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Mix Tape #3: Spring Forward

Kyla Roma — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:00:28 +0000

I’ve been in need of some fun spring music lately, maybe you have been too?

The spring just puts me in a dancing and day dreamy kind of mood…

1. Horse Riding – Euros Child

2. Ode to LRC – Band of Horses

3. Waving Flags – British Sea Power

4. Boo Boo Goo Goo – Caesars

5. Pencil Full of Lead – Paolo Nutini

6. Be a Bee – Air

7. Fresh Feeling – Eels

8. Regret – New Order

9. Phantom Limb – The Shins

10. The Worst Taste in Music – The Radio Dept.

11. Dreamworld – Rilo Kiley

12. Foxes Mate For Life – Born Ruffians

13. Malou – The Beasts of Eden

14. Australia – The Shins

15. Missed The Boat – Modest Mouse

16. Cross Your Fingers – Laura Marling

17. Sort Of – Ingrid Michaelson

18. Real Love – Regina Spektor

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I hope you like it, and if you’re one of these artists and would like to be removed from the mix please e-mail me at kylaroma[at]gmail.com

Have yourself…{an indie Christmas mix & a holiday break}

Kyla Roma — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:30:36 +0000

I think sometimes here, I’m bad on feedback. I answer questions by e-mail and pop the answers into the comments on posts, I e-mail new readers but I feel like I don’t really say what I need to as often as I could: so thank you.

This past year my little blog has grown so much and my appreciation for you all has grown so much, especially in light of the curves that life threw at me in 2009. This time last year I was getting ready to unwrap presents without the faintest idea that I’d soon be leaving my theatre job, getting into the music industry, managing national media buys & twitter accounts & community for huge artists, getting into a terribly abusive work situation, leaving my new job, spending the summer unemployed, and then going back to school.

It’s been so much to process, and without this outlet where I have a dedicated group of people shouting “DON’T GIVE UP YET!” I don’t know how I would have coped with it.

So from the bottom of my heart, please know that this has been the most difficult year for me. Thank you so much for your support, it means more than you know.

I’m going to be taking a break over the holidays to get a lot of fun stuff ready for next year- more ”How To” posts, giveaways, videos, more mix tapes, top 5 lists for the new year and a redesign. I’m so excited and am bubbling over with ideas- I’m going to take the holidays to let them all simmer a little.

In the mean time here’s an indie christmas mix for you guys- I hope it adds to a little of your cheer. And if it doesn’t? This gingerbread cake will, no questions asked.

Talk soon,

kr.

Kyla Roma’s Indie Christmas

1. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Bright Eyes

2. I’ll Be Home For Christmas – Matchbook Romance

3. Little Drummer Boy – Mink

4. All I Want For Christmas Is You – My Chemical Romance

5. Forget December – Something Corporate

6. December Is For Cynics – Matches

7. Christmas Is Canceled – The Long Blondes

8. The Christmas Sound – 44.1k

9. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Death Cab For Cutie

10. All I Ever Get For Christmas Is Blue – Over The Rhine

11. 2000 Miles – Coldplay

12. Hey Parker It’s Christmas – Ryan Adams

13. It’s Christmas Time – Yo La Tengo

14. Light That Menorah – Photo

15. Breaking The Ice – Mojave 3

16. Happy XMas (War Is Over) – The Fray

17. Star Of Wonder – Sufjan Stevens

18. Last Christmas – Jimmy Eat World

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Please note that this is for sampling purposes only, if you enjoy these artists support them by purchasing their amazing work & if you’re one of these artists and would like to be removed please e-mail me at kylaroma[at]gmail.com

Mix Tape #2: Even Cowgirls Get The Blues

Kyla Roma — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:30:45 +0000

So the last mix tape I made was a fiasco. It wouldn’t stream, wouldn’t download, wouldn’t do anything (that’s now fixed, you can listen!) but please cross your fingers for me that this one works and be kind if it doesn’t!

I’m breaking up with summer this week. I’m the opposite of all the Texan/Cali bloggers who are thoroughly wilted- I’m cutting summer loose because I’ve been able to see my breath on four separate occasions in August. That’s unacceptable behavior if I’ve ever seen it. If summer comes around asking for me, please don’t give it my number, it’s just looking for attention.

Mix Tape #2: Even Cowgirls Get The Blues

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Want to preview the mix? Click any of the tracks to stream them or use the player that will appear on the bottom left of your screen to navigate or stream the whole mix. I wish it wasn’t the case but sometimes it’s buggy. My server is only human & not meant for massive media streaming requests.

Enjoy!

Please Note: If you are one of the artists I’ve included above and you would like to be removed from the mix or serve me with aggressive legal documents please e-mail me at kylaroma[at]gmail.com

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Mix Tape #1: She’s The One

Kyla Roma — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:58:43 +0000

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

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A Very Indie Christmas Mix

Kyla Roma — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:24:54 +0000

The past few days I’ve been getting into the grooves of Christmas, giving into the cold, buying a real tree, altering dog snowsuits, and hosting friends over at our house – but I’ve been lacking a sound track that I can really get into. So, being the relentless mix tape enthusiast that I am, I made my own and had to share it.

My streaming solutions will most likely not work in an RSS reader so hop on over to the site, press play on one of the tracks and play through the mix on the controller that pops up!