lately, songs I can't stop listening to (this is a list, not a playlist):

1. Heartbeats - The Knife

2. God Has A Voice, She Speaks Through Me - CocoRosie

3. Bros - Panda Bear

4. Come Home - OceanLab

5. Miss You - Trentemøller
6. My Girls - Animal Collective
7. Tomboy - Panda Bear
8. Werewolf - CocoRosie
9. Animals - CocoRosie
10. Slow Show - The National

Actually it's more accurate to say I've been listening to most of/all these artists constantly. I'm always late to the music bus and there are about ten more songs I didn't list that are all from years ago that I've been playing for nostalgia's sake, but these songs in particular are ones I can listen to on repeat for hours at a time. Usually I can't ever do that. This past month was weird.

i feel you, fall

Mornings have suddenly become sharp and cold, and snap at you to get out of bed as you force yourself into a tight warm ball and cling desperately to the remaining vestiges of sleep before the alarm warns you one last time to get up. Chilly mornings are the worst, depending on the context. Horrible for when you need to get up early when the earth feels frozen and go to work, but nice if you have the day off and are sharing a warm breakfast with mother and poopies/a friend. I know it sounds crazy to be complaining of the cold in Southern California, but we have our moments here every now and again, and I'm biased because I love/need warmth and sunshine (it doesn't help that my eyes snap open at 6 am every morning these days either). It feels more like Thursday than Tuesday because of the massive amount of deadlines we suddenly faced at the office today, but we pulled through. I went to see Lykke Li at the Fox Theatre in Pomona on Monday and it was mind-blowing to the point of being life-changing, but maybe I was just in a goood mood. No, Lykke Li was amazing and her energy and complete command of the audience was like watching some kind of ethereal high priestess working her magic on a spellbound audience.

enid & edgar + joe

Tonight I went to a wonderful little vintage store with a sweet array of clothing, accessories, a giant OWL wall, a stage, and a side room where trees grow like it's the outdoors, drawings hang on the wall and feathers hang from the ceiling. The shop is called Enid & Edgar, and my friend Joe played an acoustic set there tonight, along with two other acts. It was the tiniest place for a show, almost like Joe was playing in his living room for a small group of friends. Very intimate and raw, and with all eyes on the lone performer it must have been terrifying/exhilarating. Joe stayed on pitch, never missed a beat, and even entertained a little to the audience which was super. This was an evening well-spent.

jónsi

Second song, Jónsi on his guitar, a deer running from a wolf in the forest, a slow drumming build, then a sudden BLAST of light and a giant THOOM as the deer jumps and the wolf bounds after it. Instant tears. Thank you sistersaur for winning those tickets and asking me to come with you :).

friends with guitars

I was blown away watching Joe and Allen play an alternating set in Irvine last week. Talent overload, plus funny/cute to boot. In the middle of the set a group of furries appeared out of nowhere and proceeded to dance to their songs, and one of them even tipped them a $20. Strange awesome times.