St Jerome’s Laneway Festival

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Anyone that follows me on instagram would know that I went to Laneway festival on Saturday. M83 were definitely the highlight, followed pretty closely by Girls and The Drums.

But what I think I like most about laneway is the laid back attitude of most patrons. Everyone is there to listen to some good bands and have a really great day.

The sound issues of two years ago had been fixed (nothing worse than trying to listen to the silence which js as much a part of the xx’s sound as their actual music, when the silence is another band in the background), and drink lines and amenity lines were always short and sweet.

Awesome day and awesome vibe. See you next year.

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Stuck in my head – Jon English

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Allow me to get nostalgic for a minute.
I’m going to go see Jon English on Saturday! I saw him 5? years ago when he played in the Pirates of Penzance (my all time favourite musical), but I’ve never seen him as a musician.

I fell in love with the Jon English version of Pirates of Penzance when I was quite young. I borrowed it from the library countless times until the VHS was broken. I now have it on DVD and I still sing and dance along like I did when I was a kid.
I still have a crush on the back up pirate with the red shirt, which is probably appropriate now as we may just be the same age instead of me being 12 and him being much older.

But enough about pirates, this is one of my favourite love songs. Don’t ask me what’s going on in the video, but Jon English is cute and young and his hair is better than mine.

Triple J Hottest 100

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My Number 1 Song this year

Last years list
My Shortlist
Active Child – Hanging On
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Weight Of The Sun (Or The Post-Modern Prometheus)
Arts Martial – Runaway
An Horse – Not Mine
Big Scary – Mix Tape
Black Keys, The – Lonely Boy
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Maniac
Cold War Kids – Mine Is Yours
Cut Off Your Hands – Fooling No One
Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys
Decemberists, The – This Is Why We Fight
Drums, The – Money
Feist – Graveyard
Foster The People – I Would Do Anything For You
Girls – Honey Bunny
The Grates – Turn Me On
Grouplove – Tongue Tied
Goodnight Tiger – Jump Down
Jebediah – Apartment {Like A Version}
Kills, The – Future Starts Slow
M83 – Reunion
National, The – Exile Vilify
San Cisco – Awkward
TV On The Radio – Second Song
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Ffunny Ffriends
Voltaire Twins – Animalia
Wild Flag – Romance

And the final 10
Big Scary – Mix Tape
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Maniac
Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys
Decemberists, The – This Is Why We Fight
Drums, The – Money
Feist – Graveyard
Kills, The – Future Starts Slow
M83 – midnight city
San Cisco – Awkward
Wild Flag – Romance

Stuck in my head – Grouplove

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One of my blogging resolutions this year, and one of my strategies to maintaining this little blog’o’mine is a schedule.
I’m still working out the detail but one thing I didn’t like about last year was how music got left behind (which is funny as it used to be Musicfoodlife – music being high on the agenda).
So every Wednesday or hump day, to get me through the week, I’ll share a song.
Something to keep me going, or that’s been stuck in my head.

Music is such a massive part of my day, and even more so on a Wednesday.

So song number one for the year is by Grouplove.
A band I’ll be seeing at Southbound this weekend!!!
It’s catchy and poppy and all kinds of fun with a creepy creepy video clip. Enjoy!