Sorry I’ve been off the radar for a while. Just entered the final year of my PhD and it’s all getting a bit hectic. So don’t be surprised if I don’t update this very often. Here are 3 of my favourite songs since I last updated.

Listen: M83 – Midnight City ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: Lana Del Rey – Video Games ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: Wilco – Born Alone ←♥♥♥♥♥♥

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Laura Marling’s new song ‘Sophia’ is probably my favourite song by her yet! Even if she has nicked the melody from Moonpig.

Listen: Laura Marling – Salinas ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: Laura Marling – Sophia ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: Laura Marling – All My Rage ←♥♥♥♥

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The newly refurbished National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh – easily on par with any natural history museum I went to in the United States.

Listen: Patti Smith – Babelogue/Rock N Roll Nigger ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks – Tigers ←♥♥♥
Listen: Tiny Ruins – Priest With Balloons ←♥♥♥♥

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Taken at the Heineken Open’er Festival in Poland.

Listen: Toro Y Moi – Saturday Love ←♥♥♥♥♥

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This was taken by my friend at our friends’ wedding at the George Hotel, Edinburgh. I gave a reading – felt like Joey.

Dom – Damn by Scottish Friction ←♥♥♥♥♥♥

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She also took this.

Jai Paul – BTSTU (Edit) by Jai Paul ←♥♥♥♥
Mouves (Out July 18th) by Tropics ←♥♥♥♥
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Trouble (Chad Valley remix) by T-E-E-D ←♥♥♥

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My friend took this photo. Think it sums up these songs pretty well. Very 2011.

Listen: WU LYF – We Bros ←♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: WU LYF – Summas Bliss ←♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: WU LYF – Dirt ←♥♥♥♥♥

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Took this at the Botanical Gardens a few weeks ago – would look even better now with all the greenery. Going to see Joy Orbison this Friday at Cabaret Voltaire. Cannae wait. In the mean time here’s some new Death Cab For Cutie.

Listen: Death Cab For Cutie – Stay Young, Go Dancing ←♥♥♥
Listen: Death Cab For Cutie – You Are A Tourist ←♥♥♥
Listen: SebastiAn – Ross Ross Ross ←♥♥♥♥

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Love Pete And The Pirates. Love the harmonies. Love the new single, ‘United’. They’re also playing Edinburgh tonight. Go see ‘em!

Listen: Pete And The Pirates – United ←♥♥♥
Listen: Pete And The Pirates – Winter 1 ←♥
Listen: Pete And The Pirates – My Sun Hat ←♥
Listen: Pete And The Pirates – My Stupid Fault ←♥

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She’s been taking tips from Crystal Castles… is it just me?

Listen: Bon Iver – Towers ←♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: Bon Iver – Calgary ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: Lady Gaga – Goverment Hooker ←♥♥♥♥

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