June 2011
24 posts
Stream: Washed Out, 'Within and Without' →
(via NPR First Listen)
Music to space out/chill out too. Washed Out is actually a perfectly apt name. But I really don’t like this cover. It seems cheap and easy and knock-offish to me.
You can tell me I’m wrong and that it’s art and it represents the distance between this and that and separation and loneliness of this and that while combining misunderstood elements of this...
sfgirlbybay | Four Corners Store Photo Contest →
sfgirlbybay is doing a reader give away photo contest.
The theme: Sunday in the City
If you fancy yourself a photographer of any sort, you might want to click through to learn how to participate. There’s a super fun prize package.
Photos need to be posted by July 5.
I tried to keep my eye out on Sunday for things to take a picture of. It happened to be overcast and I happened to spend...
summer solstice mix →
Here’s a mix from fellow Philadelphian, mygingerbreadhouse.
Summer Solstice Mix
A few days after the solstice, this mix is a lovely compilation of folky rocky summery listening. There’s no track listing so it’s like a little surprise each track change. Who doesn’t need surprises on a Friday? I must confess it’s totally hitting the spot this morning.
Enjoy! Happy...
I have a confession: I'm tracking you.
I feel like Sting…
longingly staring after you from behind a tree…
But really, I started using Google Analytics last week. Only a couple months after Coujo told me about it. Not bad at all.
See, every once in a while I feel like a bad blogger. I just don’t keep up all the time. Sometimes I feel fine about it because I’m just living my life. Other times I feel stressed...
I need more white space.
It makes me want to cry.
A gathering of pictures that I'm feeling, via... →
Stream 'Bon Iver' by Bon Iver →
(via NPR First Listen)
Justin Vernon a.k.a. Bon Iver
If you haven’t found it yet, probably you should give it a whirl. The plucky orchestrated folk sound with melancholy vocals may be the perfect thing for a cool, sunny Tuesday summer morning.
But don’t bother reading the NPR review (in my humble opinion). Do I need to be able to understand every word? Does every song need to work...
Toms: New line of sunglasses →
And carrying on the Tom’s one-for-one tradition, with each pair purchased, surgery or prescription eyewear is provided to someone in need, mainly in Nepal, Cambodia, and Tibet.
And they look not unlike the Rayban Wayfarer that everyone loves. Check it out.
Tom’s Eyewear
Amazing things I wanted to post today:
1. A reminder that Memoryhouse is playing in Philly at Johnny Brenda’s tonight, Thursday, June 9.
2. A mix by someone.
3. Some pretty pictures.
I went to the Memoryhouse Tumblr and everything was all there, a poster, pretty pictures, and a mix. I gathered them all for you in the posts below, or just look through the lovely Tumblr to hear music with the pictures.
Happy Wednesday, brought...
Download New Sun Airway Single, "Wild Palms" →
(via Pitchfork)
On Friday at the show Sun Airway played their two new songs that came out together yesterday, “Wild Palms” and “Symphony in White, No. 2”. That’s the art work for the solid-hold-in-your-hand version above, which comes out in July. The digital versions of the songs came out yesterday.
The songs terrific at the show, despite the unbalanced mix and...
Listen: Active Child's Collaboration with How To... →
(via Pitchfork)
Active Child is one of those bands I’d heard a bit, forgot about, then saw at a show as an opener and fell in love. I’ve obsessed about “When Your Love is Safe” here before.
The debut full length album coming out August 23rd. “Playing House [ft. How To Dress Well]” is one of the 10 new tracks. It’s like synth-R&B or something. And...
Tonight! Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll →
In case you’re looking for something to do tonight, you can head out to West Philly and spend your dolla-dollas. Or your dollars.
15 different places offer $1 food and/or beverage deals, from beer and espresso to cupcakes and focaccia and samosas!
And in case you can’t make it tonight, it’s happening the first Thursday June - September. Hit it up!
Happy Thursday!
Givers - Saw You First
Yes,...