MUSIC: Everlong- Foo Fighters (Acoustic)

Chills. I'm gonna play this at my wedding.

Spectrum- GoldLink

Heard "Spectrum" on triple J while driving home from the hospital in my car, had to turn the music up bc its so legit. sounds cool... well if there was just the instrumental version. I really dig the music more than the rap but still, sounds cool like old school rainbowroad mariokart video game music.

Feki

have you seen the valley fiesta line-up??!??!?

HOLY SHITTTT

Last dinosaurs, ALPINE, ART VS SCIENCE (WHAT I JUST SAW THEM!???), ASTA...etc etc

oh my godd so excitedddd

anyways, here's Feki. 

TOP 3:

1. Nothing lasts forever
2. Fly away with me
3. Remember

Genre: Future chill / soft edm / 

Sounds like: softcore flume, Japanese wallpaper, taku 

Best listened when: just chillin, on the beach, travel videos

East

Support act for Art vs Science was East or E^st (with a high hat). Up and coming triple J unearthed singer. She's has such a lovely stage presence. With cool dance moves and an amazing live voice. Plus points for her cool hair and hair flips. She owns the stage with her energy and passion! She's just so cool ok!

I remember listening to her song on Triple J. Her song "Old Age" is so good check it outttt.

https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/e-s-t

Le Pie

A relatively new artist. I first heard the song debut "Secrets" on Triple J while eating in the kitchen and I just knew it's gonna be my favourite song and I HAD to download it. I'm so in love with it. There's something so dreamy and surreal about it. Plus it's super catchy.

Secrets

Album: 
Unknown yet..

What:
Dreamy pop, ethereal, female vocal, indie, soft, lovey dovey, mad drums, music that puts you into a trance of loneliness and reminds you of falling in love, dark, droney.

When: 
Closing your eyes/slow dance at prom
A hypnotising drive
Somewhere alone at night

Sounds like: The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey, Desire- Under Your Spell, Slowdrive,  Old-school jams with dialogue. 

Courtney Barnett

Album: 
‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’

What:
Simple witty lyrics, indie rock, laidback, Australian, IDGAF attitude, female vocals

When: 
You're wearing bad eyeliner but feeling badass/

dancing while trying on a lot of different clothes and getting frustrated and thinking "this sucks, being a girl sucks" and eventually resolve to wearing a hoodie and jeans/

Stepping out of your crappy apartment about 10 minutes from the CBD in the morning, it's sunny and nice and you're walking with sunglasses.

Sounds like: Paramore (??), Kurt Cobain (??)

Top 3

1. Pickles From a Jar
2. History Eraser
3. Pedestrian At Best
4. Depreston

Bummer, I can't believe her show is SOLD OUT in Brisbane.

I'm absolutely gutted! ARGH I WOULD'VE WENT

Mac Demarco

He's Canadian,

✔ PHYSCIDELICAL psychedelic, psychedelic? Psychedelic. (I hate spelling this word.)
✔ Good song to do pingas too
✔ Super Chill as fuck
✔ Reminds of summer days by the pool

TOP 3 (according to me)

1. Mac Demarco – Salad Days. Laid back af. Roadtrip tunes?
2. Mac Demarco – Only You.. This is a live acoustic version and it is so perfect. 
3. Mac Demarco – Goodbye Weekend. Like LSD to your ears baby

Sounds like: Tame Impala.

SoKo

Sad indie, acoustic, guitars, mesmerizing female vocals- French-esq-ness. 

Top 3

1. Soko – First Love Never Die. This song is sad. Makes you think of someone you don't want to think about :( PREPARE FOR THE FEELS
2. Soko – We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow. Cool. cool
3. Soko – I Thought I Was An Alien.

Sounds like: Feist, Julia Stone, Lisa Mitchell, Lykke Li

Big Scary

Off-beat drums, amazing piano melodies, electric sounds, melancholy vibes. Their 2013 "Not Art" is amaze.

Top 3 

1. Big Scary – Twin Rivers. I love this song, especially listening with earphones alone on the train or in the morning. I love the piano bits. It's about tiring routines. Awesome lyrics. Listen to it when you're tired or fed up with life.
2. Big Scary – Luck Now. Kind of sad, but catchy. Love the instruments. It's powerful in a way.
3. Big Scary – Falling Away. This is sad, but rad.

Indie Summer 2015 Playlist

1. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Ffunny Ffrends
2. BRONCHO – Class Historian
3. Noah And The Whale – L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
4. Mac Demarco – Goodbye Weekend
5. The Drums – Lets Go Surfing
6. Mac Demarco – Salad Days
7. Bombay Bicycle Club – Luna
8. Peace – Bloodshake
9. Palma Violets – Best of Friends
10. Jagwar Ma – Come Save Me
11. Big Scary – Twin Rivers

BØRNS

Electric/happy/upbeat songs. Psych rock. Catchy drums. Catchy bass.

Top 3:

1. BØRNS – Electric Love
2. BØRNS – Seeing Stars
3. BØRNS – 10,000 Emerald Pools

Sounds like Haim, RAC.

Porter Robinson

I think he's my second favourite EDM artist. The "Worlds" album is fucking amazing. His work really tell a different story, kind of surreal, magical and makes you imagine things like being in a weird world with anime stars and rainbow seahorses. It's maybe not the kind you rave to but it's one where it is tolerable to listen to by yourself.

Top 4:

1. Porter Robinson – Language - UK Edit - My heart will always belong to Language
2. Porter Robinson – Divinity.
3. Porter Robinson – Sad Machine. 
4. Porter Robinson – Flicker. I love this, kinda overplayed now. But whatcanyoudo.

Andy Bull

A talented Australian artist that I got the pleasure of seeing live. Amazing voice. Amazing personality and stage presence as well. His voice may be feminine, but 100% unique and powerful. It's alternative-pop with lots of hand claps, synth and drums.

Top 3:

1. Andy Bull – Dog. Love this song, it is actually really deep. And Lisa Mitchell nails it too.
2. Andy Bull – Baby I Am Nobody Now
3. Andy Bull – Keep On Running
4. Andy Bull – Talk Too Much

SAN CISCO

An awesome Australian band, plays fun upbeat tunes that make you wanna dance.

Top 5:

1. San Cisco – Fred Astaire
2. San Cisco – Awkward - EP Version
3. San Cisco – RUN
4. San Cisco – No Friends
5. San Cisco – Wild Things

Childish Gambino

A cool rapper, you may know him as Troy from "Community"
But I actually like his music, his voice can change from angry to very soft, his beats. Awesome. His style is so dynamic.

Top 5:

1. Childish Gambino – V. 3005. I tried to learn all the words to this.
2. Childish Gambino – I. flight of the navigator. This is like an adventure, a story. I like listening to this on the train. It's so relaxing.
3. Childish Gambino – I. the worst guys (feat. Chance The Rapper). BEATS
4. Childish Gambino – III. urn. This is so chill. So RnB.
5. Childish Gambino – Bonfire. He blows this shit up. ANGER.

She & Him

Duo consists of the wonderful and amazing Zooey Deschannel who delivers a folksy sound with awesome olden-day vocals

I'm hooked on the "Volume 1" album and the "A very She & Him Christmas" album that would be perfect for time of the year.

Here are my Top 5:

1. She & Him – Sentimental Heart
2. She & Him – You Really Gotta Hold On Me
3. She & Him – Baby, It's Cold Outside Remember the movie Elf?
4. She & Him – I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
5. She & Him – Oh Boy! (I actually think this one's my favourite.)

Anyway, bye.

MONTAIGNE

Listened to Montaigne open for San Cisco and fell in love with her voice! I kept thinking I was listening to Bjork live, celestial and ethereal as fuck!
In the morning I heard they did a like a version cover on Triple J. They sound 1000000X awesome LIVE. Montaigne's vocals were enthralling.

Anyone remember Jessica Cerro's "Anyone but me"?

THAT'S HER.

TOP 3: (You can listen to this on Spotify)

1) I'm a Fantastic Wreck »Montaigne – I'm a Fantastic Wreck
So much emotion, this song is really unique with its instruments, the lyrics, the sound, it's a journey. Sounds a bit like Kimbra/Regina Spektor. The piano clash. Everything about this is me.

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2) Life »Montaigne – Life
I feel the emotion, the pauses, the lyrics are fucking awesome as well, if you get really into it. "Today I  tried to figured out whether I love you or not and then I fell asleep". The build up. The drums. That crescendo. Her voice got loud at 2.30 live and everything was...EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT.


3) Pontius of the Past »Montaigne – Pontius of the Past
"I'm so tired of being civilised". Awesome lyrics. Sounds a bit like Naked and The Famous.


ALSO, Montaigne – A Cinematic Plea for an End as she was describing what the song was about I almost cried. It's overromanticising relationships or something about realness, anyway I can't remember but, it really awesome and a real unexpected gem stumbling across them.

Anyway. Bye!

KITTY PRYDE

She sounds really cute but her flow is sick. And the beats are good too. There's something ODDLY unique about her music that makes me listen to her. IT's like Taylor Swift meets rap. Her name was "Kitty Pryde" but now it's changed to just "Kitty"...

TOP 3:

1. Okay Cupid
2. Ay Shawty: The Shrekoning!! (Feat Dankte)
3. M0rgan Stop

8 best covers of songs by other artists

1. Womanizer by Britney Spears covered by Lily Allen— This is jazzy and i just love it
2. Electric feel by MGMT covered by Katy perry—Early Katy Perry, it is actually decent, like it's a totally different style to her usually pop getups
3. Girls just wanna have fun by Cyndi Lauper covered by STRFKR—(Yes, the band name is also Starfucker) its like an indie version with kickass drums
4. Oh boy by Buddy Holly covered by She and Him— Yup. Zooey deschannel, gives this country folky vibe and it's wonderous
5. Toxic by Britney Spears covered by VersaEmerge AND Melanie Martinez (+the remix one)
6. No Diggity by Blackstreet covered by Chet Faker AND the Bondax edit — Chet faker makes everything toned down and laid back and the edit makes you wanna move and groove
7. Hold On We're Coming Home by Drake covered by ASTR — refreshing airy sound and female vocals
8. Santeria by Sublime covered by Washington- her voice is really soothing and its toned down

LISTEN.

ZHU

FUNKY/ELECTRONIC MUSIC~~~~~~~~

If you like funky electronic/beats this is for you. It's Disclosure meets Flume, had rough sex and then made babies that possesses The Weeknd's airy vocals. Like good music to chillax to I guess.

TOP 3 TRACKS (according to me):

1. Faded. Drive alone at night to this song.
2. Paradise Awaits. More fast-paced. 
3. Stay closer. Relax.