USE ME UP

O.M.G

This is song is breathtaking. A musical relief from the past year. Lyrical and beautiful it speaks to every sense of human nature and exploration. Perfect to lose yourself and meditate to. Soul searching and reflective, any person can find a relation to this song as it progresses through different realms of beats.

FOUR TET-LION(JAMIE XX REMIX)

I love four tet because it constantly plays with my ear waves like a child with their favorite toy. From confused to understanding in one song is a big leap, but somehow four tet always conquers that. Beautiful, thought provoking, confusing, best way to describe this song. Listen the whole way through.

ZEDD

I mean, where have you been all my life?

#SRYNOTSRY

Umm I love this song, I have a soft heart for female vocals.

CRYSTAL CASTLES AFFECTION

KENDRICK LAMAR

So over the last week Kendrick Lamar has gone from who to who doesn't know about him. I posted "West side right on time" a few months ago just knowing this young rapper would make it big. Congrats Lamar you achieved what many young rappers wish they could. Who else thinks he has a very 90s voice and sound? Enjoy it.

FALL PLAYLIST

FALL THOUGHTS from Emory_rakestraw on 8tracks Radio.

made by yours truly :)

LDR DOES IT AGAIN

I really love this video. Lana Del Rey recently released her music video "Ride." The song is featured on her recent sampler : Born to die: The Paradise Edition. Not only are three new tracks included but older hits of hers(Blue Jeans, Born to die) are also on the sampler.Her monologue in the beginning and end is very fitting with the song. Personally I feel the lyrics are beautiful and thought provoking. I love LDR as an artists because she is original, although some view her as just another "sultry" singer I feel she steps out of those boundaries because she writes most of her own songs. True talent as a music artist is not only compiling harmonies and beats but being able to intellectually evaluate what words should go with them. To me she always is spot on in her choices and her music is very relatable. I can always find a song of hers that speaks deeply to me during dark and worrisome moods. The video is lengthy(10 minutes) but I love artists that put effort into putting out original music videos. As a film student I hope to one day explore the career field of music video production. If only I could make one of her videos one day I would be a very happy girl. Enjoy-

LYRICS

Third Eye Blind-Losing a Whole Year
Losing a whole year 
Losing a whole year 
I remember you and me used to spend 
The whole goddamned day in bed 
Losing a whole year 
Lying in your room we'd lay like dogs 
The phone would ring like a joke that's left unsaid 
Losing a whole year 
Rich daddy left you with a parachute 
Your voice sound like money and your face is cute 
But your daddy left you with no love 
You touch everything with a velvet glove and 
Now you want to try a life of sin 
You want to be down with the down and in 
Always copping my truths 
I kind of get the feeling like I'm being used 
And now I realize you never heard 
One goddamned word I ever said 
Losing a whole year 
Losing a whole year 
I took your stuff and put it in the basement 
When I found out what the smile on your face meant 
I've seen you pop that check 
Craning your neck at my car wreck and 
It always seems the juice used to flow 
In the car, in the kitchen you were good to go 
Now we're stuck with the tube 
A sink full of dishes and some aqualube 
And I remember you and me used to 
Spend the whole goddamned day in bed 
Losing a whole year 
And if it's not the defense then you're on the attack 
When you start talking I hear the Prozac 
Convinced you've found your place 
With the pierced queer teens in Cyberspace 
When you were yourself it tasted sweet 
But it sours into a routine deceit 
Well this drama is a bore 
And I don't want to play no more 
Losing a whole year 
I remember you and me used to 
Spend the whole goddamned day in bed 
Losing a whole year

THROWBACK

Ben Kweller-Sundress

Everybody's trying to be the best
What about the girl with loneliness
I like your sundress
I like your sundress
What about the girl with loneliness
From the inside out
You're so beautiful
I want to hold you in my hand

I do everything you want me to
I do everything you want me to do

I want to start going on a morning walk
What about the days when we used to talk?
I don't need a smile from a mannequin
I just want to hold you in my hands

I do everything you want me to
I do everything you want me to
I do everything you want me to do

From the inside out
You've changed, girl
You know you have
Don't make a good thing bad
Just let me hold you in my hands

I do everything you want me to
I do everything you want me to do
I do everything everything everything
I do everything you want me to
I do everything you want me to do
Do do for you

FAVORITE 8TRACKS PLAYLIST

8tracks is an inventive and phenomenal app and website. It allows you to listen to different playlists made by fellow music lovers. The playlists can range from classical study music to electro rave. This app is so genius because each playlist seems to be made for a specific time, mood,place, vibe. You can't go wrong when you find one playlist you just love. A certain one I can't get tired of is titled "Hit us with the Black Keys" includes tracks from Geographer,Miami Horror, M83, Starfucker, Painted Palms etc. It has a very upbeat indie vibe but this playlist is where I discovered one of my favorite bands ever...Geographer. I would pair the playlist with a glass of wine, mid-night, indifferent mood. Enjoiiiii

-8tracks is available for free in the iTunes app store.

-You can also access the site here

-You can sign in with Facebook too, as well as follow people and upload your own playlists.

-GENIUS!

PLAYLIST

FLUME-SLEEPLESS

RATATAT-CHERRY(BROKE FOR FREE REMIX)

WILD BELLE-ITS TOO LATE(SNAKESHIPS REMIX)

VIDEO

Death Cab for Cutie-Grapevine Fires. I can't get through the video without crying. Although it is quite simple, a drawing, it is somehow still so emotional. Obviously the lyrics and music add a lot to the momentum of sadness but somehow it is all so beautiful.
"But I couldn't think of anywhere id rather been to watch it burn all away"

INSIDE A BUBBLE

LANA

ANNA BEGINS

Anna Begins-Counting Crows
My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing."
I am not worried, I am not overly concerned.
My friend implores me, "For one time only,
Make an exception." I am not worried.
Wrap her up in a package of lies,
Send her off to a coconut island.
I am not worried, I am not overly concerned with the status of my emotions.
"Oh," she says, "you're changing."
We're always changing...

It does not bother me to say this isn't love.
Because if you don't want to talk about it then it isn't love.
And I guess I'm gonna have to live with that.
But I'm sure there's something in a shade of grey,
Or something in between,
And I can always change my name
If that's what you mean.

My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing."
But I am not really worried, I am not overly concerned.
You try to tell yourself the things you try to tell yourself
To make yourself forget. To make yourself forget. I am not worried.
"If it's love," she said, "then we're gonna have to think about the consequences."
But she can't stop shaking and I can't stop touching her and...

This time when kindness falls like rain
It washes her away. And Anna begins to change her mind.
"These seconds when I'm shaking leave me shuddering for days," she says.
And I'm not ready for this sort of thing.

But I'm not gonna break and I'm not gonna worry about it anymore.
I'm not gonna bend, and I'm not gonna break. And I'm not going to worry about it anymore.
It seems like I should say, "As long as this is love..."
But it's not all that easy, so maybe I should
Snap her up in a butterfly net and pin her down on a photograph album.
I am not worried cuz I've done this sort of thing before.
But then I start to think about the consequences,
And I don't get no sleep in a quiet room and...

This time when kindness falls like rain
It washes me away. And Anna begins to change my mind.
And everytime she sneezes I believe it's love and,
Oh lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing.

She's talking in her sleep.
It's keeping me awake. And Anna begins to toss and turn.
And every word is nonsense but I understand and,
Oh lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing.

Her kindness bangs a gong,
It's moving me along. And Anna begins to fade away.
It's chasing me away. She disappears, and
Oh lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing.

LYRICS TO PONDER

Imogen Heap(or Frou Frou)-Let Go
Drink up, baby down
Mmm, are you in or are you out
Leave your things behind
'cause it's all going off without you
Excuse me, too busy you're writing your tragedy
These mishaps
You bubble wrap
When you've no idea what you're like

So let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for
It's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here
It's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown

It gains the more it gives
And then it rises with the fall
So hand me that remote
Can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow

Such boundless pleasure
We've no time for later now
You can't await your own arrival
You've 20 seconds to comply

So let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for
It's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here
It's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown

So let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for
It's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here
It's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown

HANGOVERS

Today I feel I need to address one of my biggest enemies, hangovers. Its like why do I have to pay for having so much fun? Even when you don't have fun and get weird drunk by 11pm and pass out you still have to pay with a hangover. I hate them its like the older I get the worse they get. I guess my poor body is exhausted from the party abuse I have put it through for the past six years, but seriously, now, I just can't avoid them!. The reason I feel I need to address this today is because I am ridiculously hungover. I don't want to eat, I can't really sleep, I can't get off the couch, like WHAT am I supposed to do? Be the most worthless human being possible? I love being lazy but worthless is NOT my style. Meh..maybe I will call Jimmy Johns, maybe I will find the energy to reach for the remote. All of my technology is on low battery and Im not sure if I will even care to charge it. Today sucks. Not to mention I woke up FIVE minutes before my conference date with my teacher, I am a hot mess running out the door, drinking water out of a measuring cup. Not even sure if I have a bra on I rush to campus, finding a place to park by 11:32. It is disgusting and hot outside, I grabbed wool yoga pants in my zombie abyss of leaving my apartment. Wool yoga pants are a recipe for disaster in any situation. I have NO idea where the building is, I rush to check my email to find her office. After unsuccessfully opening ten emails I find the building and number, to realize its on the other side of campus. Im pissed. I look like shit, still unsure if I have a bra on, my hair is in some weird half pony, I don't give a fuck. I am on a mission to find her office, after searching and lots of weird stares and possible butt crack showings I make it. To my surprise the door is locked and closed. She is not even there. Come to find out she was stuck in a meeting. Fucking hangovers.