native habitat

[fahye]

Uni open day; people on tours of the College keep sticking their heads in front of the door to the Fairfax room (to which I have retired in order to study in peace, ha ha), as though I am some kind of fascinating exhibit. Or perhaps someone hired to look Studious so that the parents feel reassured that they will be sending their little darlings to a bastion of scholarly pursuits instead of a den of alcohol and ever-more-ribaldly-themed parties.

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I am thiiiis close to posting the next chapter of the heist AU. Number of months that have passed between chapters: many, lots. I have become one of Those People. I hate Those People.

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But first! Studying. I am listening to a playlist called 'soulharbour' which is one of my melodic, soothing, pretty playlists. It needs some new additions.


Current tracklisting:

The Corrs -- Long Night
Sarah McLachlan -- River
Vienna Teng -- Augustine
Over the Rhine -- Born
Lisbeth Scott -- Where
Kaiser Cartel -- The Good Ones
Pocahontas ST -- If I Never Knew You
The New Pornographers -- These Are The Fables
Alanis Morissette -- Wunderkind
Carrie Underwood -- Ever Ever After
Tori Amos -- Pretty Good Year
Charlotte Gainsbourg -- The Operation
Regina Spektor -- The Call
Dido -- Take My Hand
Missy Higgins -- The Sound of White
Bjork -- Hyperballad
Loreena McKennitt -- Stolen Child

You can probably assume that if it came out any time in the last few years, I won't have heard it, because I am a dirty pop-ignorant heathen. Introductions to new artists in the same vein of the abovelisted would be awesome.

Upload links adored.

Comments

[schiarire.livejournal.com]

I like to listen to songs by "Rachel's" over and over and over. But they have no lyrics at all. ??

[deutscheami.livejournal.com]

Cat Power- Cross Bones Style (http://www.box.net/shared/9a1c7x553o)
Fleet Foxes- Winter White Hymnal (http://www.box.net/shared/9kynp7z81s)
Neko Case- I'm An Animal (http://www.box.net/shared/f7hkjcjqp4)
Sufjan Stevens- We Are What You Say (http://www.box.net/shared/j7h4g5el9h)

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Thank you! These are lovely.

[lilith-lessfair.livejournal.com]

What about Neko Case, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Matt Pond, the National and/or Tracy Chapman?

I'm terrible with lyrics when I study or write; the lyrics end up in the text if I'm writing. Not always a good thing.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I do love the National! And I might have one or two songs by each of the others, but I shall keep my eye out for more. Do you have any particular favourites?

[lilith-lessfair.livejournal.com]

Yikes -- sorry, been a crazy weekend. But I've bookmarked the latest chapter of the Heist AU and am looking forward to reading it with a glass of wine tonight.

Let's see ...

I like Neko Case's new album, Middle Cyclone; the first single, "This Tornado Loves You," is awesome as is "People Gotta a Lotta Nerve." An earlier album, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood is also wonderful. She sings with the New Pornographers too.

Patty Griffin's 1,000 Kisses ("Rain" or "Stolen Car" are wonderful songs), and "Heavenly Day" from Children Running Through is also nice.

As far as Emmylou Harris goes, the title track (and anything else) from Wrecking Ball and "One Big Love" from Red Dirt Girl are good choices.

On that note, Gillian Welch's cover of Radiohead's "Black Star" is amazing.

I like "Last Light," "So Much Trouble," and "Basement Parties" by Matt Pond PA.

Try Tracy Chapman's Crossroads, a terrific album with a great title track.

Lucinda Williams is somewhere between folk and country; she's from Louisiana and the child of a poet. If you aren't fond of the more country sound, I'd try "Steal Your Love." If you don't mind it, try "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road."

If you like, I can upload any or all of them for you. Just let me know.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Anything that you can upload would be amazing; I can't access the iTunes store from my computer at college, unfortunately. Thanks!

[lilith-lessfair.livejournal.com]

And done. The link to the file is here (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=c0aef89ddf5ed5fdc79b87b207592a1cb2504551c87f62c0b8eada0a1ae8665a)

In addition to the ones listed above, it also includes the following: Carl Newman's "The Heartbreak Rides," Matt Pond PA's "New Hampshire" and "Brooklyn Stars," Neko Case's "Hold On, Hold On," the New Frontiers' "The Day You Fell Apart," Patty Griffin's "Rain" and "Stolen Car," and Stars' "A Thread Cut with a Carving Knife," Tracy Chapman's "A First Try," and two songs, Lucinda Williams's "Words" and Tracy Chapman's "Telling Stories," that I thought suited a writer.

I'm a bit clueless, so please let me know if you have any problems downloading them, and I hope you enjoy.

[areyoumymemmy.livejournal.com]

I will have to upload these somewhere, but I love That's Okay and Hurricane by the Hush Sound for playlists like these.

Do you have a recommended upload spot?

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Mediafire tends to work well for me? Thanks!

[littledust.livejournal.com]

I recommend this mix (http://littledust.livejournal.com/445337.html?style=mine) I made!

[seekingferret.livejournal.com]

Yael Naim -- "Far Far"
Idan Raichel -- "Mimaamakim" (except he's a boy... is that okay? all the singers on your list I recognize are female, but you didn't specify. But it's sooo gorgeous)