hurry up and wait

we had one of the biggest weather teases a couple weeks ago here in nyc (with a high of 70 degrees) that everyone's been fixated on ever since. new yorkers had smiles stretched across their faces, and people just seemed... nicer. then it went back down to the 40's, and we've been crying on the inside ever since.

here's a new mixtape that's been pulling me out of this winter slump, though, prepping me for the glorious spring ahead. happy listening!

mixtape #6

1. "houseboat babies" - reptar
2. "canopy" - painted palms*
3. "coronado" - deerhunter
4. "40 day dream" - edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros
5. "weekend" - smith westerns*
6. "black night (magik version)" - the dodos*
7. "seafarer" - tennis
8. "still sound" - toro y moi
9. "lahaha" - shugo tokumaru
10. "tryst with mephistopheles" - owen pallett
11. "commotion" - the hundred in the hands
12. "bury us alive" - strfkr
13. "machu picchu" - the strokes


*note: the dodos' new album (no color) and the smith westerns' album (dye it blonde) are way cheap on amazon right now and way worth it. and painted palms' ep (canopy) is free to download. free! treat yourself. spring would approve.

music for movement

i'm not across the pond yet as promised in my last post, but i wanted to share another mixtape before i go. the songs are perfect for an autumn day in brooklyn (or wherever you might be)... uplifting and smile-inducing. most are new, but there are a few oldies tossed in for good measure. preferential order encouraged.

mixtape #5

1. "heart to tell" - the love language
2. "boyfriend" - best coast
3. "fixed" - stars
4. "ruby" - apples in stereo
5. "ghost train" - summer camp
6. "windstorm" - school of seven bells
7. "sprawl II (mountains beyond mountains)" - arcade fire
8. "i walked" - sufjan stevens
9. "leave everywhere" - toro y moi
10. "les cactus" - jacques dutronc
11. "slow" - twin shadow
12. "lewis takes off his shirt" - owen pallett
13. "go do" - jonsi