Good Vibes Part 1

People underestimate the power of “good vibes.” It wasn’t until living in an absolute monstrosity of a dorm room my freshmen year of college (Colby Hall for all your Horned Frogs) when I developed the great attribute of how to create good vibes. Sure, I had about an inch between mine and roommates bed to sleep, sinks were falling off the walls, and there was never a time I felt 100% clean no matter how many times I showered with my shower shoes. But that is where having a pair of great speakers, an even better playlist, and a few anthropologie candles made a huge difference in my dorm experience.  I’m sure you’re thinking this is just some “California hippy bullshit” but I strongly believe that music can completely alter any type of mood or "vibe" in a situation. Below is a list of a few go to songs if you just need some good ol vibes in your life. Enjoy

1. Notorious Insanity- Jamiroquai/Notorious BIG Flight Facilities (Repost) 
 
2. Instant Need- FKJ
3. In Da Club- 50 Cent (Woody Remix)  4. No Diggity- Chet Faker

5 Worthy Hip-Hop Songs

I don't post too many hip hop artists on here, and that is because it is rare for me to come across one I believe is worthy of a post. I'm more of a Dr.Dre "2001" type hip hop fan, so a lot of these "hip hop artists" these days do nothing for me. These 4 songs made the cut..
1. State of Elevation-Dillon Cooper 

-Dillon Cooper is a 21 year old hip hop artist from Brooklyn who describes himself as "ridiculous and driven." You can hear his drive in his lyrics and his song "State of Elevation" deserves more publicity.
2. Grown Up- Danny Brown 
Detroit artist, Danny Brown's sound reminds me old school rap, which is exactly why I love him so much.  This my friends is real hip hop. 3. 1 Train- A$ap Rocky ft. Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson, & BIG Krit
- If you're an A$AP fan then you've probably heard of this huge collaboration. 4. How 2 Rap- B.o.B 
B.o.B surprises me every now and then with a great song. How 2 rap is one of them.  5. Window- Vinny Dwayne ft. Jay Z (DJ Cones Remix)
-This is definitely a more mellow song, but I find it absolutely beautiful. I discovered this song about 9 months ago and just rediscovered it on my sound cloud lists. Not sure how I've waited this long to post it.

3 Songs To Help You Recover From Miley's VMA Performance

 By now I'm sure you've seen or at least heard how excruciatingly terrible Miley Cyrus's VMA performance was last night. After seeing Miley stick out her tongue and twerk one too many times on stage with life size teddy bears, it reminded me of exactly why I find joy in finding good, real, music for people to listen to. So here are 3 songs to help your ears and eyes recover from what might have been the worst performance in the history of music (if you'd even call that music).

1. Say Lou Lou- Julian (The Chainsmokers Remix) 2. Fashion Killa- A$AP Rocky (Blackbird Remix) 3. Young and Beautiful- Lana Del Rey (Kaskade Remix)

Song Of The Day: Get It On- Only Real

Indie lovers everywhere should stop everything their doing, sit down, and click play on this song. I've played this song a borderline unhealthy amount of times today. Only Real consists of a 20 year old kid from the UK who records his music in his room. All the more reason to love him. This is just a classic feel good summertime song, and I can't get enough of it.

Throwback Thursday: 4 Remixes To Bring You Into The Weekend

While I can no longer bare to see another "#tbt" pic on instagram of someone sitting on the toilet at age 2, I can definitely handle some throwback remixes. So in honor of it being Thursday and the fact that my weekend starts tonight, I had to post 4 remixes that may not be new but are unbelievable. If you don't have any of these already on your party playlist, add them immediately. Cheers, it's Thursday.

1. Summertime Sadness- Lana Del Rey (Reich & Bleich Remix)


2. All Shook Up- Chris Malinchak 3. Great Dj- The Ting Tings (Calvin Harris Remix) 4. Hell Yeah vs. Nightingale (Dead Prez x Yanni)

4 Songs You Need Now

1. Alive (Gold Fields Remix)- Empire Of The Sun
That 1:38 mark. 

2. Black Skinhead vs Tame Impala- Kanye West (Nate Belasco Remix)
Need a song to pump you up? This is it.   3. Miss You- Rolling Stones (Luca Citoli Remix)
I'd usually be opposed to remixing the stones, but this is too good.   4. Shake- Branchez 
Saxophone? Piano? House music? I'll take it.  

5 Mesmerizingly Sexy Songs

1. Chet Faker- I'm Into You (# Remix) 2. Misun- Coffee (Cousin Cold & Nacey Edit) 3. You Know You Like It- Aluna George (Wilfred Giroux Remix) 4. Awake- Croquet Club 5. Breezeblocks- Alt-J (# Remix)

It's Friday Yall- The 4 Part Party

A song for every part of your night.

The Pre-Party: Alors On Danse (Remix) ft. Kanye West & Gilbere Forte-Stromae

The Party: The Notorious B.I.G.-Machine Gun Funk (Woody Remix) 


  The After Party: George Benson-Give Me The Night (The Tailors Remix) 

The After-After Party: The What- Ft. Method Man & Notorious B.I.G. (Woody Remix) 

4 Incredible Indie Songs Of The Week

 

1. Kisser- Step Rockets

2. Come A Little Closer- Cage The Elephant

3. Wise Blood- Alarm 4. In/Out- Dan Croll

UPCOMING DALLAS CONCERTS 2013

There is nothing I love more than live music, so I'm always on the look out for any shows coming to the lovely city of Dallas, TX. I got tired of constantly checking different websites, so I've complied a rather eclectic list of concerts to finish off 2013. Some big names, some throwbacks, and even a few music festivals are amongst the list. All are either shows I'm hoping to see for the first time (Kid Cudi/ Empire of The Sun/Phantogram) or for a second time because they were that good (Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros/Imagine Dragons).  

September 5th- Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (Palladium)
September 7th- Cherub (Club DaDa)
September 7th- Krewella (House of Blues) 
September 10th- Ben Harper (Granada Theater) 
September 12th- Tegan & Sara (Gexa)
September 16th- Daugther/ Bears Den (Kessler Theater)
September 17th- ZZ Ward (House of Blues)
September 18th- Mumford and Sons (Gexa)
September 18th- Sound Remedy (House of Blues) 
September 20th- Chet Faker (Three Links)
September 20th- Depeche Mode & Crystal Castles  (Gexa)
September 21st- Breakaway Music Festival  (FC Dallas Stadium)
September 24th- Mayer Hawthorne (Granada Theater) 
September 27th- Imagine Dragons (South Side Ballroom)
September 29th- Alt-J/Lord Huron (House of Blues) 
October 3rd- Wild Belle ( House of Blues)
Oct 5th- Franz Ferdinand (House of Blues)
Oct 5th- Dawes (South Side Ballroom) 
Oct 6th- Earth Wind & Fire (Verizon)
Oct 10th- Vampire Weekend  (Verizon)
Oct 11th- Toro Y Moi/Classixx (House of Blues) 
Oct 12th- Starfucker (Trees)
Oct 14th- Steve Aoki (South Side Ballroom) 
Oct 16th- Kid Cudi/Big Sean (Verizon)
Oct 18th-19th- Index Fest 2013 (Girl Talk, War Paint, Rogue Wave, etc) (Deep Elum)
Oct 24th- Atlas Genius (House of Blues)
Oct 25th- Phantogram (Trees)
Oct 26th- Shwayze (Prophet Bar) 
Nov 2nd- Aaron Carter (House of Blues)
Nov 7th- John Legend (Verizon)
Nov 8th- Adventure Club (South Side Ballroom)
Nov 9th- Hoodie Allen (South Side Ballroom) 
Nov 10th- Drake and Miguel (American Airlines)
Nov 11th- Rihanna (American Airlines)
Nov 14th- Of Montreal (Trees)
Nov 15th- The Head and The Heart (South Side Ballroom) 
Nov 21st- Adventure Club (House of Blues) 
Nov 23rd- CHRVCHES (South Side Ballroom)
Nov 23rd- A$AP Ferg (Trees) 
Nov 30th- Mackelmore (Verizon)
Nov 30th- LCD Soundsystem-James Murphy (It'll Do Bar) 
Dec 4th- Justin Timberlake (American Airlines)
Dec 6th- Kanye West/Kendrick Lamar (American Airlines)  
Dec 9th- Beyonce (American Airlines)
Dec 21st- Jay-Z  (American Airlines)
February 1st- Disclosure (House of Blues)

Mellow Monday

1. Reverse-SomeKindWonderful (Oliver Nelson Remix) 2. Notorious B.i.G vs Flume- Ezra's Limit \ 3. One Day- Asaf Avidan (The Knocks Remix) 4. I Will Wait- Mumford and Sons (Kulkid Remix)

What I'm Listening To Now

1. Yuna- I Wanna Go ( Belarbi Remix) 2. Hold On, Were Going Home- Drake 3. I'll Be Around- Empire Of The Sun (Mark Lower Remix) 4. Urban Cone- New York (Oliver Nelson Remix)

4 Songs To Get You Through Your Monday

1. White Noise- Disclosure ft. AlunaGeorge 2. Inside Out- Terry Urban 3. If So- Atlas Genius (Magic Man) 4. Sea Of Wrong- Terry Urban

GoPro's New Video

GoPro is famous for having some out of this world advertising for their new cameras, but I think this one takes the cake. Despite the fact that my girl crush Alana Blanchard is in this, the song they picked for this video happens to be my all time favorite song right now. I posted Vance Joy's song "Riptide" back in early July as a great song to start off your weekend, so it brings me joy to hear it in an amazing advertisement. I'm posting the full song again below for those who may have missed it.