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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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January Playlist: New Year, New You

January 27, 2019 No Comments

January is often an intense month for several reasons. It can mark the start of a new semester (check), a new job or internship (check) or a new daily routine (check). Many of us also wholeheartedly buy into the “new year, new me” trope and dig deep into ourselves to find something we need to improve. How often do we commit to changes that are actually practical and beneficial?

I’m a firm believer in a few things. One, we’re all meant to be perfectly imperfect. Two, we really don’t need a new calendar year to suddenly “be better”; every day is a new day and each could be our last, so that should be enough motivation to be as great as we can be always.

With that said, HELLO, or welcome back to my blog! If I know anything about myself, it’s that music is a big part of my life and I love sharing my finds (& faves 😉) with others. I loved sharing my monthly playlists last year and want to continue that this year, but I also want to change things up. So, instead of a monthly finds & faves playlist, I will be sharing a monthly themed playlist (featuring old & new tracks) plus some thoughts and ramblings on the theme and music selections. LET’S GET STARTED!

This first playlist is all about songs that will uplift and inspire you in 2019—it’s a new year, new you in all the right ways.

Instead of trying to follow a bunch of unrealistic resolutions again, try…

Being proud of your progress.

As Panic! At The Disco’s Brendon Urie sings on the opening track of this playlist, try saying, “Hey look ma, I made it!” The tongue-in-cheek nature of the song is so smart and the message is legitimate. Whether you’re a “starving artist” like Urie or have just simply been on your work grind for longer than you can remember, you should be able to look back at your journey with pride. Shout your accomplishments from the rooftops! It takes a lot to “make it” and you shouldn’t discount a second of what led to you achieving your goals.

This also applies to knowing your worth. Lauren Jauregui’s “More Than That” is a fun, flirty song about toying with guys at the club. But she won’t just accept any guy—nope, they’re going to have to work for her attention—and that’s the way it should be. Like I said in my 5 Lessons 2018 Taught Me post, NO DISCOUNTS is the only way to go!