Music
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Listening to… Mick Flannery
I spent a few hours yesterday evening editing pics and getting lost in Mick Flannery‘s new album, By The Rule. His songs are dripping with melancholy, but there is something really cathartic and restorative about their vulnerability. I’ve been lucky enough to see him live a few times, and he’s beautiful on stage, just as Continue reading
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Ellie x Kodaline
You may have heard this doing the rounds already, but a friend sent this to me last week and I can’t get enough of it. Ellie Goulding, covering Kodaline‘s All I Want. Her cover of Alt J‘s Tessellate is also pretty awesome. // Graphic above by me – a lil’ faux double exposure of both Continue reading
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Listening to: Alt J
I’m pretty late to the Alt J party, but Ben has been listening to them a lot and it feels like every time he plays something I like and I ask what it is, it’s these guys. Here are three things the internet told me about them: They’re a psych pop band from the UK, Continue reading
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Resolve to Shine
I haven’t even begun editing my Electric Picnic pics, but thought a GIF of the Friday night fireworks would be a fitting illustration to this quote, taken from this beautiful piece Caitlin Moran wrote to her daughter. Kids or no kids, it may bring a tear to your eye. Full quote below. Just resolve to Continue reading
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The XX
The xx were brilliant last night. I love how cool and aloof they looked on stage, and how that juxtaposes with their earnest, soulful lyrics. There’s something so plaintive and beautiful about lines like “You move through the room / Like breathing was easy / If someone believed me / They would be /As in Continue reading