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Siouxsie and the Banshees, "She's A Carnival"

#siouxsie and the banshees #she's a carnival

Devotchka, "The Alley"

Cleaning out my apartment and packing (most of) my stuff into a suitcase again. I'm going to miss this beautiful place and its welcoming people. Merci Tours for being my home for the summer! Je t'adore beaucoup et je promis que je retournerai.

Next stop: Switzerland

Fleet Foxes, "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song"

Rediscovering an old song is like opening a box of memories.

Dear shadow alive and well How can the body die You tell me everything Anything true

#Fleet Foxes

Beirut, "Goshen"

Blinds up, watching the snow fall outside the window, mug of tea in my hand, traffic in the background. This is too short a song for such a relaxing moment.

#beirut

Lana del Rey, "Bel Air"

I try very very hard not to like Lana del Rey (failed pop singer got a makeover and a new name and re-marketed herself as "indie" -- the kind Tumblr tells you is indie, which is why the label is so misleading. Lesson learned: getting a lip injection, styling yourself vintage, and lowering your voice an octave gets you a cult following. What does that tell you about the music industry and mass marketing nowadays?)

Everything Lana del Rey does feels deliberate, but she does hit the right spots: in spite of my spite, even I kind of like her music.

#lana del rey #bel air

Nina Simone, "Feelin' Good"

It's a new dawn It's a new day It's a new life for me

And I'm feelin' good.

#blues #feelin good #jazz #nina simone #soul #new year #2013

winter

These songs come out only once a year: the first real snowfall in the city. - Sigur Ros, "Staralfur" - Vashti Bunyan, "Wayward" - Brian Eno, "By This River" - Fleet Foxes, "White Winter Hymnal"

#note to self #mobile post #winter #snow #canada #playlist #december 2012

Michael Bublé, "Winter Wonderland"

Christmas = snow = jazz. Unfortunately Toronto hasn't seen much of the second yet, but we're keeping on with the other two.

Merry Christmas everyone!!! :)

#christmas #michael buble #winter wonderland #snow

Mika, "Blue Eyes"

Thanks to a video on the nitrogen cycle, I was reminded of how catchy Mika's songs are. It's an appropriately happy end-of-exams song too, hurrah!

#mika #blue eyes #the boy who knew too much

Feist, "Brandy Alexander"

#feist #brandy alexander #the reminder #canadian

Bring on those midterms, there's no stopping us now!

#thirteen days #accurate

The Antlers, "Epilogue"

When I try to move my arms sometimes, they weigh too much to lift. I think you buried me awake, my one and only parting gift. But you return to me at night, just when I think I may have fallen asleep. Your face is up against mine, and I'm too terrified to speak.

#the antlers #epilogue #hospice #music #november 2012

the perks of not having seen the perks of being a wallflower

I still haven't seen Perks, but wow. "Tugboat" by Galaxie 500 AND "Temptation" by New Order (!!!!). All the more reason to see it soon (although I was planning on using "Tugboat" in the opening credits of a future film, if I end up making one.)

Oh, and speaking of New Order ... still bummed to have missed out on their concert last month. It would have been awesome to have seen both "Hoppipolla" and "Ceremony" (aka the songs of my life) performed live in the same year!

#looking through the hmv catalogue #the perks of being a wallflower #new order

last year

Of Monsters and Men played in a little dark room in Toronto in front of a small crowd that paid $10 for their tickets

And I was there but not for them

Now they're back in town and playing in a bigger venue and tickets are selling for $100+

#unbelievable

Ella Fitzgerald, "Skylark"

Skylark, have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me where my love can be?

"Skylark" is an American jazz standard published in 1941, at the height of the jazz movement. I do love a song from a bygone era, and this one makes me think of a soldier dancing with his girl before going off to the war. Although Ella Fitzgerald's version is from the 1960s, this post is in honour of our veterans, lest we forget.

#ella fitzgerald #jonny mercer #judy garland #skylark #remembrance day #yesteryear

at the risk of being flamed:

"The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract."

Caro Emerald, "A Night Like This"

How many times Have I been waiting by the door To hear these chimes To hear that someone debonair has just arrived

Because the live version (with the Spanish guitar) is that much ... better.

#caro emerald #a night like this #dutch #forever red #acoustic #live

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