. the innocence mission .

love that boy

i love that boy and he is my friend

i wave to him from very far off


please let him be safe there across the way
i love that boy i say
i love him all the day

and i'm standing up under the trees

i'm cheering every day

i love that boy i say

. the whispertown 2000 .

i cannot get this off my mind.

atlantis

i want faith

i want faith in everything

i want time to slip away

let tomorrow be today

i want to be a key to a locket

i want to be a key

let me in

. patrick lee .

this is my

givemesomeengergyandmakemerelaxatthesametimepleaseilovelifeireallydo

song

. brandi carlile .

christmas music is the best.

so is brandi carlile.

the heartache can wait

. architecture in helsinki .

this band has had some awesome phases.

scissor paper rock

that beep

(thanks layt for showing me this one)

like it or not

. tegan and sara .

pretty sure i already said cold is tegan and sara.

fall and winter fill my mind with their music.

can't get this song out of my head.

the words. ah.

perfect for a snowy day.

don't confess

don't think i'll confess

why would i confess

that i

don't think i'll deny

why would i deny

that i

send a little love my way

and every second i spend waiting

drags me closer to this grave

i'm not alone

no

i'm just on my own

don't think i'll escape

why would i escape you

don't think i'll replace

how could i replace you

it's a little cold outside

. coheed & cambria .

a favor house atlantic

your eyes tell the stories

of the days you wish you could

recall the moments that once have

bye bye beautiful

. the cloud room .

hey now now

or we find a new reason, a new way of living

and we breathe it in and try to dream again

they'll find you when you're sleeping, now now

they'll reach in and grab what you're dreamin', now now

cut it up and slip it back in

. anya marina .

something about this song.

makes it painfully addicting.

satellite heart

you know i haven't slept in weeks
you're the only thing i see
.....
i'm a satellite heart
lost in the dark
i'm spun out so far
you stop i start
but i'll be true to you

. dragonette .

pick up the phone

i'll read your fortune 

it says your too serious and such 

you should understand 

that nothing really matters very much 

. the reason .

this is a repost.

but it's stuck in my head.

hate to love this song.

the reason

we're so beyond this
(this guy drives me crazy for some reason. ignore him.)

honestly i won't get to sleep tonight
it's killing me

. tegan and sara .

the cold is tegan and sara.

specific songs.

like this one.

when sara sings it.

city girl

i get uncertain

promise i'll be perfect 

from now on

you packed your bags

you said i love you

but i cannot stay

this is the original.

. the seekers .

such an awesome stage presence.

oh the 60's.

want her dress. 

georgy girl

hey there georgy girl

there's another georgy deep inside

bring out all the love you hide

and oh what a change there'd be

and the world will see

a new georgy girl

. cloud cult .

pretty voice

this is a life long song

and we're all singing

it's been so long

since i've heard your pretty voice

. joshua radin & ingrid michaelson .

sky

this is the way i need to wake
i wake to you
and you never left me
all that i'd dreamt had been untrue

. tegan and sara .

i know i know i know

stick your heart inside of my chest

keep it warm here while we rest

tell them this love hasn't changed me, hasn't changed me at all

the same as i love you, you'll always love me too

this love isn't good unless it's me and you

. shout out louds .

fall hard

very loud

hurry up let's go

. peter, bjorn & john .

whistling can be hard

young folks

objects of my affection

amsterdam

. starlight mints .

power bleed

yes. i'm aware it's strange.

paralyzed

back cat is my fave. 

i couldn't find any videos for it.

. hesta prynn .

hesta prynn. 

former member of northern state. 

the band and the place.

hesta rocks my world. 

with this video.

can we go wrong

(to be listened to at deafening volume levels)

. songs of the heart .

sound like this.

home - edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros

home is wherever i'm with you

islands in the stream - feist with constantines 

you do something to me that i can't explain
hold me closer and i feel no pain
every beat of my heart
we've got something goin on

you are the only one i love - jaymay

the first time that i met you
i knew one day i would know you even better
you are the only one i love
you are the only one i love to love

fall asleep - steel train

when i fall asleep i want to see you there in a dream
i want to take you to the heart of every place that i've been

. shiny toy guns .

weather girl

you are the one

rainy monday

{ignore the guyliner}

. spenking .

also known as

spencer kingman

vietnam malaria nostalgia

. mirah .

mirah

mount st. helens

person person

. neko case .

a widow's toast

. stars .

again. 

because they say.

what i'm trying to say

heart

:: the reason ::

"Music is truly the universal language, and when it is excellently expressed how deeply it moves our souls." 

— David O. McKay

{joshua - senior portfolio. pentax film.}

. the xx .

pretty sure this is the third post i've done about the xx.

but come on.

basic space

I'll take you in pieces
We can take it all apart
I've suffered shipwrecks right from the start
I've been underwater, breathing out and in
I think I'm losing where you end and I begin 

heart skipped a beat

also check out:

infinity

intro

stars

crystallized

vcr

i'm posting this one again. because this video rocks. my. world.

islands

[ the history of love ]

very few things make me happier, and sadder, than this book.

"Maybe the first time you saw her you were ten. She was standing in the sun scratching her legs. Or tracing letters in the dirt with a stick. Her hair was being pulled. Or she was pulling someone's hair. And a part of you was drawn to her, and a part of you resisted--wanting to ride off on your bicycle, kick a stone, remain uncomplicated. In the same breath you felt the strength of a man, and a self-pity that made you feel small and hurt. Part of you thought: Please don't look at me. If you don't, I can still turn away. And part of you thought: Look at me." 


"She was gone, and all that was left was the space you'd grown around her, like a tree that grows around a fence. For a long time, it remained hollow. Years, maybe. And when at last it was filled again, you knew that the new love you felt for a woman would have been impossible without Alma. If it weren't for her, there would never have been an empty space, or the need to fill it." 


"2. WHAT I AM NOT
My brother and I used to play a game. I'd point to a chair. "THIS IS NOT A CHAIR," I'd say. Bird would point to the table. "THIS IS NOT A TABLE." "THIS IS NOT A WALL," I'd say. "THAT IS NOT A CEILING." We'd go on like that. "IT IS NOT RAINING OUT." "MY SHOE IS NOT UNTIED!" Bird would yell. I'd point to my elbow. "THIS IS NOT A SCRAPE." Bird would lift his knee. "THIS IS ALSO NOT A SCRAPE!" "THAT IS NOT A KETTLE!" "NOT A CUP!" "NOT A SPOON!" "NOT DIRTY DISHES!" We denied whole rooms, years, weathers. Once, at the peak of our shouting, Bird took a deep breath. At the top of his lungs, he shrieked: "I! HAVE NOT! BEEN! UNHAPPY! MY WHOLE! LIFE!" "But you're only seven," I said." 


"And if the man who once upon a time had been a boy who promised he'd never fall in love with another girl as long as he lived kept his promise, it wasn't because he was stubborn or even loyal. He couldn't help it." 


"Then he almost but didn't say the two sentence he'd been meaning to say for years: part of me is made of glass, and also, I love you." 


"One day she marched around the side of the house and confronted me. "I've seen you out there every day for the past week, and everyone knows you stare at me all day in school, if you have something you want to say to me why don't you just say it to my face instead of sneaking around like a crook?" I considered my options. Either I could run away and never go back to school again, maybe even leave the country as a stowaway on a ship bound for Australia. Or I could risk everything and confess to her. The answer was obvious: I was going to Australia. I opened my mouth to say goodbye forever. And yet. What I said was: I want to know if you'll marry me." 


"For her I changed pebbles into diamonds, shoes into mirrors, I changed glass into water, I gave her wings and pulled birds from her ears and in her pockets she found the feathers, I asked a pear to become a pineapple, a pineapple to become a lightbulb, a lightbulb to become the moon, and the moon to become a coin I flipped for her love." 


"Holding hands, for example, is a way to remember how it feels to say nothing together." 

"What about you? Are you happiest and saddest right now that you've ever been?" "Of course I am." "Why?" "Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you." 

. fuel .

oh my childhood.

shimmer

. connie francis .

perfection.

you always hurt the one you love

. pony up! .

the truth about cats and dogs

dance for me

also look up

marlon brando's laundromat
toy piano

. massive attack .

teardrop

love love is a verb

love is a doing word

paradise circus

and for lovers of the film the fall.

check this out.

. cat power .

oh cat power. how i love your voice.

you quiet the aches in my heart.

sea of love

Come with me

My love

To the sea

The sea of love

I want to tell you

how much

I love you

:: george bellows ::

both members of this club

by george bellows

national gallery of art - washington, dc

1882 − 1925

. the temper trap .

heart this band.

seriously one of my all time favorite music videos. the boy at the beginning is so cute, i just want to kiss his cheeks. 

love lost - the temper trap

sweet disposition - the temper trap

. heartbeats - the takeover .

heartbeats - the knife

heartbeats - josé gonzález

or both. . . together? woah.

heartbeats - drum and base

not a huge fan. but hey. cool concept.

. communique .

communique - perfect weapon

. feist & ben gibbard .

dreamy.

train song by feist & ben gibbard

. the xx .

vcr by the xx

. jónsi .

i miss my sister. and she showed me this song.

but it's a good song to get you pumped. and soothed.

at the same time.

go do by jónsi

check out the music video. it's incredible. i've never seen anything like it.

. coldplay .

for you i bleed myself dry

coldplay

yellow

the scientist

{probably one of the best endings to a movie ever. if you haven't seen wicker park. . go watch it. then watch this.}

. yeasayer .

i feel like dancing.

to this song.

yeasayer

ambling alp

:: pulled ::

:: we were never on the scene of the crime ::

the science behind this shoot came from the poem below and the beginning of this movie.

It's a Woman's World

by Eavan Boland

Our way of life
has hardly changed
since a wheel first
whetted a knife.

Maybe flame
burns more greedily
and wheels are steadier,
but we're the same:

we milestone
our lives
with oversights,
living by the lights
of the loaf left

by the cash register,
the washing powder
paid for and wrapped,
the wash left wet:

like most historic peoples
we are defined
by what we forget

and what we never will be:
star-gazers,
fire-eaters.
It's our alibi
for all time:

as far as history goes
we were never
on the scene of the crime.

When the king's head
gored its basket,
grim harvest,
we were gristing bread

or getting the recipe
for a good soup.
It's still the same:

our windows
moth our children
to the flame
of hearth not history.

And still no page
scores the low music
of our outrage.

Appearances reassure:
that woman there,
craned to
the starry mystery,

is merely getting a breath
of evening air.
While this one here,
her mouth a burning plume -

she's no fire-eater,
just my frosty neighbour
coming home.

. benton paul .

my friends and i caught a bit of this concert last weekend.

his voice is pretty solid. and soothing. one to put on your sleep playlist.

benton paul

don't go

. hot chip .

incredible videos. awesome sound.

hot chip

ready for the floor

. throw me the statue .

yucatan gold by throw me the statue

. rilo kiley .

if you think you're bulletproof - you're right.

rilo kiley

i've been listening to this band for a while. and they don't get old.

their music is so diverse, even from itself.

every song is different.

listening is an adventure.

silver lining

with arms outstretched

check out:

bulletproof

close call

i never

do you recognize her voice? she sang on postal service's album give up.

. islands .

"Music was my refuge.  I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."  ~Maya Angelou

that is how i feel about this band.

islands

and this song.

(kinda sounds like of montreal?)

rough gem

. stars .

this new album blows my mind.

the five ghosts

by

stars

words can't explain how much i adore this group.

one of the bands i've consistently listened to for years.

and for good reason.

fixed

dead hearts 

(my favorite on the album)

. against me! .

sometimes punk rock is taken to extremes.

but in this case.

punk rock = perfection.

against me!

i love tom.

i was a teenage anarchist

love this collaboration.

borne on the fm waves of the heart ft. tegan quin