Gearing for Governors

With Governors Ball a short 14 days away, there's no time like now to be finalizing outfit choices.
Despite the festival vibes, I'm loving the neutral tones that I try to stick to year round. Who needs a reason to wear black anyway?

If you're aiming to steer away from the typical music festival/Coachella style, then some pieces to get your hands on are body suits, distressed shorts and band tees, docs (you know why if you went last year!) and fanny packs.

If the bohemia-look is your true calling, then fringe satchels, kimonos, head jewelry, gladiator sandals, coin collars, and patterned pom pom shorts are probably the direction you want to go. Accessories are your best friend here.

The best thing about Gov ball is that everyone looks perfectly quiche side by side in their various styles. I myself plan to mix it up over the course of the 3 day festival, all while seeing some of my favorite bands, like The 1975, Vampire Weekend, Drowners, and so many others.

Weekly Tunes (9)

So these boys and this band aren't very new to my life. If I'm being completely honest, then I'd say they've consumed the last 2-3 years of my life hahaha. I've got nothing but old, genuine love for:

One Direction

So I told myself I wouldn't include the as the artist of this week, since their new album doesn't officially get released until Monday next week, however, if like me you've just spent most of your Saturday watching 1D Day, then you can understand why I'd be so excited to talk about One Direction. I've been a fan, following these boys since their x-factor tour, up until now, and I've loved every single moment of it (even the parts I hated). They're a musicians that definitely resonate with me, because they're so close to my age, and they've all got really grounded personalities, that I've experienced firsthand with the couple times I've gotten to meet them!

On their new album, they've worked with Ben Winston a lot, and I've loved all the videos he's produced, like Story of My Life below:

Midnight Memories has something for EVERYBODY!! And I'm not just saying that because I love the band. Unlike their first two albums this one takes some of their poppy tunes and sounds and mixers them with lots of rock melodies, that'll be sure to rock your mind. Some of my favorites hand down are Happily, Better Than Words, Diana, and of course Best Song Ever.

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>>>>1D Day Video<<<<

Have a favorite song of the new (leaked! whoops) album? Have a favorite boy? Did you actually feel your brain melting from watching 1d day for 7 hours straight? Let me know below!

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So this week, I had the chance to enjoy a concert with some friends from school, and it was by far one of the best concerts I've ever been to, thanks to:

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Now I'm not exaggerating when I say that this concert falls into my top 10 concerts and I've been to a lot of concerts in my short life! The entire night was a party, from the confetti and streamers bursting everywhere to the silly story Macklemore told in reference to a lake near by school and his clothes being stolen, before leading into one of his hit singles 'Thrift shop'! The energy was insane and he even treated us to some free styling. When our Dome started calling curfew for the concert, we all boo'd and he treated us with an encore 'Can't Hold Us' which you can watch the music video for below!

Macklemore wearing a Syracuse Jersey | Photo by Gary Walts

I'm proper obsessed with that song. I'll drop anything anywhere at any time and just dance my life away when it comes on!

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So, with all the assignments I had last week, I may have forgotten to post my weekly tune selection (which is simply no excuse) so this week I'm posting 2 for you guys, as a quick, slick catch up, starting with

Little Mix

If you're in any way keeping up with the real world, then you've probably heard about this girl group releasing their new album titled "Salute" with singles that can crush the patriarchy in anything from your favorite pumps to your laced up boots. I've been following these lovely girls and career for some time now, and actually got the opportunity to be present for their first performances in America, ever.

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Those days are all memories I hold dear and happen to be major milestones in their careers as well! They may have been to America already, but America is not ready for their new CD, can't you feel the feminist movement taking over you life? It's no shocker that my favorite tunes from the album are 'Salute' and 'Move' (check out the video for move above)!

Keep posted on the new album and tour by following the girls:

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What are you opinions on the girls? A fan? And how do you feel about the newest Album?

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To make up for last week, I'll give you another artist that I jammed to, that I think you should check out too! Meet:

Childish Gambino

You may know him from Community the show, but Donald Glover is one heck of a rapper and I still can't get enough of his song 'Freaks & Geeks', which you can listen to and watch the video for below!

Check him out on:

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Let me know what you think of him as well, it's different but I think it's still pretty great!

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I've been trying to put off writing about this band for the longest, but I can't help myself anymore, so everyone meet:

The Cinema

The reasons for wanting to put off writing about them is because they're virtually non-existent, like physically impossible to find any information out on them, because there simply isn't any to be found. Don't even get me started on the fact that there are no videos at all of them singing... or doing anything for that matter. Despite all that, I'm obsessed with their Album "My Blood is Full of Airplanes" and theres apparently another album in the works so hopefully good things, and news will come from it!

Their sound is kind of Indie/Pop, and their sound is good. My favorites from the album are "Banker", "The Wolf" and "Picasso":

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Fingers crossed for more to come from these guys, who've been stuck recording since this summer. Give them a listen and tell me what you think!

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Straying in a different direction than the last two weeks of artist, here's someone that you all probably already know, but have tried to turn a blind eye to in the last couple months. And if you are part of the 2% that don't know her, then meet:

Miley Cyrus

So Miley is one of the few artist I can say that I've definitely been there and followed throughout her career and overall growth. Many of us saw her rise to fame in Disney's Hannah Montana, which she stared in, with her father Billy Ray Cyrus. Currently, as an ongoing struggle to break from the image that Disney molded her into, Miley has taken a sledgehammer to that good girl image, and the public response has been wild ever since. Days prior to the news of the split between her and (cheaty mcCheater) Liam Hemsworth, Miley released the song and video for 'Wrecking Ball' about her heart break which I absolutely loved.

If you've haven't seen it yet, you've got to watch her perform it on SNL, along with 'We Can't Stop' which you can check out below vvv)

So what's your thought on Miley at the moment? She's done some controversial things during the course of her 'image breakdown', whats your take on all of that? Are you still gonna give her a listen? I'm obsessed with the songs 'FU' and '#GETITRIGHT'!

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This week marks the continuation of my indie tunes, and I think you should check out:

American Authors

So I don't even remember where or when I had stumbled upon these guys, but the other day I had these some song lyrics stuck in my head for the longest and I couldn't figure out where they had came from, so I went to google and found out it was from the 'Best Day Of My Life' song, which I had watched a silly video for a while back. I ended up listening to more of their songs, and I really liked them; there's an awesome vibe from them that makes me think they'd put on a really fun show.

Check out their video Believer (which was filmed in Brooklyn so of course I connect deeply!) :

So what are your thoughts on these lads? Gonna give them more of a listen? I recommend their songs Hit It, Luck and Best Day Of My Life, those are definitely some of my favorites!

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Tell me what you think about them, and if you've got any bands you think I should listen to, the leave a comment below! :) 

Weekly Tunes (1)

I've decided that weekly, I'll bring attention to one musical artist/group on my blog, and I'm pretty excited about that. Not only will I get to talk about music and share it with you guys, but it'll also push me to look for more music, rather than waiting for someone else to show it to me. With that being said, the first of the Weekly Tunes post goes to:

The 1975

So a bit of intro into why I thought I'd post about the 1975: I don't really remember when I got into them but I'd listened to them from time to time, nothing too crazy, but Chocolate is one of my favorite songs by them, and if you know me at all, then you know that I love One Direction, so I just about lost it when harry tweeted these lyrics from Chocolate mid June:

Blah blah, time goes on, I continue to listen to them, and I really liked their sound, and just the melodic tone and pacing behind all their songs. Then they recently got feature on BBC (radio 1 holla!) Live Lounge, and what a plot twist, they covered One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful! It was basically game over for me at that point. No going back.

Watch the cover of WMYB here:

I definitely think you should give their album a listen and if you feel like it you could buy it on iTunes 

(...or download it, #whoops)

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What do you guys think about The 1975? Have you got a favorite song? Comment with thoughts below!