STUDIO - WEST SIDE.

heard this today.

i dig it big.

groovy.

eclectic.

something reminds me of the cure about it.

this is subtle.

could be the vocals.

yeah, i think?

solid good times.

charlotte sometimes?

could be the bass too,

yes, the bass.

all i know is...

it's #LOVE.

check it.

love,

sunlovey

SH!T ROBOT featuring nancy whang

feels like the '80s, i'm at the swim club in raleigh, NC munching on monster chews. this song would have totally fit coming on that crackly radio between culture club and duran duran. so that's #LOVE.

thank you, RCRD LBL.

happy saturday!

love,

sunlovey

MY HEAD'S ON FIRE

ha, how apropos. yeah this pretty much rules in a planning to rock kinda way. a delicious cacophony. feeeel it out. dig? download from beloved RCRDLBL.

happy #music monday!

;-p

love,

sunlovey

i tweet about friends' friend crush en route to starbucks for a piping hot chai and BAM! come home to a link from RCRDLBL to download a friends' track. granted it's their cover of 'my boo' (ugh), but still, life is surreal.

anyway, seems friends' friend crush is a '10 track. late to the party i am, but hey!, it's a fun party. hear it/get it here.

in other news, yesterday when baby L slept for a full two hours at home (read: this was major) i played dress up for one of those hours, crafting up looks for a florida fall. toss on a pair of killer tights and said looks will translate elsewhere. i'll post a look at a time for the next several days.

above i'm wearing:

an old (read: last year) rugby.com cardigan

a new hollister blouse

new forever 21 shorts

old shoe dazzle shoes

love & miss you,

sunlovey

get down with
CROCODILES

Crocodiles hail from San Diego, CA. & if you've felt the fuzzy, lo-fi, lackadaisical sound of wavves, or best coast—you'll likely dig them too, feels like... summer. with a bit of a devil may care attitude.
Crocodiles - Sleep Forever: <---get the mp3, sleep forever here from rcrd lbl.
Do know: They are playing Vagabond, Miami this Friday & Respectable Street, West Palm Beach this Saturday. & why not check out their blogspot here.
love,
sunlovey

thieves like us = such #LOVE
always have,

& still very much do. to...



in the last week or so i've acquired their One Night With You (Nite Jewel remix) and Your Love Runs Still mp3s from the beloved RCRDLBL & dig both to the max. smart kids know that 'thieves like us' was a new order track way back in '84. & that that is where Swedes Pontus Berghe (drums) and Björn Berglund (keyboards) & American Andy Grier (vocals)got their name. and i adore them.
get all RCRDLBL has to offer by way of Thieves Like Us here.
love,
sunlovey
in a boston proper racer-back top
old navy cargos
and patricia fields platforms

i will come back over & over it seems, to every single bloody holy ghost! track or remix that exists in my sunlovey forever sound library. so, it goes without saying (ha and yet, i'm still saying it) the day their new self-titled album came out (yesterday) i bought it, seconds after i had my tea and could see straight. and upon 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th listen i find myself addicted to the way in which it slides effortlessly between 80s new wave and 70s disco vibes. it's a true dance album. that = #YAY.

tracks that stand out (although i skip NONE as i play the bloody album time & again):

from the very 1st second you hit play on Do It Again, it's beat-driven love. admit it, you would have roller skated to this one, hey you still might. i'm mad for it. Do It Again exploded on my ipod from the get-go. get Do It Again here. Wait & See is sexy, vulnerable, electronic #love—shimmy worth bleeps give way to a pulsing drum beat, understated keyboards and strong synths that play on in your head long after the song finishes. oh & did i mention the bass line? LOVE.

Say My Name -NOT- to be confused with meh Destiny's Child track with the same title. This was the 1st track I heard off of this release and I found it instantly disco-esque & sparkling. With harmonious vocals reminiscent of the bee gees, sans that "are these chicks or dudes singing?" i had to ask way back when as a music loving child.

Hold On! OMG, having just experienced this song live at Ultra Music Festival, and dancing there before the stage like a girl in her room all alone, i have no choice but to gush about its sick synths, hypnotic drum machine beat & droning 80s keyboards. YES YES YES. it's love.

Static On The Wire is a HOT DAMN track of rich, thick, electronic deliciousness. I want to reeeeeewind time & dance to it at Studio 54 or Limelight.

if you purchase Holy Ghost!'s album from itunes. you'll get a couple remixes too, one of which is Eli Escobar's. he's been a little music fetish of mine since I 1st heard his remix of Clubfeet's Count Your Lovers. j'adore what he does to the tracks he works his magic on—so distinctive.

but loveys, it was Holy Ghost!'s I Will Come Back that intially ignited this fanatical little Holy Ghost! obsession of mine. so intensely, it made me stalk & eventually elicit an annoyed response from their twitter account early last year after i begged & bitched on end about wanting them to play South Florida. Ha ha. Well. Sometimes good things do come to those who wait, as evidenced by their very recent appearance at UMF. anyway, here's I Will Come Back, if you haven't heard it, let it slay you. Then download it below.


dig it? get it from rcrdlbl.com here.

love,

sunlovey

wishing you a light-filled friday
& a brilliant weekend

fave sounds this week:
look at me - mirrors

helicopter - deerhunter

danse pop - greatest hits


i am trying (Flosstradamus Remix) - greenkeepers

paperback - the mouse folk
The Mouse Folk - Paperback by The Mouse Folk
see birds - balam acab

love,
sunlovey

HOT HOT HOTyet cool.
the pains of being pure at heart's gorgeous, sparkling, emotional 'higher than the stars'  remixed by chill, equally glimmering, intelligently sexy artists like saint etienne = beautiful, pulsating, vulnerable, reflective sound. 


musically the original gives me the cure highs, which is magic, in its own little way 




this is saint etienne for those of you that didn't know. 



Download the remix here: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher than the Stars - Saint Etienne Visits Lord Spank Remix


and let me be the 1st to wish you a happy freaking friday, my how we've earned it this week. don't forget to love your mother this sunday. 


oh oh oh! this is my zac posen for target skirt, in a thick, rich tapestry fabric that literally shimmers gold. LOVE. 
& love you, 
sunlovey

p.s. the pains of being pure at heart 
are touring. AND i'm going. 
feel it? you should 
too.

the contents of my
RECENTLY ADDED 
section on itunes...
can totally take the credit for my survival thus far this week. each sound has a chill quality to it, and yet, an upbeat electro undertone for the most part. some songs STAND OUT, when they come on i SIT UP STRAIGHT and feel natural endorphins pulsing through my thin-blood-filled veins. those tracks 'ill get the ✯ treatment:




✯Goth Star 3:19 Pictureplane
 
5th Sun (Heliopolis Mix By Rainbow Arabia) 3:05 Pictureplane

New Mind 3:38 Pictureplane

Drumming Song (Boy 8-Bit Remix) 6:34 Florence & The Machine

✯Ayisha Abyss. 6:04 Serena-Maneesh 

Keep Slipping Away (South Central Remix) 4:44 A Place To Bury Strangers

✯Nightdrive With You (Adeyhawke Remix) 5:23 Anoraak Nightdrive With You 

Teenage Color (Anoraak Remix) 5:47 College Nightdrive With You

✯Waiting For Your Phone Call 5:26 Anoraak Nightdrive With You 

Midnight Stars 2:53 Anoraak Nightdrive With You

✯Sunday Night Fever 4:34 Anoraak Nightdrive With You 

✯Endless Summer 3:49 Anoraak Nightdrive With You 

✯Never Ending Romance Disaster 4:14 Anoraak Nightdrive With You 

Nightdrive With You 5:28 Anoraak Nightdrive With You

Symphonies 3:41 Dan Black

Floating Vibes 4:00 Surfer Blood Astro Coast
------
There Are Many of Us 3:16 Aska

Day Glo 3:27 Brazos

Queen Of Hearts 4:58 Casper Bangs

Sun Was High (So Was I) 2:32 Best Coast
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Who You Gonna Run To? (MGATP Remix) 3:51 Solid Gold Who You Gonna Run To?

You've Got the Love (The xx Remix) 5:44 Florence and The Machine Lungs

Should Have Taken Acid With You 2:21 Neon Indian

Cheerleader (Neon Indian 'Sega Genesis P-Orridge' Remix) 4:47 Grizzly Bear

✯Real Love 5:23 Beach House Teen Dream Rock 

✯Take Care 5:49 Beach House Teen Dream Rock 

Norway 4:06 Beach House Teen Dream Rock

★ ☆ ✮ ✯ ★ ☆ ✮ ✯

Am feeling like the Anoraak album is my new Cut Copy-esque obsession. sounds that can play over and over and over and over endlessly, that i'll never tire of, that i'll force myself to break away from eventually just because addiction is bad. dreamy, grooving layers, danceable beats, blissful background tracks for wherever life's taking you.

The ✯ Beach House tracks are sublime, serene & meaningful. am totally taken by both. taken hard.

Pleasantly surprised by this week's free itunes download, that would be Symphonies by Dan Black. thank you, itunes. Sounds separated by ---- and ----- were this weeks fab new offerings from Urban Outfitter's music mondays. get on that, boys and girls. 

You can find MUCH of the music above on http://www.rcrdlbl.com/ FREE. 

OH OH OH! 
Thieves Spray!!!
I was sitting at my desk yesterday, writing away (the Summer 1 book already, can you imagine?), when I noticed that every few moments I was totally taken by a heady scent of citrus and spices swirling around my workspace. Finally I said aloud "WHAT IS THAT SPICY ORANGE SMELL!?"  It took a bit, but we finally figured it out, it was @the_real_debbie's THIEVES SPRAY. 
I was like "thieves huh????" It smells fab but wait 'til I explain its quite cool history... The thieves essential oil blend was crafted based upon a historical tale of thieves in France who protected themselves from the black plague with cloves, rosemary, and other aromatics while robbing those already deceased as a result of the deadly disease. Once captured, said thieves were offered a lighter sentence in exchange for their secret recipe. Today, supposedly, these same herbs & essential oils have been found to be an effective barrier against topical and airborne microorganisms. Young Living’s Thieves oil blend includes an intoxicating mix of clove, cinnamon bark, rosemary, lemon, and eucalyptus.  And they say it's been specially blended to offer the same kind of defense as it did in the fifteenth century. I do wonder about its ability to ward off plagues... perhaps swine flu? the_real_debbie's always got cool sh!@ to share...

love,

sunlovey in her fun union jack hat from her mere.

MUSiC

 let me just start by saying i think i'm in love with this site:

http://www.rcrdlbl.com/

 "What is RCRD LBL? 

RCRD LBL is a network of ad supported online record labels and blogs offering completely free music and multimedia content from emerging and established artists."

Yep kids, more new, FREE sounds at your mouse-clicking finger tips. Register to get their newsletter here: http://www.rcrdlbl.com/users/register  

Got some excellent remixes of A Place to Bury Strangers ' sounds so far, & can tell there is much, much, much more music fun to be had. Love sites like this. Had to share.

Stuff  I'd peruse & download if I were you...

The Bravery 

Band of Horses 

Band of Skulls 

Animal Collective 

The Arcade Fire 

Art Brut 

Atlas Sound 

Holy scheise! That brief list above came from  just VERY QUICKLY scanning the As & Bs, people. Can't stress enough how quickly, will return to the As & Bs. 

We've hit the mother load. I could sit here and link you to bands all night. Instead, I'm going to stop here. Because this b!tch is zzz (didn't watch Gossip Girl last night? shame on you.  Plastiscines played on Monday night's episode. hotness. and yeah, they're on RCRD LBL too. ). Ran to Nitzer Ebb's That Total Age album tonight and it wasted me. 

So. Go ahead and post your thank you notes for exposing you to this GEM of a site in the comment section below. ;-) And by all means, thank the site. I thank you RCRD LBL. In massive ways. 

love,

sunlovey

Oh! & my covetable new over-the-knee boots! They arrived! (Also, photo at the tip top is from Psychedelic Furs show @Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale)