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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

no ten before twenty ten.

oh mannn i forgot a top ten this week.
definitely been dropping the ball hard.
this is what holidays does to me!
imma post a best of '09 list soon though.

kaur.

2 late.

i got busy with my last exam and forgot a ten...here it is...not a great one.

1) velvet - the big pink
2) girlfriend - phoenix
3) wires - coconut records
4) help i'm alive (acoustic) - metric
5) little bit - drake (ft. lykke li)
6) your protector - fleet foxes
7) wish i stayed - ellie goulding (ft. frankmusik)
8) sex on fire - kings of leon
9) call it off - tegan & sara
10) under the sheets (kids at the bar remix) - ellie goulding

kaur.

You were out of my league.

1. True Affection - The Blow

2. Young Adult Friction - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

3. The Orchard - Sea Wold

4. Tonight I Have To Leave It - Shout Out Louds

5. Got 'Til It's Gone - Janet Jackson

6. Know Better Learn Faster - Thao with the Get Down Stay Down

7. Addicted To Love - Florence And The Machine

8. I'll Fight - Wilco

9. Electric Feel - MGMT (Justice Remix)

10. Shame On Me - Amanda Blank

Love, Keiko.

p.s. I feel a bit of a Janet Jackson kick comin' on, mostly Velvet Robe (it's probably one of my fave albums - I remember the day I bought it, I don't remember how old I was, but it was sometime in elementary and it was winter and I made my dad take me to future shop to buy it).

park that car. drop that phone. sleep on the floor. dream about me.

1) memories - david guetta (ft. kid cudi)
2) bitches ain't shit (dr. dre cover) - ben folds
3) anthems for a seventeen-year-old girl - broken social scene
4) breakable - ingrid michaelson
5) signs - bloc party
6) 22 - lily allen
7) baby, its cold outside - allo, darlin'
8) which way your heart will go - mason jennings
9) pick up the phone (richard x radio edit) - dragonette
10) at last - etta james

kaur.

I want your drama.

Here's my five.

1. Bad Romance - Lady Gaga (I seriously love this song)

2. You've Got The Love - Florence and the Machine (but I've also listened to the version by The xx a bunch of times this week too... so good!!!!)

3. Mushaboom - Feist (Postal Service Mix)

4. So We Could Deal - Tender Forever

5. Boom - Anjoulie

.... let's just add five more, it'll be a ten.

6. Don't Haunt This Place - The Rural Alberta Advantage

7. Black & Gold - Ellie Goulding

8. Rome - Pheonix

9. Satellite Heart - Anya Marina

10. Pretend It's A Race And I'm On Your Side - James Figurine

(All of these songs are either from a new mix, or are on playlists for mixes I am making for gifts... or both)

Love, Keiko.

a bit of a remix fix.

1) morning after dark - timbaland (ft. soshy & nelly furtado)
2) shining down - lupe fiasco (ft. matthew santos)
3) games you can win - rjd2 (ft. kenna)
4) when you walk in the room - fyfe dangerfield
5) shelter (death to the throne remix) - the xx
6) green eyed love (classixx remix) - mayer hawthorne
7) forever (kanye west & lil' wayne vs. miike snow remix) - drake
8) cudderisback (ottoman remix) - kid cudi + vampire weekend
9) stayin' alive (teddybear's remix) - the bee gees
10) the comeback - ratatat

kaur.

the fifth last ten until twenty-ten.

1) daylight (troublemaker remix ft. de la soul) - matt & kim
2) all eyez on me - clipse (ft. keri hilson)
3) short change hero - the heavy
4) i'd rather dance with you (redlight remix) - kings of convenience
5) pyramid song (zeds dead illuminati remix) - radiohead
6) hysteric (acoustic version) - yeah yeah yeahs
7) overnight - hudson mohawke
8) airports - mostly bears
9) when they fight, they fight - generationals
10) strange fruit - common (ft. john legend)

kaur.

stacks on deck.

1) whatever you like - anya marina (t.i. cover)
2) the passenger - iggy pop
3) modern drift - efterklang
4) starstruck - santogold
5) street lights - kanye west
6) wake up (ratatat remix) - missy elliot
7) lake michigan - rogue wave
8) glamorous indie rock & roll - the killers
9) tears dry on their own - amy winehouse
10) paparazzi (redlight remix) - lady gaga

kaur.
ps. i only really like a few of these songs...its a weak top ten.

the day late date.

1) ghosts n' stuff - deadmau5
2) the opposite of adults (kids) - chiddy bang
3) contemplate - wale
4) fascination (wpahp remix) - nightwaves
5) this modern love - bloc party
6) meet me halfway - black eyed peas
7) fences (def starr version) - phoenix
8) banquet (phones disco edit) - bloc party
9) disclaimer - the dears
10) sexy bitch (ft. akon) - david guetta

kaur.
ps. not one of my favourite tens by any means. i like number 4 a lot though...thats why its on my ten again.

the ball was dropped...lets pick it up again.

i know that i missed my top ten last week.
things have just been incredibly busy lately.
here we go with another top ten...
not my favourite by a longshot.

1) fascination - nightwaves (wpahp remix)
2) home - edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros
3) what a job - devin the dude (ft. snoop dogg & andre 3000)
4) shelter - the xx
5) kids - the kooks (mgmt cover)
6) what you know about little secrets - the white panda
7) trying your luck - the strokes
8) captain badass - songs: ohia
9) selfish - slum village (ft. john legend & kanye west)
10) gentleman remix - said the whale & shad & holy fuck & mgmt & the who

kaur.
ps. how good is the xx? i lub them.

That's what I'm waiting for.

My halloween was an evening filled with Banagrams, Post-It Telephone (such a sweet game!), Crave Cupcakes, and creating the perfect zombie wounds as part of a friend's zombie costume.

Here's my ten for the week.

1. The Otherside - Ohbijou

2. Light Up - Tegan and Sara

3. Leaving You Behind - Amanda Blank (ft. Lykke Li)

4. Charlie Darwin - The Low Anthem

5. We Have a Map of the Piano - Múm

6. Country - Empire Of The Sun

7. Help I'm Alive  Metric

8. Little Motel - Modest Mouse

9. Hombre - M.I.A.

10. Luscious Life - Patrick Watson

Love, Keiko.