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i. only ones who know - arctic monkeys | ii. promise - ben howard | iii. i found a reason - cat power | iv. shallows - daughter | v. ocean - dream koala | vi. sweet life - frank ocean | vii. moon - foals | viii. another me - godwolf | ix. pirouette - lisa mitchell | x. the waves - memoryhouse | xi. sunset - the xx | xii. all these things (feat holly miranda) - mmoths | xiii. better times -  beach house | xiv. cannons -  youth lagoon

1. be my husband (nina simone) by ed sheeran // 2. when you were mine (prince) by tegan and sara // 3. no angels (‘no scrub’ by tlc) by bastille // 4. sex and candy (marcy playground) by la chansons // 5. wherever, whenever (shakira) by mundy // 6. wicked games (the weeknd) by coeur de pirate // 7. this woman’s work (kate bush) by greg laswell // 8. electric feel (mgmt) by katy perry // 9. hot in herre (nelly) by jenny owen youngs // 10. alejandro (lady gaga) by all time low // 11. nothin’ in the world can stop me worryin’ bout that girl (the kinks) by feist // 12. you outta know (alanis morissette) by jonathan coulton // 13. hollaback girl (gwen stefani) by foals // 14. daniel (bat for lashes) by josh reichmann // 15. surfer girl (the beach boys) by cocorosie // 16. it’s my party (lesley gore) by kings of convenience // 17. whatever you like (t.i.) by anya marina // 18. girls just wanna have fun (cindi lauper) by starfucker // 19. i don’t wana know (mario winans) by florence + the machine // 20. you know i’m no good (amy winehouse) by arctic monekys // 21. just like heaven (the cure) by the watson twins

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A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period — When March is scarcely here  - Emily Dickinson

melody - the cinematic orchestra | dawn - the cinematic orchestra | she is - gabriela robin | on the wing - how to destroy angels | robot ghost story - aperture science psychoacoustics laboratory | requiem - delerium | untrust us - crystal castles | with the flies - trent reznor & atticus ross | fantasy - the xx | two weeks & counting… - clint mansell | 23 ghosts III - nine inch nails | delta rain dream - brian eno & jon hassell | memory loss - sonoio | name taken - massive attack | please take your hand away - trent reznor & atticus ross

01. bubblegum bitch marina and the diamonds // 02. run the world (girls) beyonce // 03. wings little mix // 04. cannibal ke$ha // 05. raise hell brandi carlile // 06. femme fatale sky ferreira // 07. boys wanna be her peaches // 08. maneater nelly furtado // 09. no scrubs tlc // 10. bad girls (akio remix) m.i.a.

what’ll i do — bill atherton | you were meant for me — the capitolians | sucker row — mark knopfler | green light — john legend ft. andre 3000 | the fear — lily allen | primadonna girl (yinyues remix) — marina & the diamonds | empty streets — late night alumni | first we kiss — anna calvi | golden — late night alumni | get out of town — melody gardot

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a playlist for those who feel a bit under the weather, whether this be mentally or physically, and could use a pick-me-up, or perhaps even a set of wings, or a hot cup of tea, depending on whether your life feels like a raincloud or a blizzard.

super intense piano playing, a chilling build-up and great lyrics. actual goosebumps. maybe a few tears. whatever, i’m not ashamed to admit it.

this song. not just because of, well, frankly, how great it is. also because i associate it with the video of john darnelle playing this on AOL. a massively intense and immensely impressive performance. 

organ build-up. the only two words you need. 

cheerful, feet-stomping (literally, i promise) song, and if you don’t shout ‘hey’ as soon as you know when, then i think you need to listen to it until you do.

i. love. the magnetic fields. i really do, and choosing one of their songs was… well, just imagine standing in a supermarket, in front of the biscuits isle. 

i’ve put this song in nearly every songmix i’ve made so far. why? well, that’s easily explanied. by actions, not words. just stick on some earbuds, turn up the volume, and close your eyes. 

vampire weekend is another one of those bands where i can listen to any song and feel myself pick up. cape cod kwassa kwassa is the song i celebrated to when i passed my exams, and i know from experience that whipping your hair during the chorus until you’re dizzy is hella fun.

or: every shins song ever. really. but for this, i was debating a lot between ‘so says i’ and ‘simple song’ and went with the first. another bouncy song, and i think their video for this one, which has, um, penguins in it, is somehow about communism. you can’t go wrong with this.

forgive me, it was either this one or ‘letters from an occupant’, and i went with the softer one of the two. in case you have a headache, like myself. 

pianos. massive pianos. or, that’s what it feels like. like they’re playing a piano, twenty feet tall (though i think it’s a tiny keyboard). because the build-up in this song is amazing, followed by the words, desperate and loud, ‘i will hold on’. also, watch out for the ‘the sky above us shoots to kill’-bit. chills.