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Breezing through my Summer playlist: fun., Andrew Bird and some rock.

1 Jun

Summer! Also: Get well soon, KoL

Exams are conspiring to make this the least fun few weeks of my life. That means posting is likely to become grouchy/irregular. I thought about just posting some playlists of mine over the coming weeks with a few comments. Then I realised that would be incredibly lazy. Then I thought, it’s still lazy but I’m going to do it. And as a reminder, we compiled a summer-ready playlist for you last year; it’s worth checking out. Enjoy these next few weeks. If you have exams, bear with it; if not, bear with whatever ‘it’ you have:

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Spun – Grouplove

29 May

Pairlove

This sunshine is almost unbearable – and not in a ‘I hate when the weather is happy’ grouchy way – because I’m stuck inside revising German nationalism and Virgil when I want to be outside lying in the sun/eating ice-cream. It’s cool, in a month’s time that’s what I’ll be doing. Until then I can only live vicariously through others. Step one: Grouplove’s Spun.

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Miracle – Ghost Beach

28 May

Ghostly/Beachy

Sorry for not posting in the later days of last week but excuses are boring so let’s move on. Ghost Beach are a duo from NYC and Miracle is everything I love in a song. It’s got a killer electric groove, heartfelt lyrics and brilliant pop flashes. I’ve fallen in love; you should, too:

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Out Of My Mind – B.o.b feat Nicki Minaj

23 May

B.o.Bbing along.

I know I promised a Gleecap but I . . . failed on that front. Anyway, I downloaded B.o.B’s Strange Clouds and I think it will turn out some neat summer jams. Anything for pre-exam procrastination, y’all.

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Glee’s Graduating!

22 May

Class of 2012

This might be one of the only times I’ve ever stuck to a plan. Ever ever. I’ve already said this but it bears reiterating: I am graduating concurrently with the Glee kids! They’re like my Harry Potter (whose students grew up, for the first four books, in my sister’s year). It’s fair to say that I’ll be fairly emotionally invested come Thursday night (spurred on by fun.’s latest album. Speaking of, can we have some consensus vis a vis their name? I say fun. but others say FUN. or just simply ‘fun’ or even ‘Fun’.) Anyway, Glee’s released an album specifically for graduation and it’s a nice way to end the three seasons. Review after the jump:

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The Fractured Lullaby Of Holly Jealous – Blue Balloon

21 May

Up, up and away: Blue Balloon

A week of two halves for you, guys. I’ve got an awesome band for you today, Thursday and Friday but Wednesday and Tuesday will belong to Glee. It’s ending this week (season not series) and so I’ll publish a season review (highlights, grades et al) on Wednesday and post up a review of the Graduation album tomorrow. I’m balanced like that. Anyway, today we have Blue Balloon whose voice promises to deliver’a clear, heartfelt sigh that can rise to desperation and drop to a tremble in the space of a note.’ And on a Monday? Too much, you guys. Too much:

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The Voice UK: Love The Way You Lie – Bo Bruce

20 May

Bo Bruce/Lady Catherine Brudenell-Bruce

Morning! I kept my promise so happy Sundays all round. Here’s Bo Bruce, probably one of my favourite contestants on The Voice (although my favourites keep being eliminated so maybe she doesn’t want that honour):

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Glee’s GROUPLOVE

19 May

 

Tongue-in-cheek

Another week beat! Take that, school work! It’s been fairly exhausting but I’ve been on a high (legal) for the last two days because of how damn cheery Glee was! It’s funny growing up with a pop culture phenom where the kids in it are the same age (fictionally) as yourself. They’re graduating next week and so am I! Crazy. They covered Grouplove’s (Group Love, GroupLove, GROUPLOVE?) Tongue Tied which is a fantastic song. Michael covered the band’s Colours yonks ago. The cover (and accompanying scene) was perfect and it’s the perfect perfect song to get you through work/parties this weekend. I’m firmly ensconced in the former’s camp. Original below. Glee after the jump.

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Troublemaker – Beach House

18 May

Exactly how I imagine Beach House spending their time.

I’m a believer in a few things in life – laughing at one’s own jokes, the superiority of pandas above anything – and symmetry. I suppose symmetry is a pretty definite concept but as I started this week off with Beach House, I thought I’d return to them on Friday. Balance and all. Heads up: Michael and I claimed to have started reviewing The Voice but that rather fell to pot last week. I could reel off a few excuses (all valid but all very dull) so I’m making a (tentative) promise to post some reviews on Sunday afternoon before the results show that night. Hold me to that. Beach House after the jump:

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Somebody That I Used To Know – fun.

17 May

sun. sun. sun.

Double time! My favourite band of the year (?) have covered the stand-out hit from 2012, Somebody That I Used To Know. You might’ve heard it. It’s everywhere. Also everywhere: fun.’s We Are Young. Below are the results of mixing two of the biggest artists of 2k12:

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