David Gray

sound of the day is this David Gray beauty. Its one of my favourite heart-string-playing songs of all time and wanted to post because i'm in that sort of mood.

My Edible Advice

I recently joined forces with the talented and beautiful Miss Jennifer Trecartin of My Edible Advice (who happens to be one of my bestest and closest) to put together a menu & playlist to last you through the long weekend. I know I'm a little late to post as I was away for the weekend, but I swear it'll carry you through your next couple of picnics and bbqs. For those of you in the Vancouver area or otherwise who are looking to get a jump on your summer bod or overall health improvement, she's your girl. She brings an insane amount of knowledge to the table, but makes it easy to adopt. Promise.

Common, who doesnt love some strawberry bruschetta, apple fennel slaw and orange infused chicken quinoa salad on the menu mixed with some summer tunes?

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Lady Gaga

Oh.My.Gaga. Her new album has dance-tron written all over it. I swear, its on the cover. Well maybe that much isnt true, but she does win my heart over again with this album. Its nothing short of 80s, electronic infused, dance tune after dance tune with tons of bad assness in her lyrics.

This is what you can expect:
Bad Kids, for one, makes me want to go around on a motorcycle and kick things, and Highway Unicorn was clearly written with me in mind - "With blonde hair and a gun smoking under her toes". Thanks for thinking of me Gaga, you're a real gem. Edge of Glory has already been megaly compared to the She-Ra opening. Again, thanks for this love of a throw back, love me a good she ra inspiration. She also has a lot of religious undertones.. yes folks, it didnt stop at Judas..it continues with Black Jesus + Amen Fashion and Bloody Mary... which I'm curious to see if there is any backlash from.

Then there's this song - You and I. Its has a total country flare and to me is disconnected from the rest of the album, but for some reason it has me hooked.
Its been filling up my ears all day and is starting to beat this black heart red.

My paws are certainly up and praising the mother monster.

Chris Garneau

I was less than happy today when the second lag of my flight home was delayed 3 hours in the Detroit airport. Since I was flying on only 1.5 hour of sleep from the last of my nights in Miami (5 am car pick up time) I was more than exhausted. Needless to say, I promptly passed out in a what we'll downgrade to an 'awkward position' in the airport chairs, yes the ones with the separators preventing you to lay down; however, I did manage to sprawl myself over 2 chairs and to fall into the dream world pretty quickly. Now for those of you that know me, you know you don't rustle an overtired, sleeping bear and you would also know that my father still refers to me as Bear because I was obsessed with my teddy bear when I was younger, and he thought it would bother me and that I'd stop bringing it everywhere, au contraire father, au contraire, but I digress. I was woken up to the only other person at the gate, and i'm talking 4 rows of empty seats here, who decided that the best seat in the house looked like the one where my feet were. And so he sat. And so I woke up to a newly close (in proximity) neighbour. The purpose of this story is to intro this song. My ipod was on shuffle during my nap and this golden piece of melody was rolling into my ears and calmed the steam down to a light simmer as I turned my back to my new friend and fell back asleep. this line was a big contributor 'I didn't go to see the city, I went to see it around you.' ah romance in words, although the rest of the song is pretty much about his empty heart.

Friendly Fires

I was so ready to put some fire back into my step. Honestly, if you havent gotten hooked on these guys yet, you need to. Not only are their songs dancy and upbeat, but they boast for one of the most fun live gigs I've been to in awhile. (think Mic Jagger dance styles) They're swinging back through town to Toronto in a couple of weeks. Get on that.

Take a listen to their latest album before it drops:

Sloan

How did you first hear Sloan?

XX "First Heard Sloan" from Sloan Music. on Vimeo.

Julia and Angus Stone

Ready for your summer soundtrack stars to align? This sibling duo from Australia have been all over my playlist these days (thanks for the reco Megs) with their relaxed, folkish tunes. They're the perfect soundtrack to these warm patio days, where theres nothing to worry about safe the corona and watermelon in hand. Throw on those raybans, kick up your feet and let the day melt away.

Destiny's Child

Remember before they settled on just Michelle? Trifling.