautiful, honest and real songs are about love, so I wanted to compile a few of my faves. In this month’s playlist, enjoy three hours of tunes about love and being so over love (because sometimes it can all just be a little ugh).

I purposely ordered this playlist to reflect the entire cycle of love, from beginning, to end and back again.