Lately I’ve been needing help with momentum. I haven’t been posting as much as I want because the things I want to say keep getting stuck in my throat so, in the odd position of having too much to say and being without a way to say it right this moment I’ve been leaning on music to push me forward.
These are the songs on permanent loop in my iPod while I dart to the back doors of standing room only buses and step over hot, cracking prairie pavement. They feel like summer for me, they either make me want to dance and stay out late, raising glasses to friends, or they wash over me with a dreamy, homey feel.
In case your summer playlist needs expanding, while I find my words, I hope these make you feel like drinking lemonaid and sitting in the prairie sun.
Mix Tape #1: She’s The One
- Help I’m Alive – Metric
- Zero – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Flux – Bloc Party
- Pot Kettle Black – Tilly and The Wall
- What New York Used to Be – The Kills
- Paper Planes – M.I.A.
- Une Annee Sans Lumiere – The Arcade Fire
- Lover’s Spit – Broken Social Scene
- She’s The One – Caribou
- Love Dog – TV On The Radio
- Creature Fear – Bon Iver
- First Night – The Hold Steady
- This House Is Not For Sale – Ryan Adams
- Sweet Darlin’ – She & Him
- Who Will Run The Starfish Hospital – The Paperbacks
- Start Over – Abandoned Pools
deutlich
dude! I LOVE mixtapes
THANK YOU!
MinD
Bloc Party!? I love Bloc Party. Yeah Yeah Yeahs also.
You have some pretty damn good taste in music, lady.
Lys
all great music! who knew i had the same tastes as a famous canadian prairie-girl! makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside
i should definitely do this. i just don’t know how to upload music for download.
Jamie
You have great taste. True story.
Pam
Music has always been my choice to mood expressions. It conveys something that I can never put into words.
I can’t wait to go home and create this list of music. I have most of it, but will buy the rest on iTunes later. Thanks for the suggestions.
erin
love, love, love it~
Lindsay
This is a fantastic mix! I’m kind of obsessed with Tilly and the Wall, if you want to know the truth. Sometimes music expresses things better than the written word.
Also, I’ve never been to the Canadian prairies, but every time I read your blog it makes me want to head north. Maybe someday . . .
Elle Bee
I want to frolick with you to this mix tape. I’ll even carry the ghettoblaster.
apricot tea.
This playlist looks like it would be amazing! I love Bloc Party, Broken Social Scene, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, & Beck. :]
Just Fine and Dandy
Can’t wait to check out these songs! I love when people make playlists…
Amy
I totally want to download this, but it’s saying the link is bad?! Is it just me? The playlist looks amazing—hope to get it soon!
xoxo
Erin
It won’t let me download it either! Sad… I love that Metric song.
Jessica
OMG I get a big FAIL. I have no idea any of these songs. I need to move beyond the iPod. FAIL.
shannon
I’ll have to download some of these!
jessica maria
Amazing mix!!!
Susan
I love your taste in music!
Russ
a lovely mix tape
I enjoy making mix tapes/cds
I used to use mixwit a site
for making mix tapes online till it shut down
I love the yeah yeah yeahs, broken social scene
and she & him, you’ve got lovely taste
a few I haven’t heard before
wish you a lovely summer
i’ll have to download these
and make my own collection
for when I go away at the end of july
hope you have a lovely weekend kyla
xoxo
Emily Jane
Flux is such a good song!! I have an acoustic version of “Help I’m Alive” as well which is pretty awesome, I’ll have to send it to you. Do you have that Metric album?? There’s a few corkers on there!
E.P.
Loves it SO much! I’ve been listening to this CD in my car since I got back from Vegas.
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