Favorite Songs of April 2014

April has been.. a weird month for me. I barely remember any of it; it's flown by so quickly. I've been drawing like a crazy person, that much I remember. Saw Captain America with the bestie. I really enjoyed it and honestly almost went to see it again. .. Rabbit trail... The music this month, seems to be mirroring the month perfectly; it's been very good and inspirational and making me dance like a loon more often then not - despite the fact that my memory isn't fully intact.

So here you are. The music I've adored this month of April. Listen with joy at a volume proper enough to fully motivate you to dance like a loon.



Sandman - Hurts 

Magic - Coldplay

Birds Lament - Moondog
(honestly, make a station from this song on pandora, and that's mainly what I've been listening to this month)

Chocolate - The 1975

Sweater Weather - The Neighborhood

Talk Dirty to Me - Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz
(it's the chorus bit that I love..)

Lana Del Ray - Once Upon a Dream 

Tongue Tied - Grouplove

She's Got You High - Mumm-ra

Santa Maria (Del Buen Aure) - Gotan Project

Little hellions - a music 'dilemma' of sorts

I can feel it again. Starting to change. My music preference that is. I have a rather wide range that I adore. All of which share the similarities of deep layered meanings, play of words, catchy rhythms, guitar, piano, cello or some instrument that stands out, and at times, a voice powerful enough to haunt my dreams. This path is followed by songs and artists that I love that range from soft and subtle like calm alternative or classical types to the more eccentric, if you will, club and fast pasted tunes. To simplify it more, it's a range of soft to LOUD. Usually the soft is most beneficial for me keeping my cool, daily activities and working on projects.  Usually that is. But periodically, the coin flips, and all I want to hear is Loud music. Loud and Louder then the time before.  My pandora account mirrors this heavily. I have stations on one hand that are "Lorde, Florence and the Machine, Coldplay, Paradise Circus, Bing Crosby" and on the other hand are the "Kickstarts (Bar 9 Remix), The Glitch Mob, Pitbull."

I know these aren't that drastic of a difference. But when that coin does flip. I can't stand the music section that I, seemingly minutes before, could not get enough of.  It's also always something little and subtle that flips that coin too. This time, I was watching a cracked video while having my afternoon tea with biscuits.  There was, I think three seconds of Eminem's "Without Me" song used for one section of the video. It was a brilliantly timed bit of sarcasm and wit. And it fully tossed that coin on its head in one fell swoop of three seconds flat, during tea time too.

See, it is a bit odd and unexpected. I do enjoy the sudden change when the music takes over and the want, the need to listen more and more comes on.  It's an addiction at times that mirrors the addiction one can have toward a good book. Can't seemingly put it down, even for a little while.

So if my monthly music selection is thematically different this month, you know why.

Oh, and happy Thorsday everyone.

Favourite Songs of February '14

Below has been my soundtrack to this last month. Enjoy the lyrical, rhythmic beauty as I have.


Lost and Found - by Katie Herzig

Bird's Lament - by Moondog

Ghostwriter - by RJD2

Clocks - by Coldplay

Shooting Stars - by Bag Raiders

Sweet Nothing - by Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch

Haunt - Bastille

If You Run - by The Boxer Rebellion

Favorite Songs of January '14

I believe music has a big grip on me. It suits me well when words a lone will not do. The emotion and lyrical word play get to the heart of a matter when rigid structure cannot. I'm not saying written word is cannot isolate the profound and emotional aspects of life. Music is simply a faster at drawing the emotion from me.

So here are the top songs that embedded themselves in my head this last month:

Feel So Close by Calvin Harris


Stronger (What doesn't kill you) by Kelly Clarkson


We Can't Stop (Cover) by Bastille


Stay (Cover) by Thirty Seconds to Mars


Summertime Sadness (Cover) by Miley Cyrus

Favorite Songs of the Last Month

These are the top songs I’ve been in love with as of the last month or so.. 

Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood

Tongue Tied by GROUPLOVE

White Teeth Teens by Lorde

Pompeii by Bastille

Counting Stars by OneRepublic 

Midnight City by M83 

Princess of China (Invisible Man Remix) by Coldplay (feat. Rihanna)

Their rhythm, lyrics, simplicity, and heart draw me in. A few, as of late, could have been little foreseers. Which I find beautifully romantic. There is something beautiful in the decay and creation of things.