GIFTAWAY: holiday tunes.

 GIFTAWAY CLOSED. (:

I've missed you guys. I love you, I do. And what better way to say I love you in the month of December than with a gift, right?

That's right... time for another GIFTAWAY!

In the spirit of the holiday season, I would like to offer up a darling little gift to one of you homies. Even more relevant to the holiday season, it just so happens to be a FANTASTIC Christmas album!

None other than Mindy Gledhill's album Winter Moon!

Don't know how awesome it is? Well, here's a preview of the goodness:
Behold, Mindy's music video Winter Moon. ...featuring some puppet friends.

And the full album can be yours. All you have to do is:
Follow this here bloggity
Go 'like' Mindy's facebook page
Visit Mindy's website to see if she's got any charming holiday shows happening in your home town
And then be sure to leave a comment here!

BUT WAIT. The giftaway doesn't JUST include a copy of Winter Moon, alas.. you will also receive a copy of Mindy's recent album Anchor! ...because I love you, remember?

2 for the price of ZERO!
Giftaway ends Wednesday, December 7th.

Best o' luck to you my friends.
And Happy Christmas. (:

saltwater room.

The Saltwater Room is one of my most favorite songs by Owl City. Although you may only know a single or two from the radio, I'll vouch that he is definitely purchase worthy. That said.. this board was inspired while listening to this goodness...

"With your ear to a seashell you can hear the waves, in underwater caves, as if you actually were inside a saltwater room. ...time together is just never quite enough, when you and I are alone I've never felt so at home."


1. Groundworks fabric 2. CB2 vase 3. Stylehive ring 4. Jocelyn Warner wallpaper
5. Anthropologie swimsuit 6. West Elm tumblers 7. Tozai decor 8. Bentwood bench

Listen for yourself:

whole wide world.

So Mindy Gledhill (rockin' singer-songwriter, thrift fashionista, gorgeous landlady extraordinaire), is releasing her latest music video on Thursday. And I'm SO EXCITED. Ok, but guess what? PSYCH, you guys get to see it early! She's letting my readers get a first look at her official music video! So without further adieu I give you....

Whole Wide World, by Mindy Gledhill.
Enjoy!



Amazing. Now go leave her some love... here, here, or via iTunes. (:

We no Speak Americano.

I have Justin Bieber and his tweets to thank for this.
..and now so do you.

Invented

Jimmy Eat World's new album releases on September 28th and I CANNOT WAIT!! They are my all time favorite band, my sister Ash's as well, and we were just taking about how we thought they were due for a new album, and datahdah DAH... INVENTED!

Oh my gosh, I just pre-ordered it on iTunes, and I am so excited!!

Side note: they're not touring to Salt Lake with this one (total bummer), but they will be in Los Angeles at the Wiltern Theatre on September 29th. So Ash, and other San Diegan JEW fans... get your tickets now and make the trek! It's SOO worth it! You can buy the tickets here. They are AWESOME live. Awesome.

My cup runneth over.

Anchor

Guys, if you love Ingrid Michaelson, Lenka, Lights, Regina Specktor, Lily Allen.. or Feist (or any rockin indie female singer/songwriter), you will LOVE this new cd! Mindy's got it streaming on her blog HERE for pre-release pleasure, and I'm telling you, I can't wait to get it. She's nailed it with this one.

Oh and Pootah'ns.. check it...


Listen. Eat it up. It's the goods.
PS. California is my FAVVVE.
Then again the title & intro alone leave me totally biased.

But you already knew this.

Song o' the Day

"It's a big enough umbrella, but it's always me that ends up.. getting wet."
- The Police, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic

I have my father to thank for my love of Sting & The Police.
And I am very grateful for it, the songs are pretty amazing.

Happy spring[ish] weather. (:

{image via Etsy}

This Is It

Boo ya.. "I'm so there, it's insane!"

It's a collection of his rehearsal footage from his final tour! We get to see EVERYTHING in it's final stages! What an awesome experience it'll be! I can't wait!

Goblin Fish Guitar

I'm not musically talented (meaning, I can't play a lick of anything ON anything).
So is it silly that I would TOTALLY purchase one of these (perhaps if they were in my price range) JUST to hang on my wall? Perhaps in a child's bedroom or something.
It's so fun!

{via Etsy}

Number Ones

Music video DVD at Best Buy. $6.99, get 'em while they're hot! ..and on sale. (:
It was time I got my own collection. Although, yes.. I'm a little bummed out that 'Remember The Time', 'Leave Me Alone', and others aren't on this.. but it'll do for now! Now I just need to get my hands on The Wiz & Moonwalker. Andrew's never seen either. If you haven't seen those films, I suggest you do so!

Format Lovers..

Remember when I told you about Fun?

The new group that singer, Nate Ruess, from The Format started up..
Well, their album Aim and Ignite, has been released! Yep, get it on iTunes!
It's so ..well.. FUN! (:



PS. Don't forget to vote in the post below.. I'll be starting the switch-a-roo in just hours!

Keke Palmer

She's an actress on Nickelodeon and a dang good singer if you ask me.
I don't usually condone 'music players' on blogs (in fact, I can't stand them, sorry)..
But if I DID, then THIS would be my song!

PS. Click the link to hear the whole song, it's SO much better all the way through.. (:

...I know, how gangster of me.
What can I say, my inner hip-hop dancer (truth be told, that was actually my specialty) is just screaming to cut loose sometimes.

Growing Up..

..I loved you. I even wore my 'Beat It' shirt everywhere that I could.
While dancing all my life, you have always been my idol.
Thanks for your INCREDIBLE music videos & the many albums that I will listen to so long as I live. (:

May you rest in peace.
Love, Your Fan..
Air

PS. Here's one of my favorite later songs that he produced..

Pasta Roni

Now, I know there are those of you who have seen THIS (thanks for capturing that moment, sis), but this is another witness to Andrew's current favorite 'toy'. Behold... the Accordian..

The Format & Fun

How did I not know this till now?! Nate (lead singer of The Format) is in a side project band (sounding pretty dang similar) called Fun. AND THEY'LL BE IN SAN DIEGO on the 22nd of May! I wanna go! He sings so magically. (:

{via MySpace}

Perfection

That happens to be the title of this upcoming week's playlist.

I'm pretty pleased with it, and it includes tracks from these different albums.
..all I can say, is this concoction is MAGICAL.



Paramore: All We Know Is Falling, Beyonce: I am...Sasha Fierce, Varsity Fanclub: (self title), The Black Ghosts: (self title), Lenka: (self title), America: A Horse With No Name & Other Hits, Mae: Singularity, Lights: (self title).

I highly recommend listening to these albums if I were you.

Lights

I love this Canadian dweller, and I love her music. She is so radical, and her stuff is SOO good! Here is a clip from her video blog of her singing "Drive My Soul." Seriously, if you haven't heard her music before, I would check her EP out if I were you. She's pretty much magical.
..enjoy. :)

Genius

I would just like to take a moment and dedicate this post to the wonderful application that makes EXTRORDINARY playlists & suggestions. Genius & genius sidebar.. you have enhanced my iTunes experience exponentially. I'm not exactly sure what that means, but I know it means a lot. I love you.. thanks for analyzing my library and pumping out the SWEETEST playlists ever. Now off I go, to jam out to your heavenly musical concoctions.photo found via flickr

Nick Pitera

Ok, so my friend Ciera posted this YouTube video on her Facebook.. and it had me FLOORED. So naturally I explored his (Nick Pitera) other YouTube videos and he has SO much to offer!

Andrew and I were TOTALLY amazed to say the least..
We spent at least an hour just listening to his stuff.

I pretty much dub him the coolest YouTube find EVER! (and that's saying a LOT.. Andrew finds a LOT of nifty videos) If you watch these, you will NOT be disappointed! SO INTENSE!
Thanks Ciera!!


...WOW

L-Productions

In celebration of the return of Lance Johnson from Mexico (Glad to have you back Lanceypoo!), I would like to post one of his creations. He is a film student at BYU-I, and he made this music video the summer before he left. Just for kicks.

I bring to you.. "Move Along"
Staring Ashley (Monroe) Smith, & Arica (Monroe) Young
Also featuring Steve White
With a special guest appearance by Sheba

Enjoy the silliness!