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myownparticularlytruth asked: 10 and 3 :) love your blog btw.

3 MY RINGTONE: Nightcall, Kavinsky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV_3Dpw-BRY&ob=av3e

xiiiking asked: Pick a 16 songs that would be the soundtrack for your life.

1. Casimir Pulaski Day, Sufjan Stevens
2. Innocence, Nero
3. Boy with a Coin, Iron and Wine
4. Winter, Joshua Radin
5. Aht Uh Mi Head, Shuggie Otis
6. Such Great Heights, Postal Service
7. Reckoner, Radiohead
8. Hello It’s Me, Todd Rundgren
9. Knife, Grizzly Bear
10. Fast Car, Tracy Chapman
11. She’s So High, Tai Bachman
12. Touched, VAST
13. Porcelain, Moby
14. Don’t Speak, No Doubt
15. This Charming Man, The Smiths
16. Life on Mars, Seu Jorge

Anonymous asked: Your taste in music is exquisite. I regularly check you're blog to see if you've updated your playlist. Any favourite tracks at the moment?

Thanks man, this was a sweet way message to wake up to, although I can barely take credit, most things I dig are recommendations from friends. Here are a couple of tracks I’m into right now:

Mass - Virtual Boy
Get Lost - Mark Mcguire
Baby’s on Fire - Die Antwoord

thelunakid asked: hey beautiful! i was wondering, what are you favourite songs atm? and also i've never asked you (i think), what are your favourite models, if you have ones? x

my friend just played this one in the car going home from a party, so wicked: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GoiIESRcgk

hmmm, my favourite models, hanne gaby odiele, daul kim and kate moss maybe? i don’t know, i like a lot of beautiful faces, lately siri tollerod has been taking my breath away

PLAYLIST 2

tracks I had on my latest hypster player

ritual union, little dragon (tensnake remix)
get better john, mux mool
alarma, machinedrum
odessa, caribou
bentley’s gonna sort you out, bentley rhythm ace
since i left you, the avalanches
palm tree, build
lovelove, annu
waterfalls, bahwee
the end, weekend wolves
take my head, letherette
hereiswhere, bahwee
collect call, metric (adventure club remix)
getting nowhere, magnetic man feat. john legend
i’m god, clams casino
cmyk, james blake
the suburbs, mr little jeans
midnight city, m83
haunt you, flux pavilion

thelunakid asked: what is your favorite music artists, bands and also, what is your favorite song at the moment? XXXXX

Hi beautiful! My favourites of all time never change, it is Sufjan Stevens, Grizzly Bear, Beirut and Ratatat, but I think Nero is starting to sneak into my favourites too, they explain my 2011 better than I can in words. Songs that I am currently listening to include

Born to Die - Lana del Rey
On’n’On - Justice (so sad I can’t see their show!)
Haunt you - Flux Pavilion
Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake remix) - Untold
Pop Culture - Madeon
XXXX

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Beirut - Santa Fe 
Frank Ocean - Swim Good 
Gang Gang Dance - MindKilla
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
M83 - Midnight City 
Metronomy - The Look
Nero - Innocence
Nero - Must Be The Feeling
SBTRKT - Wildfire (Ft. Little Dragon}
Washed Out - Amor Fati

honeysucculents asked: what are your favourite grizzly bear and suftjan stevens songs? xo

GRIZZLY BEAR

while you wait for the others
knife (la blogotheque version)
cheerleader
on a neck, on a spit
two weeks
ready, able

although let’s be honest i love every single one of their songs, i think these are good to start off with though

SUFJAN STEVENS

casimir pulaski day
vesuvius
the dress looks nice on you
holland
for the widows in paradise, for the fatherless in ypsilanti
sister
super sexy woman
impossible soul

of course once again i would have happily linked you every song but i just included a couple from his most popular albums, illinois, michigan and age of adz, if you would like stuff from his other work like his BQE stuff or enjoy your rabbit or his all delighted people EP i’m more than happy to share more stuff, it’s a pleasure sharing the work of sufjan.

oh and one more, a cover of his that i adore, lakes of canada

enjoy XXXXXX

PLAYLIST

these are the songs that used to be on my hypster player (+ a few others i like)

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little-legged-girl-deactivated2 asked: hey i loveee your blog! any slow (preferably sad) song favorites? thanks sooo much!

the entire seven swans album, sufjan stevens
naked as we came, iron and wine
boy with a coin, iron and wine (one of my all time favourite video clips)
paperweight by joshua radin and schuyler fisk
hope there’s someone, antony and the johnsons
to build a home, cinematic orchestra
a rush of blood to the head, coldplay
foreground, grizzly bear

also, not exactly slow but for me one of the saddest songs i know
reckoner, radiohead 

i don’t think these songs are actually sad but they’re nice, um hope that helped

Anonymous asked: what are some new songs you are listening to at the moment?

i don’t know if you mean new as in just released or things i’ve been listening to lately but i rarely keep up with what has just been released cos i suck at that. these are the last things that i favourited on youtube/added to my itunes

sigh, daisuke tanabe
rock lobster, b52s
michael jackson, das racist
we all try, frank ocean
welcome to the world of the plastic beach, gorillaz

well. that’s quite a random mix. hope you like it X

playlist

nothing’s wrong, architecture in helsinki
islands, the XX
it takes a muscle, m.i.a
holland, sufjan stevens
hurt me soul, lupe fiasco
universal traveller, air
aminals, baths
FM tan sexy, el guincho
freak love, toro y moi
homecoming, kanye west
bare feast, ratatat
double pump, girl talk
hotel, broken social scene
miami, foals

playlist, as promised

aht uh my hed, shuggie otis
heaven knows i’m miserable now, the smiths
don’t stop the music, jamie callum
it takes a muscle, m.i.a
no one’s gonna love you, band of horses
higher, j.cole
ghetto facil, el guincho
neckbrace, ratatat
universal traveler, air
get low, lil jon

i know it’s not very cohesive but i guess that’s pretty representative of my life….. what we have here is a mix of my winter blues playlist, tunes i listen to in the car, beats i like to dance to, and songs that are nice and calming XXX