Music = Life

Music is not a hobby, it's a lifestyle. Whether or not you care for the songs, the point is the same, share with those around you the music you love and spread the joy you feel with those you care about. I believe Jack's Mannequin put it best in their song "Swim"...swim for the music that saves you when you're not so sure you'll survive...Music can save us and set us free, and I hope these songs will help you just as they have helped me. Enjoy.

If you do like any songs or playlists, please comment or email me with your name and email address and I will gladly send you a copy of the playlist via email so you can place it on your iTunes.

m.i.m.l.

Friday, December 7, 2012

the 20-12 list

So seeing as the website I used to post my music on has collapsed and no longer even works, I figured I'd al least post something on here to make it somewhat legit. So to class this place up a little bit I'm going to post my 2012 list...that is the Top 20 songs and Top 12 albums from 2012....and here we go...

TOP 20 SONGS (in no particular order)

  1. New Ceremony - Dry the River
  2. A Summer Song - Conner Youngblood
  3. Tell All Your Friends - Chad Valley
  4. Babel - Mumford
  5. Theory of Relativity - Stars
  6. King & Lionheart - Of Monsters & Men
  7. Bodies - Pale Seas
  8. Full Moon Rising - Neil Halstead
  9. Walls - Stars
  10. Hold on to When you Get love and Let go When you Give It - Stars
  11. Follow Through - Freelance Whales
  12. Atlanta - Ron Pope
  13. Stubborn Love - The Lumineers
  14. Manchester - Kishi Bashi
  15. Candles - Daughter
  16. Weights & Measures - Dry the River
  17. Beacon Hill (Live from Seattle) - Damien Jurado
  18. Even if We Try - Night Beds
  19. Begin Again - Taylor Swift
  20. Holocene - Bon Iver (i know this is from 2011 but I fell in love with this song and it may be one of my favorite songs of all time...no joke)

TOP 12 ALBUMS (in no particular order)
1. Through the Deep, Dark Valley - The Oh Hello's
2. Red - Taylor Swift
3. Diluvia - Freelance Whales
4. The North - Stars
5. Babel - Mumford & Sons
6. Shallow Bed - Dry the River
7. Bloom - Beach House
8. Every Fire; Every Joy - Even if We Try b/w You Were Afraid - Night Beds (it's an album of two songs and 4 so i combined them)
9. His Young Heart/The WIld Youth - Daughter (Again combined two short albums)
10. Every Kingdom - Ben Howard
11. Gossamer - Passion Pit
12. Atlanta - Ron Pope

In a year where I felt like I "progressed" musically the most I ever have, these are the songs that caught my attention and my ear. Each has its own individual reason why it made the list but I will not bore you with those. All of these songs can be (minus Taylor Swift's song and album) found on Spotify. Many of them are from my most recent playlists which are up on Spotify too. So since I can't figure out as of right now a new way to post music directly on here, I'll add the link to Spotify below...and if you don't have it I implore you to get it and pay for it (it will change your life for $4.99/month pretty worth it I think). 

m.i.m.l.


(the playlist above is a little different...i had to mix it up a bit since i couldn't necessarily do it like the list i posted here so it's the top 20 songs from the top 12 albums i could get on Spotify)