And I'll cross oceans like never before

As I'm sitting here getting ready to bring in another new year, I had my iTunes on shuffle and this cover of The xx's Shelter came on that I completely forgot about. Pretty sure I found it on Hype Machine a year or two ago and it takes one of my favorite bands and makes their song a little less depressing and more upbeat.

Shelter (The xx Cover) by Hercules and Love Affair

Check it out before you get too crazy tonight...

New Years' Resolutions

So... this has been somewhat of a long time coming, but my best friend Emily and I have always wanted to start a blog about music. I figured it's the last day of 2012... what better day to start. We've attended Lollapalooza for the past 3 years and have no intentions of ever stopping. It's the one thing we look forward to every year and we always talk about how we should be blogging about music. Music is literally the only thing in life that will never go away. It's amazing and can inspire me in a lot of ways. Recently, it has inspired me to get a new tattoo (...or two)

Last night as I was looking around in my iTunes, I realized that I needed a playlist of amazing songs to help me get some work done today. I spent about 30 minutes picking various songs to create the best playlist possible. It encompasses everything I look for in a playlist. I was aiming for songs that just made me feel good, but were mellow enough that I could actually get some work done.

Here's my playlist (in alphabetical artist order): Feel free to copy and create it as well.

1. Changing by The Airborne Toxic Event
2. My Girls by Animal Collective
3. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) by Arcade Fire
4. Wake up by Arcade Fire
5. Rebellion (Lies) by Arcade Fire
6. I Begged You Everything by Bad Books
7. Land Locked Blues by Bright Eyes
8. 7/4 (Shoreline) by Broken  Social Scene
9. Swimmers by Broken Social Scene
10. Stars and Sons by Broken Social Scene
11. Sweet Nothing by Calvin Harris and Florence Welch
12. The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
13. Vanished by Crystal Castles
14. Pap Smear by Crystal Castles
15. Liquid Summer by Diamond Messages
16. Stillness is the Move by Dirty Projectors
17. Only You by Ellie Goulding
18. Explosions by Ellie Goulding
19. Needle in the Hay by Elliot Smith
20. Hurricane Drunk (The Horrors Remix) by Florence and the Machine
21. Rivers and Roads by The Head and the Heart
22. Winter Song by The Head and the Heart
23. Open Season by High Highs
24. Evil by Interpol
25. The Magic by Joan as Police Woman
26. Run for Love by Joan as Police Woman
27. Twice by Little Dragon
28. Stubborn Love by The Lumineers
29. Possibility by Lykke Li
30. I Can Feel A Hot One by Manchester Orchestra
31. Blindness by Metric
32. The Police and the Private by Metric
33. Excuses by The Morning Benders
34. Girls Like You by The Naked and Famous
35. Fake Empire by The National
36. Moths Wings by Passion Pit
37. Mouthful of Diamonds by Phantogram
38. When I'm Small by Phantogram
39. Glory Box by Portishead
40. It Could Be Sweet by Portishead
41. Roads by Portishead
42. Welcome Home, Son by Radical Face
43. Dancing On My Own by Robyn
44. Lebanese Blonde by Thievery Corporation
45. Angels by The xx
46. Chained by The xx
47.  Heart Skipped A Beat by The xx
48. Infinity by The xx
49. Ambling Alp by Yeasayer
50. Love Me Girl by Yeasayer

Literally, there is not a bad song on that list. They are all amazing songs and probably about half of those bands I've seen live which makes it ten times more amazing. I wouldn't go around playing this playlist at a New Years' Eve party, but for the times when you just need to relax and listen to great music, this is the playlist for that.

Now that I've procrastinated my own work by writing this blog, I should get back to listening to this amazing playlist and get some work done. Happy New Year!

214 days until Lollapalooza 2013 <3

I keep dancing on my own,
Jeana