Unimpressed.

So I tagged along to the New Pornographers show last night, I've only listened to them a little bit (and pretty much love every song I've heard, like this song... Adventures In Solitude). What a disappointing performance! They weren't very engaging and didn't seem to be prepared to be playing. Too bad. (I do really like them though, and they sounded good... when they weren't making mistakes).

Now just looking forward to the An Horse show on Thursday.

Love, Keiko.

1 week

one week from today until the biggest sporting event in the world!
nothing comes close to this for me...nothing.
i can't wait.
this commercial is so much fun!
i wonder what adidas has in store for world cup.

kaur.

mbf's movie life.

most everyone lovesss michael bernard fitzgerald...
and he just released a video for movie life.
its all about mbf having some fun in calgary.
ch-ch-ch-check it out.
you can read more here

MOVIE LIFE from Shot at The Dark on Vimeo.

kaur.

team edward.

edward sharpe = so good.
such a fun and engaging show.
if you didn't go...you missed out.

kaur.

back on top in june.

you're riding high in april.
shot down in may.
but i know i'm gonna change that tune.
when i'm back on top, back on top in june.

it's june!
one of my favourite months, and i sure hope its better than the last.
here's some frank sinatra to get things rolling.

kaur.

hello.

heyyy, so my summer has been busy so far if we can call it summer.
this weather sucksss.

what have i been up to?
- soccer/running/the gym/yoga
- i'm training for my first half marathon!
- volunteering
- figuring out my future and schooling
- applying for jobs
- prepping for my trip
- the zoo, body worlds
- edward sharpe (tomorrow!)

so maybe i should blog more...yup!

kaur.

A Take Away Show

Spent my evening re-watching some of my favourite videos HERE.

This is a beauty:

Love, Keiko.

Its like you said, this is way too tough.

This is my current fave song.

Enjoy.

Love, Keiko.

I love TV.

Season finale time = Not a fun time of the year. All the cliff hangers are so intense and so exciting, and then waiting until the fall is painful. Gossip Girl and Grey's Anatomy... WHAT.

Love, Keiko.

That's it.

I just got home from a quick road trip to Vancouver.

I didn't miss Calgary at all.

Let's move to Vancouver forever.

Love, Keiko.

this fits.

scanners is a band signed to steve aoki's dim mak label.
i like.

kaur.

umumummummumumuummm.

i seriously wish i had something cool to report...
however, other than listening to lots of music i'm at a loss.
i was loving the hot hot heat earlier this week, but i also am enjoying some rain.
it smells so fresh and sweet out.
lets talk about movies i want to see:

- the trotsky
- dinner for schmucks (july 23rd)
- the other guys (august 6th)
- true grit (december 25th)
- the rum diary
- you will meet a tall dark stranger

actually...after looking through movie releases for the year there are very few that i'm actually excited about. what a let down. well, lets instead just watch a funny jimmy kimmel clip.

kaur.

holdupwaitup.go.

calgary folk fest has a nice line up this year.
i want to go - at least on thursday (the same day as wolf parade...)

shortlist of artists:

thursday: natacha atlas, stars, and avett brothers
friday: peatbog faeries, swell season, and michael franti and spearhead
saturday: greg brown, hill country revue, naomi shelton & the gospel queens, cat empire, and corb lund
sunday: konono no. 1, joe henry, st. vincent, and roberta flack

kaur.

Go.

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, June 1.

An Horse, June 10.

Wolf Parade, July 22.

Sled Island, June 30-July 3.

(My birthday is coming up in a month, buy me a wristband?)

Love, Keiko.

come on and get the minimum.

i don't really have any music lists lately, but i have been listening to some really great albums including forgiveness rock record (broken social scene), weapons grade romantic (dojo workhorse), smoking gun (lady of the sunshine), and broken bells (broken bells). on that note this single by broken bells is amazing:
the high road

kaur.

I'm just surviving.

No top five last week (excuse=out of town).

1. Sentimental X's - Broken Social Scene

2. Reach You - Michael Bernard Fitzgerald

3. Cover My Eyes - La Roux

4. I Got a Life - Dojo Workhorse

5. Over It Over Again - Sally Seltmann

Love, Keiko

p.s. We will get more interesting+update more often, soon, I promise

i'll believe in anything.

i really like this song, and the last post reminded me to post this video.

kaur.

give me your eyes, i need sunshine.

it's not winter anymore...i want sun.

kaur.

take me to higher ground.

higher ground is one of my favourite coffee establishments in calgary.
i haven't met anyone that hasn't liked it, to be fair.
its a great independently owned cafe that serves organic drinks.
just a sweet spot with a great atmosphere.
however, what truly sets higher ground apart for me is one drink:
the dublin mist.
a mix of an english breakfast tea and irish creme, its the bees knees.
i don't know of anywhere else that serves this, but they should.
it is amazing.

kaur.

I ran away.

Today: Last exam + off to Toronto and Montreal.

I think that Mumford & Sons is an unreal band (Have I blogged about them before? Probs not, maybe just in a top5 or top10). These videos are prettyyy awesome:

And THIS song is my current fave.

Love, Keiko.

big jet plane.

no weekly ten from me, but just another music video.
i want summer so bad.
angus & julia stone remind me of summer.
this song makes me want to go on a trip.

kaur.

I've got your words in me.

1. Forest Green, Oh Forest Green - Holly Miranda

2. All to All - Broken Social Scene

3. Heart That's Pounding - Sally Seltmann

4. Voice on Tape - Jenny Owen Youngs

5. I Hope You Die - Wye Oak

Love, Keiko.

FYI.

Please note my happiness about Kaur posting the video for Home.

I fell in love with this song at the start of February, and ever since it has been on nearly every mix that I have made (3/5 but one of those was made for the friend who got me to into Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, so her mix doesn't count - 3/4).

So good.

Love, Keiko.

(And if I had been blogging it would have been on at least six of the nine weekly ten posts I would have made... well, that's a lie, because I try not to have repeats on my weekly tens - but I do just love this song).

home is wherever i'm with you.

heyo...
after a bit of a break i'm thinking i'm ready to get back on here.
i can't wait for summer.

i'm going to follow keiko's lead and post a music video.
i've loved this song for awhile and i like the feeling of this video.

kaur.

It has been 64 days.

I'm feeling motivated to get back to the blog.

Maybe it's because a break was all that I needed.

Maybe it's the feeling that summertime is just about to set in.

Or maybe it's just something about exam time (anything but studying).

"I could have meant it if you let me"

Anyway. While waking up from my early evening nap, the song Market Fresh by Broken Social Scene was playing. I completely forgot that this song even exists, soso beautiful.

(This song isn't on hypem.com + this is the only youtube vid I could find)

Love, Keiko.

p.s. Speaking of... I've been on a huge BSS kick for the past week or so, and the new album leaked (and I couldn't stop myself from downloading it). AMAZINGAMAZINGAMAZING.

p.p.s. A friend of mine had never heard BSS before so I attempted to make a mix titled "Broken Social Scene: Essential Songs"... it was impossible to choose what made it on.

this ten was the last ten and may be the next ten.

1) if i ever feel better - phoenix
2) fast cars - wyclef ft. lupe fiasco
3) victim of the crime - phoenix
4) wagon wheel - old crow medicine show
5) staring at the sun - tv on the radio
6) zulu war chant - afrika bambaataa
7) shots - lmfao
8) i need you know - lady antebellum
9) in for the kill - sts
10) three wishes - the pierces

kaur.

its been awhile hasn't it.

heyyy there everybody.
we have definitely been lacking on the blogging front.
in our defence we have both been busy.
school. work. and everything else.
unfortunately the health of this blog is deteriorating.
sooo...we may need to take an indefinite hiatus.
or just be slower with our updates.
i'm not sure of what the future holds.
but hopefully you'll stick around with us :)

kaur.

jhvdsufh

Um. Sasquatch? Yes please.

MGMT
Band of Horses
The National
LCD Soundsystem
Tegan & Sara
Broken Social Scene
Passion Pit
Deadmau5
She & Him

The New Pornographers
The Hold Steady
The xx
Dirty Projectors

Kid Cudi

The Temper Trap

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Wale

Yacht

Patrick Watson

The Low Anthem

Mumford & Sons
Jets Overhead

(+moreeeee)

Can't wait...

love, keiko.

UR a tiger.

to-do.

1. Make my sister a mix.

2. Make a BFF a mix. (Pretty adorable, if you ask me. An entire package of adorable)

3. Make a mix for a cutee friendo.

4. GET TO VANCOUVER THIS WEEKEND.

5. Get myself organized.

Love, Keiko.

i'm boring. they are better.

i think i'm really quite boring.

i spent 7 hrs today watching the olympics.

why?

anyways despite being lazy and boring...

alexandre bilodeau is absolutely adorable.

his cites his older brother frederic as a hero/inspiration.

his brother has cerebral palsy.

truly, a classy person. and i love him...like most do now.

also...yay canada!

congrats to jennifer heil, mike robertson, and kristina groves!

kaur.

listozmania.

i love:

- driving by myself
- airports
- when the perfect song comes on the radio/ipod shuffle
- cute things (ie. market collective)
- the olympics
- good company: family & friends
- a week off to relax
- laughing lots at ridiculous things
- eating, drinking, laughing, rolling around on the floor
- breakfast foods at any time of the day
- poems/rhymes
- napping in the sun
- skating outside in the fresh air
- the look of frost on trees
- surprises

kaur.

i heart you.

not one of my faves...i probably listened to the first three more than the rest.

1) burning pile - mother mother
2) young forever - jay z (ft. mr. hudson)
3) one life stand - ian longo & jay wainwright (ft. craig smart)
4) skinny love - bon iver
5) hysteric (acoustic) - yeah yeah yeahs
6) wrecking ball - mother mother
7) slowdancing in a burning room - john mayer
8) new slang - the shins
9) still dre - d.r.e. (ft. snoop dog)
10) 21 questions - 50 cent

kaur.

love.

happy valentines day!

kaur.
ps. also...happy chinese new year.

too fast. too young.

the olympics start today and i was so excited for them.
i got home from uni and found out about the georgian luge accident.
my heart hurts...i am incredibly sad.
i don't even know what to say.


kaur.

i am lame.

School is going to consume my life this week. Maybe during reading week we will get this blog back on track. Also, I've been distracted and didn't even keep track of music that I listened to this week... All I know is that this song is brilliant (no weekly ten) - Now We Know (Built For The Sea).

Oh, and I like this...

Love, Keiko.

we deserve better.

i'm sorry! so many midterms and assignments!
it seems as though there is little time to dabble in blogging during school.
i'll try to be better.
here's my ten...helped me kinda relax this past week.

1) sleep tonight (junior boys remix) - stars
2) fighters - lupe fiasco
3) high's n lows - kid cudi
4) song for no one - miike snow
5) fences - phoenix
6) the seed - the roots
7) short change hero - the heavy
8) norway - beach house
9) so light is her footfall (breakbot remix) - air
10) heads will roll - yeah yeah yeahs

kaur.

bedshaped.

this is pretty sweet.

kaur.

Stop haunting me.

1. Train Of Thought - Mother Mother

2. Love Lost - The Temper Trap

3. I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab For Cutie

4. I'm Not Calling You A Liar - Florence And The Machine

5. Peach, PLum, Pear - Joanna Newsom

6. Camp Out - An Horse

7. Lovelier Girl - Beach House

8. Waiting For the Summer - Yeasayer

9. I Was A Lover - TV On The Radio

10. Everybody Say - Takka Takka

Love, Keiko.

i see you're back again.

1) black & blue - miike snow
2) feel it in my bones - tiesto (ft. tegan & sara)
3) all of your things - the raah project
4) help yourself - sad brad smith
5) wisdom - mother mother
6) i get paper - drake (ft. kevin cossom)
7) memories - david guetta (ft. kid cudi)
8) angel in the snow - elliott smith
9) when u love somebody - fruit bats
10) genova - charles atlas

kaur.
ps. i also listened to the netsky remix of black and blue a lottt...and a lot of mother mother in general this week

I know what I want.

I wish that I had a cupcake from Crave right about now.

(Or any delicious cupcake, really. Just not from Starbucks, I don't like those ones)

Love, Keiko.

Coachella, please.

I have always wanted to go to Coachella, ever since I discovered an advertisment for it back in 2003 (also the year that I started listening to music that was not Destiny's Child). I thinkevery year after I read the lineup I want to go even more than the previous year... it makes me feel sad.

This year I am going to Sasquatch though (and can't wait to hear the lineup...), which will be amazing... but is not my dream of hitting up Coachella.

Love, Keiko.

Oh my god you're a handful.

1. Little Lungs - An Horse

2. Little Hands - Mother Mother

3. L.E.S Artistes - Santigold

4. Drumming Song - Florence + the Machine

5. 9 Crimes - Damien Rice

6. Little Little Little - An Horse

7. The First Song - Band of Horses

8. Feel It In My Bones - Tiesto + T&S

9. Lovestoned/I Think She Knows Interlude - Justin Timberlake

10. Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart - Alicia Keys

Love, Keiko.

p.s. Coachella? I want to go soso bad.

p.p.s. Mother Mother? So fucking awesome live. Best.

quack.quack.

http://antiduckface.com/

kaur.

see me here.

i want to see these:

kaur.

i'm a fist among hands.

mother mother was pretty sweet live on friday.

just made me fall in love with them again.

kaur.

W.A.N.T.

keiko told me coachella had a sweet line-up this year so i checked up on it.
SO.GOOD.
i wish i could goooo...

here's some of the highlights:
- yeasayer
- vampire weekend
- she & him
- jay-z
- phoenix
- the xx
- matt & kim
- julian casablancas
- grizzly bear
- edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros
- mgmt
- wale
- beach house
- florence + the machine
- sia
- passion pit
- miike snow
- charlotte gainsbourg
- muse
- lcd soundsystem

actually the whole list is just amazinggg. i realized i could list everyone as a highlight pretty much...i wish wish wish i could go, its going to be ridiculously good this year.

kaur.
ps. if anyone wants to write my exams and pay for this venture...gimme a shout out out out out

because i can.

1) lovesong (diplo remix) - the cure
2) don't think twice, it's alright (bob dylan cover) - metric
3) maps (elite force re-fix) - yeah yeah yeahs
4) wrecking ball - mother mother
5) you don't have to leave - mike posner
6) got your money - wu tang clan vs. the beatles
7) shot you down (radio edit) - audio bully's (ft. nancy sinatra)
8) paranoid - kanye west (ft. mr. hudson)
9) try sleeping with a broken heart - alicia keys
10) milkshake (mightyfools remix) - kelis

kaur.

sucker punch

I'll start blogging more again after I get myself and my semester organized too. Right now I am all about this... Feel It In My Bones live+acoustic, so good and so beautiful.

Love, Keiko.

and i miss you like the deserts miss the rain.

oh boyyyy...i've been really slacking on blogging lately.
i've been trying to get my life together and stay on top of everything...'cept blogging.
my top tens would be boring because i've mostly been listening to the xx and phoenix.
as for anything interesting...i haven't come across much :(
annnnnnnd i have to say i've watched some jersey shore...it's so ridiculous.
i'll be back to blogging soon as i get more organized for this semester.
it just seems like i've got tons going on...

kaur.

nice.

Sometimes I really love itunes genius playlists...

1. Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear

2. Fences - Phoenix

3. Stillness is the Move - Dirty Projectors

4. Ragged Wood - Fleet Foxes

5. Blood Bank - Bon Iver

6. Little Secrets - Passion Pit

That was my walk home from school.

Love, Keiko.

Perez Hilton Boy Band...

It's been a while since we've posted about Perez....

Is this really necessary? Ugh. http://perezhilton.com/2010-01-14-our-big-news

Love, Keiko.

Ceranation?

My sister showed me this gem of a video today.

I haven't watched Jersey Shore, and have no intention of watching it... but I think this is amazing. Maybe just because I love Michael.
Love, Keiko.

Found.

Today was the second day back at school. I slept through my alarm, which means I slept through both of my classes for the day. Oops. Anyway, I've been really into this website for the past couple weeks:

http://foundmagazine.com/

Love, Keiko.

Next week.

Again, I think I am too boring to post my weekly ten. It would all just be Tegan and Sara songs - since in preparation for their concert (which was excellent) I created a playlist of my faves and listened to it on repeat all week. Next week, it'll be a good one.

Love, Keiko.

cudi kicks it.

another one of my faves of '09.
kid cudi.
just bringing it with some sweet songs.

kaur.

We are sharks.

I saw Up In The Air a couple weeks back and figured I'd get around to doing a QUICK review of it...

Rating: B+

I really liked this movie, I thought the casting was amazing, and it was funny, and it was interesting, and it made you think a little. My thoughts on it are basically the same as Kaur's (HERE)... only I didn't love it, I just really liked it. The only thing that kept me from full on loving it was the end, the end doesn't fall in line with what I believe - but for the movie, I guess it was decent.

Oh, and Anna Kendrick (Bella's friend from Twilight...) is amazing, and hilarious. I was pretty suprised by her.

That's all.

Love, Keiko.

Hold onto me.

I'm hitting the Tegan & Sara concert tomorrow with my sister, and am getting prettyyyy stoked about it! In preparation I've been listening to all of my fave t+s songs, watching youtube videos of them, and looking at photos of them. Here are just a few (of MANY) that I love:

Love, Keiko.

i can listen to you all day.

these are my top ten albums from oh nine.
i found this list hard to come up with so bare with me....my songs list is pending.

1) xx – the xx

2) wolfgang amadeus phoenix – the phoenix

3) the blueprint III – jay z

4) the man on the moon: the end of the day – kid cudi

5) lungs – florence + the machine

6) it’s blitz – yeah yeah yeahs

7) up from below – edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros

8) the mbf love lp – michael bernard fitzgerald

9) grand - matt & kim

10) the house that dirt built – the heavy

kaur.

reader

I had big plans to read all of the books that I have that I haven't had a chance to read yet over break. Guess what... Didn't read a single one.

:(

Maybe this week I'll fit one or two in. We'll see.

Love, Keiko.

Albums, 2009

So, I forgot to post my weekly ten... but it would be boring anyway, mostly all I have been listening to is my Twenty Fave Songs of '09 playlist - it would be just be a repeat of my last post. Instead of my weekly ten, here is my Ten Fave Albums of '09 list!

1. Sainthood - Tegan and Sara (obviously)

2. xx - The xx

3. Manners - Passion Pit

4. Lungs - Florence and the Machine

5. Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

6. Far and Wide - Rachael Cantu

7. I Love You - Amanda Blank

8. The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga

9. Where The Wild Things Are - Karen O and Kids (soundtrack)

10. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Love, Keiko.

lets go!

1) just breathe - pearl jam
2) 1901 - phoenix
3) thinking, drinking, sinking, feeling - slow club
4) eight days a week - the beatles
5) wolf like me - tv on the radio
6) on to the next one - jay z (ft. swizz beatz)
7) ghosting - mother mother
8) she's a killer - ghostface killah (ft. ron browz)
9) lollipop - lil' wayne
10) broken bones - love inc.

kaur.

Songs, 2009.

I'm slowly going to put together some Faves of 2009 lists. Here is my top twenty songs of 2009 (the order is partially based on itunes play counts).

1. Light Up - Tegan & Sara

2. Heart Skipped A Beat - The xx

3. Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear

4. Moth's Wings - Passion Pit

5. A Love Song - Amanda Blank

6. This Love Is Fucking Right! - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

7. Go Square Go - Glasvegas

8. The Cure - Tegan & Sara

9. Your Hips Are Bad - Rachael Cantu

10. Sleepyhead - Passion Pit

11. No Intention - Dirty Projectors

12. Brackett, WI - Bon Iver

13. Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

14. You've Got The Love - Florence and the Machine (The xx remix)

15. Gimme Sympathy - Metric

16. Pursuit Of Happiness - Kid Cudi ft. MGMT & Ratatat

17. Building All Is Love - Karen O and the Kids

18. Rome - Phoenix

19. How Deep Is Your Love - The Bird and the Bee

20. Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas

Love, Keiko.

oh niiiiine.

over the next little while i'm going to post some of my faves of '09.
here's the first.
phoenix...knocked my socks off.
they're the bees knees.
always put me in a good mood :)
i've been listening to them tons this year.
i like pretty much everything they've done.
i'm pretty sure they've been in a lot of my tens...
here's an original 1901 - phoenix

kaur.