Violet

"First Breath After Coma"-Explosions in the Sky

"Channel Orange"-Frank Ocean

"Quest"-Vondelpark

"Deep Water"-Portishead

1. "You Only Live Once"-The Strokes 2. "Uno"-Muse 3. "Fuel Up"-Stornoway 4. "Only Got One"-Frou Frou 5. "Past Is Prologue"-Tycho 6. "She's Losing It"-Belle & Sebastian 7. "Hidden Motivations"-Mesita 8. "Carbon Monoxide"-Regina Spektor 9. "Hands All Over"-Maroon 5 10. "Du tanzt"-Blutengel

^ OOOH, System of a Down. :wacko: I got my first-ever mixtape through the forum's mixtape exchange. :blush: When I first joined here, my taste was pretty limited, as I didn't know much. I remember seeing all the hype about Radiohead in the WoM, and I was like, "...Who?" Hahaha. (Thankfully, things have changed since then, and Radiohead are now one of my favorites.) Anyway, about my first mixtape. It was from a girl named Gail (went by heartswarm on the forum), and she introduced me to people I'd never even heard of before. She's also the one who changed my perspective on Arcade Fire. She had put "Haiti" on the tape, and before then, I had heard "Neighborhood #3" and maybe one other song that I didn't like. I had no idea that Regine sang, and hearing that song made me want to give them another go. The main thing I think I took from the tape other than that was Owen Pallett. I fell in love with him because of that tape. :heart: There were also some groups that I still keep meaning to look into, like Shearwater and Get Well Soon. There were a couple of things I wasn't quite fond of (e.g. Sunset Rubdown; vocals weren't to my liking), but overall, I really enjoyed it. Discovering stuff like that is why I still keep doing it after all this time, despite the fact that I'm not on this forum nearly as often as I used to be.

"Come Back Home"-Two Door Cinema Club

1. "It Could Be Sweet"-Portishead 2. "Casimir Pulaski Day"-Sufjan Stevens 3. "Overture on a Southern Hymn"-Robert Palmer 4. "White Knuckles (Live)"-Five Finger Death Punch 5. "Soul Suckin Jerk"-Beck 6. "Chester's Burst Over the Hamptons"-Kishi Baski 7. "If music be the food of love, song, Z. 379"-The King's Singers 8. "Sérénade d'Hiver"-The King's Singers 9. "Prologue"-Son Lux 10. "Wide Eyes"-Local Natives

"La Luna"-Il Divo

^ Not that those are actually words. But OK. "Find My Way Home"-William Fitzsimmons

^ Not that those are actually words. But OK. "Find My Way Home"-William Fitzsimmons

"Lucky You"-The National

1. "We Cry"-The Script 2. "Loch Raven"-Animal Collective 3. "Requiem, KV 626: Hostias"-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 4. "The Outsider"-Marina and the Diamonds 5. "Stormy Rivers"-Blutengel 6. "Everything Resolves"-Fanfarlo 7. "Bodies"-Cee Lo Green 8. "Cold December Night"-Michael Bublé 9. "Life's a Beach"-Django Django 10. "Tell It to the Willow"-Zola Jesus

"1812 Overture"-Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

REM vs. Cake

1. "Misery"-Maroon 5 2. "M79"-Vampire Weekend 3. "Ocean Soul"-Nightwish 4. "Replicate"-Fanfarlo 5. "Superconnected"-Broken Social Scene 6. "Spies"-Coldplay 7. "Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset"-Ferde Grofé 8. "Kim & Jessie"-M83 9. "Give a Man a Rod"-James Blake 10. "Rainbow"-Battles

"I Just Had Sex (feat. Akon)"-The Lonely Island :tongue: What have you done today?

I stayed up all night watching the entire first series of "Ripper Street." OMG I LOVE IT. :heart: I've grown especially fond of Matthew Macfadyen. MATTHEW. Y U SO BEAUTIFUL? :dazzled: They're currently filming the second series, which is supposed to come out early next year. I'm so excited. :dance: :bomb:

Watching her be a judge on "American Idol" has shown me just how supremely ANNOYING she is. I mean really.

Awww, that's a shame. :\ Maybe you'll get lucky and find a copy before you go see him.

It's been about a month now. If you haven't gotten a review by now, the chances of you getting one are about slim to none. I'd suggest you let one of us listen to it. I'll let Kim (Wyrd) have first dibs on it, since she volunteered before I did. However, if she changes her mind, I'd be glad to do it. :nice:

OOOH, pick me! :wacky: I decided to look into him after hearing one of his songs on "So You Think You Can Dance." He has lots of pretty piano stuff, which is probably why I like him so much. (Anyone who knows my music taste knows I adore piano music.)

I heard a cut of this via the All Songs Considered podcast the other day. I liked it. Having said that, they also played a Bonobo cut which I enjoyed MUCH more , so I'm probably gonna delve headfirst into Bonobo, then dive into DJ Koze. (I hadn't heard anything of either before this particular podcast, so it's good that I'm learning about new music from a source other than this forum.) Um. Yes. Really, I just got through listening to it. UGH HE'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED AND EVERYTHING. :dazzled: Yes, this makes me quite happy. 2013 sounds like it's gonna be AWESOME. :cheesy: I've been debating about whether to give this a go or not. I think I might. I get the feeling she has the whole Natalia Kills vibe about her or something.

OOOOOH. This looks solid. :wacko: Oh yeah, plenty of us are willing to review tapes when there are some loose ones about. I've done it plenty of times, as it's something I enjoy doing. I'd love to extend my offer to listen to anyone who doesn't have a review yet.

1. Welcome to the light. It's nice to have someone else in my circle who hates "Panic Station." :tongue: 2. Dropping "Animals?" D: Why on Earth would you drop the best song of T2L from your T2L tour? That's not even getting into the problem of dropping PiB. Poor choice, lads. GET IT TOGETHER. :nod: