Songs I Can't Stop Listening To #8 (For the last 2 years)

It's a few months short of 2 years since I posted my last "Can't Stop Listening To" post so I thought I'd do a list of pretty much all of the songs I've listened to obsessively at some point since then, with the last group being what I'm listening to currently.

911/Mr. Lonely - Tyler, The Creator feat. Frank Ocean, Steve Lacy and Anna of the North

1979 - Smashing Pumpkins

3005 - Childish Gambino

Adam's Song - Blink 182

After Laughter - Wendy Rene

All Apologies - Nirvana

Always - Blink 182

All Alone - Acid Ghost

american dream - LCD Soundsystem

Bodies - Smashing Pumpkins

Bravo - The Little Indians

Breed - Nirvana

Can't Get Enough of Myself - Santigold

Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Covered in Chrome - Violent Soho

D.A.R.L.I.N.G - Beach House

Desperation - Steppenwolf

Down - Blink 182

Do You Feel It - Chaos Chaos

Everything is Embarrassing - Sky Ferreira

Everything Now - Arcade Fire

Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac

Fantastic Man - William Onyeabor

First Date - Blink 182

Game of Pricks - Guided By Voices

Gone for Good - Nobunny

Gothic Summer - Prayers

Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite

Heroes and Villains - The Beach Boys

Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave

Humble - Kendrick Lamar

I Miss You - Blink 182

Just A Girl - No Doubt

Letters - Acid Ghost

Lounge Act - Nirvana

L.S.F. - Kasabian

Me and Your Mama - Childish Gambino

Mirror - The Drums

Myth - Beach House

My War - Black Flag

Nature (Poem) - Acid Ghost

No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age

Not Now - Blink 182

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - Small Faces

oOoO - Oberhofer

Redbone - Childish Gambino

Ride - Lana Del Rey (Barretso Remix)

Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells

Roller Coaster - Blink 182

Say It Ain't So - Weezer

Serve the Servants - Nirvana

Someday - The Strokes

Space Song - Beach House

The Artist's High - Acid Ghost

The House of The Rising Sun - The Animals

The Only One I Know - The Charlatans

Today - Smashing Pumpkins

Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins

United States of Whatever - Liam Lynch

Very Ape - Nirvana

We're Not Just Friends - Parks, Squares and Alleys

What's My Age Again? - Blink 182

Where Boys Fear to Tread - Smashing Pumpkins

Zero - Smashing Pumpkins

Boogie - Brockhampton

Gouge Away - Pixies

Heart Basel - The Drums

Here Comes Your Man - Pixies

Hey - Pixies

Monkey Gone to Heaven - Pixies

The Lung - Dinosaur Jr

The Rip - Portishead

Waiting Room - Fugazi

What have you been listening to?

Songs I Can't Stop Listening To #7 (2016 So Far)

More like "Songs I Can't Stop Listening To So Far This Year" really. Sorry it's been so long again, I hope you're doing well!

Afraid of Heights - Wavves
All the Same - Wavves

Breezes of Patchulie - Donovan

Buddy Holly - Weezer

Circles 'Round the Moon - Nana Grizol

Come and Get Your Love - Redbone

Come As You Are - Nirvana

Drain You - Nirvana

Eventually - Tame Impala

Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys

Fools Gold - The Stone Roses

How It's Gonna Go - Wavves & Cloud Nothings

In Bloom - Nirvana

Let Forever Be - The Chemical Brothers

Loaded - Primal Scream

Season of the Witch - Donovan

Sliver - Nirvana

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

That's Entertainment - The Jam

That's On Me - Wavves

The Less I Know the Better - Tame Impala

West Coast - FIDLAR

You and Me - Penny & The Quarters

40oz. On Repeat - FIDLAR

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Songs I Can't Stop Listening to #6

 

When I Come Around - Green Day
Hippies is Punks - Wavves

My Beloved Monster - Eels
No Money - Kings of Leon
California Soul - Marlena Shaw

Age of Consent - New Order

Pretty in Pink - The Psychedelic Furs

A Message to you Rudy - The Specials 

Songs I Can't Stop Listening To #5

The Zephyr Song - Red Hot Chili Peppers

A Song For You - Gram Parsons

Spaceman - The Killers

Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode


What have you been listening to recently?

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Songs I Can't Stop Listening To #4

A very random collection as usual!

Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Bonzo Goes to Bitburg - The Ramones

Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second - STRFKR

For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield

All Together - State of the Art

You Are Always - State of the Art

What have you been listening to recently?

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Recent Buys (Lush, Rimmel, Maybelline and more)

Some recent treats!

CD - Nevermind - Nirvana - I don't think I have to say much about this other than it's a brilliant album, if you haven't listened to it before then make sure you do and it's about time that I added this to my collection.

Lush Ickle Baby Bot bath bomb (left) - I've been wanting to try this bath bomb for so long as I always see it whenever I go into Lush and it also seems quite popular. According to reviews and other blog posts that I've read, it leaves your bath water soft on your skin, smelling of soothing lavendar without being overpowering and the colour that it turns your water looks incredible. It is intended for kids (mainly because it helps you to wind down before bed and drift off to sleep) but why should that stop you!
Lush Secret Garden bath bomb (right) - From the mothers day range, the main thing that drew me to the Secret Garden bath bomb (apart from how sweet it looks) was the smell - fragrant and floral without being too strong. And there's also flower petals inside, so what's not to love? I can't wait to try it!

Maybelline New York Matte Maker Mattifying Powder (10 Classic Ivory) - Seeing as I was running low on matte powder I thought I'd give this one a try! I usually only use matte powder on my t-zone and then a regular coverage powder on the rest of my face. I'm so impressed with the results - it tackles the annoying oily areas without it feeling cake-y or like it's clogging your pores and it's only ‎£3.99! The only negatives I have to point out are that it's only available in 4 shades which are all pretty light (which doesn't affect me but I know it will affect other people) and also it is very hard to open. I know that sounds stupid and I had to look it up online to make sure I wasn't completely incompetent but nope - other people have had the same problem! Something about the packaging just makes it very difficult to open the first time and it wasn't until I gave in and asked my Dad to try (thanks Dad!) that it actually opened.

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Concealer (010 Porcelain) - I saw this reviewed on another blog about a month ago and, like with my matte powder, I was running low and thought I'd see how this one fared. What really drew me to it is it seems like a dupe of the Benefit Boing concealer which everybody knows and loves (and I have used for what seems like forever), and I'm always keen to find cheaper alternatives! It does have a very similar texture and cover to Benefit Boing but only just misses the mark. I think if combined with a small amount of any other concealer you own then this would be perfect but, as much as I do like this concealer, I think if you want complete coverage from just one product then you'll have to spend a little bit more money.

What have you bought recently?

Songs I Can't Stop Listening to #3

It's pretty normal for me to have a bit of a weird range of songs that I can't stop listening to, but the current lot is pretty random, even for me: 

No Waves - FIDLAR

Stylo - Gorillaz ft. Mos Def and Bobby Womack

Don't Matter - Kings of Leon

Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix

Be My Baby - The Ronettes

Bug - Wavves

What have you been listening to recently?

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Songs I can't stop listening to #2

Become obsessed with a small group of songs, listen to them over and over, get bored and move on to some more - repeat! I did exactly that with my last little group of songs and now I'm onto these - and so the cycle continues: 

(You're the) Devil in Disguise - Elvis Presley

Prisms - Temples

Nosedive - Wolf Alice

Can't Stand Me Now - The Libertines

Taper Jean Girl - Kings of Leon

I Want You - Kings of Leon

On Call - Kings of Leon

Milk - Kings of Leon

The End - Kings of Leon

Quite a serious Kings of Leon phase taking place at the minute. What have you been listening to recently?

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Songs I can't stop listening to (Mini Playlist)

Does anyone else find a song they love and then listen to basically that and only that for the next couple of weeks or so? Or fall in love with a song, listen to it until you physically can't stand it, forget about it for like 6 months and then fall in love with it all over again? Well I do that all the time! Here are my are current favourites which have been on repeat:

Requiem for O.M.M.2 - Of Montreal

Bros - Wolf Alice

Last Living Souls - Gorillaz

Kids With Guns - Gorillaz

Toe Cutter-Thumb Buster - Thee Oh Sees

40 Day Dream - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Just a short list, but they're all great songs that I recommend making yourself acquainted with if you have the time:)

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Recent buys (Topshop, COW, Ebay and more)

With Christmas having just passed you'd think that I wouldn't feel the need to buy anything new for a while wouldn't you? Wrong. It's a serious problem, I know, but I know I'm not the only one who's guilty of this! Anyway, here are my purchases so far this year!

(L-R bottom to top)

Grey Mickey Mouse Jumper - COW - £20

Black Stone Silver Metal Ring - COW - £6

Grey socks - Fat Face - £5

Pink socks - Topshop - (reduced to) £1

White Plain Ringer T-Shirt - Ebay - £2.78

Sequin Pave Bracelet - Topshop - £7.50

Tartan Skirt - Ark - £19.99

"Led Zeppelin" by Led Zeppelin Vinyl - £20

"The Suburbs" by Arcade Fire Vinyl - £14.99

I bought both the Mickey Mouse jumper and the ring from the COW website about a week ago. As sad as it may sound, I've wanted some sort of Mickey Mouse t-shirt or jumper for a while now (don't judge me) and this was just perfect. And as for the ring, it just seemed like a classic staple to have in my jewellery collection and I can see myself wearing it pretty much every day.

The white ringer t-shirt from Ebay was a serious steal at £2.78. I've wanted this t-shirt (or at least one like it) for so long now because it will go with literally everything in my wardrobe. So the price was just a nice added bonus! The page that I purchased it from sold Fruit of The Loom t-shirts in particular and had seven other colours available (there were also several other pages selling similar t-shirts in different colours, for anyone that's interested).

The tartan skirt from Ark is a "Hearts and Bows" product. I've been meaning to get a new skirt for a while now as I've gotten into the habit of just wearing my plain black one all the time. So I thought that I could do with an a update and a splash of colour, and this lovely skirt seemed perfect!

The next purchases are slightly more boring but equally as necessary - socks! There's not much to say about these other than they are soft and lovely just as socks should be, and the pink topshop socks look great with chunky black shoes (particularly my docs).

The Topshop bracelet was £7.50 and is made up of blue, green and turquoise sequins and has a gold hamsa hand charm. I thought it would be a cute addition to my jewellery collection and also, as my hair is currently pastel pink, I like to include blue and turquoise in my outfits because I think that they contrast nicely.

And lastly, my vinyl purchases! I went to town with a couple of friends at the weekend and picked up these gems - Led Zeppelin and Arcade Fire. I bought "Led Zeppelin" from Vinyl Exchange (if you're ever in Manchester GO THERE) for £20 and "The Suburbs" from HMV for £14.99. Whilst I've wanted both for a while, I've desperately wanted "The Suburbs" by Arcade Fire since its release in 2010, as it's one of my favourite albums, but never managed to get it. So when I saw it and then saw how much it was I had a mini meltdown in the shop. So obviously that's been on repeat since I bought it!

Do you collect records? If so, what's in your collection?

(This is not an advertisement for any of the above products or companies nor am I being paid or sponsored for this post.)

85 Songs to help beat the January Blues

The buzz and excitement of Christmas and the New Year has passed and we've all been left in a gloomy time of year that consists of miserable, cold weather and the slightly daunting prospect of an entire year ahead with resolutions and goals we need to try and reach. And so we've all been left feeling just a bit...meh. It happens every year! So I've gone a bit mad and made a pretty long list of cheesy and feel-good songs alike that will hopefully help you shift your January Blues, they certainly help me.

Under Cover of Darkness - The Strokes
Let's Go Surfing - The Drums

A-Punk - Vampire Weekend

Keep On Running - The Spencer Davis Group

Baby Say Goodbye - Wavves

King of the Beach - Wavves

Baseball Cards - Wavves

Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix

Universally Speaking - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Especially In Michigan - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Tony the Beat - The Sounds

Les Os - The Unicorns

Shelter Song - Temples

The Bucket - Kings of Leon

Moonage Daydream - David Bowie

Starman - David Bowie

Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

Rebel Rebel - David Bowie

Star - David Bowie

No Waves - FIDLAR

What Became of the Likely Lads - The Libertines

Help! - The Beatles

Tidal Wave - Thee Oh Sees

Pressure Drop - Toots and the Maytal

She Said Yeah - The Rolling Stones

Let's Spend The Night Together - The Rolling Stones

Tumbling Dice - The Rolling Stones

Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones

Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones

2000 Light Years From Home - The Rolling Stones

40 Day Dream - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Treat Her Better - Mac Demarco

Metal Guru - T. Rex

Get It On - T. Rex

I Love to Boogie - T. Rex

20th Century Boy - T. Rex

This Time Tomorrow - The Kinks

Powerman - The Kinks

Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games - Of Montreal

Half Full Glass of Wine - Tame Impala

Led Zeppelin - Tame Impala

Elephant - Tame Impala

Wander - Tame Impala

Norgaard - The Vaccines

Pennies From Heaven - Louis Prima

L.A. Woman - The Doors

Sleepyhead - Passion Pit

Little Secrets - Passion Pit

Young Blood - The Naked and Famous

Sunshine of Your Love - Cream

Ghost Town - The Specials

Cayucos - Cayucas

Ayawa 'Kya - Cayucas

Baba O'Riley - The Who

Going Underground - The Jam

19 2000 - Gorillaz

Dare - Gorillaz

As We Enter - Nas ft. Damian Marley

Fell In Love With A Girl - The White Stripes

Million Voices - Otto Knows

Zero - Smashing Pumpkins

Alright - Supergrass

I Will - Sky Ferreira

Placid Acid - Tourist

Lonely Boy - The Black Keys

You Make My Dreams Come True - Hall & Oates

Astronomia - Tony Igy

Pretty in Pink - The Psychedelic Furs

Louie Louie - The Kingsmen

Norm - State of the Art

Best of Friends - Palma Violets

The Sun Always Shines on TV - A-Ha

Take On Me - A-Ha

Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners

I'm Waiting for the Man - The Velvet Undergound & Nico

Kids - MGMT

Flash Delirium - MGMT

Weekend Wars - MGMT

Fever Boy - Femme

Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - The Police

Just Like Heaven - The Cure

I Am The Resurrection - The Stone Roses

Disorder - Joy Division

Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears

(Image taken from Google Images and does not belong to me.)

The Christmas of a Thousand Swatches

Hello again! I hope you've had a lovely Christmas and enjoyed your Boxing Day too (lots of food involved I hope!). I spent Christmas with my family and spent Boxing day with even more family which was lovely!

I really do feel spoilt this year, especially in the make up department, so I thought I'd share with you some samples of them all. Maybe you'll see something you like and bag it in the New Year sales!

Starting with the Seventeen Eye Palette:

I was so excited when I opened this because I only actually have one other eye shadow palette, which is the "Barry M Natural Glow Shadow & Blush Palette" which I use literally every day, because this palette has more peach and pink based colours in comparison to the Barry M one which is solely browns, creams and one deep gold shadow. This palette also has more dark colours than the Barry M one so I'm looking forward to having more variety and options and also having more looks to experiment with. It's a good gift for someone who likes to wear eyeshadow without having "harsh" eyes as the first four colours (particularly 1, 2 and 4) are very,very natural and clean looking. But then you still have numbers 5 and 6 as an option if you want to dress it up a bit. Also, it would be ideal for anyone like me that loves having statement smoky eyes in neutrals and browns. I really don't have any criticisms about this palette; the colours go together lovely and make a nice looking smoky eye, it'd be just as good a gift to someone who is just getting into make up as it would be to an experienced make up lover who is looking for a small palette to carry out and about and finally, the pigmenting is just right, allowing you to gradually build colour when applying. An all round winner!

The second Seventeen product is the Seventeen Mini Lip Gloss Library:

First of all, I love the name "Mini Lip Gloss Library" so much, it's so cute! And secondly, for someone who isn't usually too keen on lip gloss, I was pleasantly surprised with these! I was instantly drawn to number 6 for two reasons: 1) I prefer non-glittery to glittery when it comes to lip glosses and 2) Like most people, I adore deep red lip colours. So it's safe to say that number 6 is my favourite of the lot. Number 1 and number 2 have been ideal for these festive past few days as they are subtle and natural with just the right amount of sparkle and shimmer. Numbers 3, 4 and 5 will be perfect for summer and number 6, for me, will just be perfect for all year round. A very good idea for a present as it caters to all make up tastes!

Moving on from Seventeen to No.7 with these really cute No.7 Mini Lip Treats:

Again, completely irrelevant, but I love the name "Mini Lip Treats" too! These two are just lovely and I've got literally nothing bad to say about them: they're glossy without being sticky (although my swatches photo really hasn't picked that up well, apologies!), they feel lovely and moisturising and because they're subtle they would flatter most skin tones. Also, I usually don't bother with nude lip colours but because "Day Dreamer" is so subtle and has a slight peachy/pink hint to it, it didn't make my lips completely blend in with my skin like most nude lip products usually do. "Delicate Pink" is just a really sweet and toned down every day lipstick that would go with almost any look. A very cute present that definitely won't be going to waste!

The next product, Benefit's "They're Real!" Mascara wasn't a Christmas present, but was instead a Boxing Day present to myself after my Mum and I went to Boots to treat ourselves and look out for any post-Christmas bargains!

(I left one eye untouched for comparison)

I've wanted this mascara for so, so long and I'm not sure why I hadn't got round to buying it until now - because I know it wasn't my usual reason of it being too expensive as, in my opinion, £9.95 really is not bad at all for a product that seems to have had universal praise. So I've finally jumped onto the bandwagon and have instantly fallen in love. The only things that I would change about this mascara are the wand, which is made of a plastic-y/rubber material and the size of the product itself (I understand that £9.95 for this is a bit of a miracle but for that much I would expect the tube to be at least a tiny bit bigger, but maybe I'm just tight). And while having a plastic mascara wand is usually better for separating the lashes, I just generally prefer mascara wands to be made of fibres (I think that's the right word? I have no idea). But they are just minor things and certainly aren't deal breakers! Just one coat of this mascara would leave me happy which is unheard of as I'm one of those people who has to have 50-odd coats of mascara on before I can even think about leaving the house (slightly exaggerating there!). But the fact that just one coat is genuinely enough has really, really blown my mind as I thought that that just wasn't an option in life (bit dramatic). But TWO coats of this stuff was when I needed to sit down; when this mascara promises a "false lash effect" it does not disappoint. I'm so excited to have finally bought this mascara and all I can say is: if you haven't already - get it, try it, LOVE IT. AAH. Sorry.

And lastly, the Seventeen Make Up Brush Collection:

I've been meaning to get my hands on a new make up brush set for a while now, so you can imagine how happy I was when I opened this on Christmas morning. The set consists of: 1 cheek brush (which is a small/medium blush brush which could easily be used for bronzer and regular face powder as well), 3 eye shadow brushes (#1 for blending, #2 for definition and #3 an angled brush also for more defined eye make up) and 1 lip brush. The only criticism I have for this kit is the lip brush, which is very, very firm which makes it difficult to fill the lips with (but on the other hand means that it is excellent for lining the lips). As I've already got a lip brush which is good for filling the lips, I don't have too much to complain about as it's not exactly a stretch to use both is it? As for the rest of the brushes, I've got no complaints; the three eye brushes work wonderfully and the two definition brushes are excellent for enhancing a smoky eye. Also, the cheek brush is lovely and soft and allows you to build up your powder rather than cake it on. So I have a feeling that these brushes will become staples in my make up bag because, as anyone else with ridiculously sensitive skin will know, the softer the make up brush the better, and these are just gorgeous.

So again, I hope you've had a lovely Christmas time and hope you enjoy the rest of this festive period (as we're now in that wonderful sleepy week between Christmas and New Year where the country just switches off). Spend it with family, friends and food!

Thank you for reading, see you soon!x