Thursday Playlist

From this Thursday onwards I shall be putting up a playlist to brighten your day! They will be a mix of music that I'd been listening to recently. Just to help you get into that almost weekend mood.

1.Lovebug - Jonas Brothers: 

This isn't a band that I listen to a lot, mainly because they just aren't my type of music but this is just a really sweet song.

2.Norgaard - The Vaccines:

 I went to see The Vaccines on New Year's Eve and really enjoyed them! A really catchy tune and I find myself singing it when I'm on my own.

3.Carmen - Lana Del Rey:

Bought LDR's album a couple of weeks back. I have fallen for her voice although it has a rather eerie quality to it. Skipping through the record and found this track.

4.Honey All Over - Gruff Rhys:

When I was away at half term I put my iPod on shuffle and found this and I love it. He or they or she has a unusual voice.

5.Diamonds -  Ben Howard:

After I saw Noah and the Whale I have become a big fan of Howard's. He was the support act for NATW.

They Are Not Just A Jewish Rebel Army..

A couple of weeks back I went to see an indie rock band called The Maccabees. I hadn't really listened to their music before but I had heard them on the soundtrack for Angus,Thongs & Perfect Snogging playing their song "Toothpaste Kisses". I bought the band's first two albums only a week or so beforehand so I had a better idea of what they would be playing. The concert was held in a small bar/theatre/drama type place, I don't really know how to describe it. I had never been to a gig in such a close environment before. I felt like if some massive disaster happened and we never saw anybody else apart from the people there I would be fine with that because they were my type of people. Individuals with individuality. I went with my friends and my mummy(we were too young to go by ourselves). I think it was the best concert I've ever been to.  They finished the night by playing Grew Up At Midnight and you could feel the crowd really coming together. Afterwords the floor was really sticky, it was carpet and I think people had spilled tonnes of beer so your feet felt that they were sticking to the floor and you had to put some real effort into picking your feet off of the ground.  To be honest, it was one of the best nights of life. 

 Their newest album is called Given To The Wild. You can buy it here!

This is a link to the video i took myself. Likes are appreciated. :) 

The Maccabees playing First Love - sorry it's a bit jumpy, I took it myself.

This is my favourite picture i took, it's also my laptop background. :)

Lily Xo

We Drink Tonight...

My mum's friend sent her this CD for Christmas which they had made themselves. The tracks are really good although some aren't really the type of music I like to listen to. There is one song on the CD which makes me feel really happy every time I hear it. It's called Elephant Gun by an indie folk band called Beirut. Although the lyrics are sad and about escaping a POW camp, (I think) the melody is just so joyful. I like to listen to it all the time it's so addictive.

I think that it's the type of song that you'd hear in the background of a film during a wedding scene. Maybe this song will be my first dance in my wedding but that's a long way off from now. I can't express how cheerful and lovely this song is. The video is also quite extraordinary, you couldn't think of anything like it. It's even been listed as the 30th  best music videos from 2000-2009 by Paste, whoever they are. Here is the link to the video :)

HELLO - My name is..

As some of you may already know I've had a few blogs in the past but none have been very successful. Whilst reading the March of issue of Company magazine I found a feature about Bip Ling  and that her career has progressed ever since she started her own online journal in 2009.  I thought about my older blogs and decided to give the whole 'blogging scene' another go.  

Here is what I'll probably be discussing;

1. Music
2. Books
3. Fashion
4. Maybe even a few recipes..