what i've been listening to

the xx - crystalised

the xx - islands

the xx - basic space

metric - waves

ellie goulding - starry eyed

band of horses - no one's gonna love you

arctic monkeys - the fire and the thud

golden silvers - please venus

the velvet underground - heroin

phoenix - if i ever feel better

& everything and anything by bon iver

say hello to autumn

i'm so sorry for the severe lack of updates lately, school responsibilites (and trying to enjoy the last week of freedom) were calling! but i do promise to be a better blogger in the future!

I'm about to start spanish sixth form on tuesday, which is kind of famous for being ridiculously hard, so i'm quite nervous as the day looms closer and closer. it also doesn't help too much that you have to pass eleven subjects to get the title after two years! but i am going to attempt to do it anyway. wish me luck!

paris s'enflamme

i wish i spoke french so i could buy this issue of flavor, featuring my favourite lady ever.

i might just buy it anyway...

-ladyhawke for flavor

what i've been listening to

pj harvey & tom yorke - this mess we're in

arctic monkeys - crying lightning

passion pit - make light

filthy dukes - this rhythm

lissy trullie - ready for the floor

florence and the machine - hardest of hearts

phoenix - 1901

peter, bjorn and john - it don't move me

goodbooks - turn it back

cryptic - turn it back

the stars at night turned you to dust

-cat power

let's do something real

have you ever heard a song by a band you don't know of and just known that they were destined for big things? those were my thoughts exactly upon hearing this song by manchester electro band delphic. they have already had some success on the club scene, and are now starting to get the recognition that they deserve on a more mainstream level.

i don't have a crystal ball but i am sure that we will be seeing alot more of them in the future.

you came to my show, and i saw you in the crowd

i have such a strong desire to go to a show, somewhere tiny and intimate, to just stand there and feel myself getting sucked into an atmosphere that doesn't quite seem like the real world.
for me, nothing can quite compare to that feeling, when you are squashed amongst dozens of strangers, but you don't care, when you are aware that you are in the palm of the hand of the person that stands before you on the stage, but you love it.
when you are filled with adrenaline and excitement, and the euphoria seems to overpower any other emotion you may have.
what can possibly be better than that?