Be Alone In This — Yaeji Admit It — Hannah Jadagu fossora — björk Tell Me What You Want — Caroline Rose Mermaids — Florence + The Machine Wandering Eyes — Magdalena Bay Know Better — Sir Chloe Blades — Arlo Parks Quien Tengo Que Ser — Andrea Bejar Continue reading Tuesday Mixtape 25/04/2023
I feel I need to observe that when I make these mixtapes I’m thinking musically rather than thematically in a literary sense. So, lyrics don’t really factor much into my decisions. I’m primarily selecting based on a music thematic — for example mixtapes like these are about my favourites amongst newer releases and then I … Continue reading Tuesday Mixtape 06/03/2023
I wanna be your right hand — Nemahsis When the Angel Comes — Adanowsky, Karen O Feel Your Pain — SYML Halloween Store — Andy Shauf Baby — Jordana x Inner Wave Continue reading Saturday Mixtape 04/03/2023
Tousles — Seaming To Lumières — Alexandra Stréliski In Transit — Neil Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet Song for Maria — Laura Snowden Continue reading Saturday Mixtape (Classical/New Music) 04/03/2023
Something for the 13th Watermaidens Day, and in anticipation of my releasing my debut novel WATERMAIDENS in March 2023, set partially in an alternate-world Venice, and partially in on the island-nation of Yrejveree, surrounded by the Sea of Exiles. I went down a classical music history rabbithole finding out more about women composers from Venice. … Continue reading Tuesday Mixtape (Classical) 14/02/2023
I don’t do best-of lists anymore because my listening is too sporadic these days and I keep forgetting things. Nevertheless, here’s what I remember enjoying the most. Spitting Off The Edge Of The World — Yeah Yeah Yeahs (ft Perfume Genius) Diarabi — Vieux Farka Touré and Khruangbin Billions — Caroline Polachek King — Florence + … Continue reading Some Music I Enjoyed in 2022: An Incomplete List
First mixtape of the year! Healing House — Phum Viphurit Layla — Unknown Mortal Orchestra Really, Really Light — The New Pornographers Tropic Morning News — The National Chariot — SYML Blood and Butter — Caroline Polachek Continue reading Saturday Mixtape 04/02/2023
Dream Girl Evil — Florence + The Machine Welcome To My Island — Caroline Polachek Existential — Hanna Lili Odyssey — Julia Pratt White Lies — Katie Gregson-MacLeod Continue reading Friday Mixtape 15/12/2022
Conversations With Strangers — Dolores Forever The Hands — serpentwithfeet Twin Flame — Weyes Blood Wasted on You — Andy Shauf Tu Sais Ce Qu’il Me Faut — Christine and the Queens Japan — Wallice Continue reading Monday Mixtape 05/12/2022
Endlessly — Omar Apollo (Live at NPR’s Tiny Desk) Fallout — Yo La Tengo Sweet Obsolete — Julien Chang One of my favourite new releases of the past few weeks. Gondii –King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Bless This Mess — U.S. Girls Just Make It Stop — Low Finally, a Low song. Am heartbroken … Continue reading Saturday Mixtape 12/11/2022
I felt a Funeral In My Brain — Andrew Bird, ft. Phoebe Bridgers Where The Shadows Lie — Bear McCreary ft. Fiona Apple I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am — Arctic Monkeys Hurricane — Plains (Waxahatchee, Jess Williamson) A Feeling That Never Came — First Aid Kit Continue reading Sunday Mixtape 30/10/2022
Been awhile. I’ve so much new music I’ve been enjoying and want to share (both indie/popular and in the classical new music realm) but have barely had the time and energy for the basic things I’m supposed to do, so blogging has very much not been a priority. I’m planning on catching up, though. Here’s … Continue reading Monday Mixtape 03/10/2022