Ultraviolence

"Ultraviolence"- Lana Del Rey

Summertime Vibes

Here's July's playlist (late again) and it's perfectly filled with summertime jams and good old-school vibes.

1)Zambezi (Fools Gold Remix)- Tinashe

2)Meteorite (Q-Tip version)- Mariah Carey

3)Country Grammar- Nelly

4)As We Enter (Tinie Tempah Remix)- NAS and Damian Marley

5)California Love- 2 Pac Feat. Dr. Dre

6)Summertime- Kreayshawn Ft. V-Nasty

7)West Coast- Lana Del Rey

8)Back That Ass Up- Juvenile

9)It Wasn't Me- Shaggy

10)Ride Wit Me- Nelly Ft. St. Lunatics

11)Work It Out (Stint Remix)- Q-Tip

12)Female$ Welcomed- Trinidad James

13)I Wish- Skee-Lo

14) Light Your Ass On Fire- Busta Rhymes

15)My You- Joey Bada$$

16)That's Sexy- Q-Tip Feat. Andre 3000

17)A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"- De La Soul Feat. Q-Tip

This Night Has Opened My Eyes

Here's the playlist for September-- partially hiphop au courant, tracks I secretly jam to and some real end of summer heartbreakers. Cheers and enjoy!

1) We Them Niggas- P. Reign Ft. ASAP Rocky

2) Ridin'- ASAP Rocky Ft. Lana Del Rey

3) Bass- ASAP Rocky

4)Summertime Sadness- Lana Del Rey

5) Bookfiend- Clams Casino and MF Doom

6) Burning Desire- Lana Del Rey

7) Yay Yay- Schoolboy Q

8) This Night Has Opened My Eyes- At the Drive-In

9)Shabba- Ft. ASAP Ferg Ft. ASAP Rocky

10) Built Pyramids- NORD Ft. Large Professor

11) Trouble Man- Marvin Gaye

12) ADHD- Kendrick Lamar

13) Collard Greens- Schoolboy Q ft. Kendrick Lamar

14)Young and Beautiful- Lana Del Rey

15)Fromdatomb$- Joey Badass Ft. Chuck Strangers

16)Terrorist Threats- Ab- Soul Ft. Danny Brown

17) I'm God- Clams Casino

18) Word is Bond- Joey Badass

19) Black and Brown- Black Milk and Danny Brown

20) Get Like Me- Nelly Ft. Pharrell and Niki Minaj

21) Just What I Am- Kid Cudi Ft. King Chip

22) Harlem Roses- Vinny Chase Ft. Kid Art

23) Feds Watching- 2 Chainz Ft. Pharrell

24) Turn Me Up- Ab-Soul Ft. Kendrick Lamar

25)Hands on the Wheel- Schoolboy Q Ft. ASAP Rocky

26) Cola- Lana Del Rey

27) Say Wassup- Jay Rock Ft. Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar

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Too old to party, too young to die...

Laurel Canyon

"Burning Desire"- Lana Del Rey

"I drive fast, wind in my hair,
I push you to the limits,
'Cause I just don't care."

Ride

I've been out on that open road
You can be my full time, daddy
White and gold
Singing blues has been getting old
You can be my full time, baby
Hot or cold

Don't break me down
I've been travelin' too long
I've been trying too hard
With one pretty song

I hear the birds on the summer breeze, I drive fast
I am alone in the night
Been tryin' hard not to get into trouble, but I
I've got a war in my mind
So, I just ride
Just ride...

Dying young and I'm playing hard
That's the way my father made his life an art
Drink all day and we talk 'til dark
That's the way the road dogs do it, ride 'til dark.

Don't leave me now
Don't say good bye
Don't turn around
Leave me high and dry

I hear the birds on the summer breeze, I drive fast
I am alone in the night
Been tryin' hard not to get into trouble, but I
I've got a war in my mind
I just ride
Just ride...

I'm tired of feeling like I'm fucking crazy
I'm tired of driving 'till I see stars in my eyes
I look up to hear myself saying,
Baby, too much I strive, I just ride

The Bottomless Blue

The November playlist:

This month is tough for me. Less sunlight and most likely snow (here in Alberta). So I stuck to gloomy 80's inspired tracks or trippy sun drenched tracks. This playlist also features some of the Smiths instrumental tracks, which are not frequently played as well as some killer tracks by She Wants Revenge, a sexy synthy goth-esque band I was super into a few years ago. Either way, this playlist will get me through this month.

Private Idaho- The B-52's

National Anthem- Lana Del Rey

Shoplifters of the World- The Smiths

Blue Monday- New Order

Yellow Lines- Mount Sims

These Things- She Wants Revenege

That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore- The Smiths

About her- Malcolm McLaren

Videotapes- Blouse

The Headmaster Ritual- The Smiths

The Modern Age- The Strokes

In Between Days- The Cure

Oscillate Wildly- The Smiths

The Waves- Tamaryn

Obstacle 2- Interpol

Teen Age Riot- Sonic Youth

Nowhere- Wild Nothing

Taken for a Fool- The strokes

We Used to Wait- Arcade Fire

Sister- She Wants Revenge

Banquet- Bloc Party

Love Fade- Tamaryn

Harsh Realm- Widowspeak

Money Changes Everything- The Smiths

God, You're So Handsome

"National Anthem"- Lana Del Rey

Ridin'

"Ridin"- A$AP Rocky feat. Lana Del Ray

Haters to the Left

Lana Del Rey: How did we get here?

Why are music critics and pop culture experts always puzzled about the origins of a pop star? Where did she come from? Who is she? Is she fake? Was she created by the record industry?

Lana Del Rey is as real as Justin Beiber is. She is bringing back the old school vibes of a 60's star with the infection and vacantness of Lady Gaga. Pop music lately has been drawing from the past hence many old school diva voices: Adele and Florence and the Machine. The focus is on their powerful voices. Yes, Lana does not have a powerful voice, but she is coming from the same realm and style of music. Yes, her SNL performance was shotty but that was due to lack of preparation. The old school aesthetic is sometimes hard to translate on TV.

What Lana lacks is the ability to project that she is genuine and I think this is where all the hate stems from. She comes off as a fake, throwback singer who had a lobotomy. If she can somehow show her personality, which is somewhere deep down there, she could be a star.

Her career at this moment, seems like it is dead in the water. But it can be revived. They say any publicity is good publicity. Lana has the people talking, the haters hating, so she must be on the right track.

Read more here: "Deconstructing Lana Del Rey"- Spin Magazine