SONGS FOR SUMMER

IT IS SHIT-HOT AND THIS WEATHER LENDS ITSELF TO BEACH OR IF YOU ARE A PALE-SOUL LIKE ME, SITTING IN FRONT OF THE AIR CON/FAN/COOLING DEVICE AND PRAYING FOR COOLER DAYS.

WHILST PRAYING, I ALSO LISTEN TO MUSIC, WHICH IS NICE AND HELPS ME TO IGNORE THE SUNBURN I ACQUIRED THAT ONE TIME I VENTURED INTO THE SUN.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p6PcFFUm5I
RETROGRADE - JAMES BLAKE
THIS MAN IS A GOD AND HIS SONGS GODLY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9r7KJJYkYY
CHET HAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE BEARD AND A SILKY SMOOOTH VOICE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haCay85cpvo
HAZY DELICIOUS SUMMERY POP BY TALENTED YOUNG KIDS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3fTw_D3l10
I AM ENAMOURED WITH ALL ALT J ∆ RIGHT NOW BUT THIS IS MY SELECTION OF CHOICE. I LIKE YELLING "HEY TARO"

NOW PLAYING (SPRING)

Hey guys so it's Spring which means listening to joyous songs and sunshine and maybe lollipops and lots of yoghurt (bc yes dairy!) and inappropriate-weather-dressing and thirst and perspiration and sandals and dancing. And optimism also relating to the weather (because is actually more like Winter?)

So here is my now-playing playlist that helps me imagine it is in fact sunshiney and not drizzly and not less than 10 degrees celsius and that I am not maybe wrapped in considerable cocoon of clothing.

Lurch & Chief - Melbourne band, they played once at uni and then i checked out their triple j unearthed page  and stalked on various forms of social media and now i listen to my entire collection of their tunes (3 songs ahem) on repeat. This song is so so so catchy and I want to sing it aloud on the train all the time (and Mr lead singer's voice is like honey to my soul)

Alt J - a hasty google reveals alt-j to be British. Their name is actually ∆ but is pronounced Alt-J (duh??)

I had a sneaky listen to them in the wake of Laneway fest lineup announcement, because I was maybe too uncool to know many of the bands playing. And YES I love (triangle) now, so I am able to proclaim my coolness to the streets. An Awesome Wave is album of choice - maybe best song is Tesselate. (Solely for line: 'triangles are my favourite shape'??)

Michel Telo - this song reeks of my Europe travels and makes me want to laugh and dance (and cry because of nostalgia). And look how smooth Michel Tego is!?!! 

(Yes the video has 443 million views? - which is a considerable number. Join the fun children)

NOW PLAYING

Playlist of my week or something.

Rich Bitch - Die Antwoord. 
Little bit rude giggle giggle, but with this superb beat. Was listening to it loudly on train just before and wanted to get up and dance like a thug in front of EVERYONE. But I did not. (But still)

Some Nights - Fun.
OH I am so in love with this song. Yes yes it is pop and cliche and probably not even cool anymore but it is so great I can't stop listening to it.

Up All Night - One Direction

Don't be hating, kids. This song is classic trash wow too something love this. 

SUCH lines/choruses/stanzas. This could be an anthem for the ages. 

"Katy Perry's on replay, she's on replay"

"People going all the way YEAH all the way"

and also: "WE DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT THE TABLE BREAKING"

Jesus Came to my Birthday Party - The Middle East

One of my best live musac moments ever was when I saw these guys and they played THIS SONG. And they played an extended version, and it was up there with the best six minutes of my life. 

It's like: this song is simple but beautiful, and what if Jesus did go to your bday party? Cos that'd be pretty wow right?? And I'd totally make a song/sonnet/haiku to tell my friends