Ottawa has had record breaking rain this month but the sun has finally come out and I’m sweating as I type this post. But I’m not gonna complain about the heat because Duncan is getting forest fires.

Real talk: I’ve been listening to a lot of folk this week. The Folk Festival is starting up soon here in Ottawa and I’m quite excited to get myself a Ukulele from the artisan tents over there. They custom make them for you! (from what I hear)…

MOVING ALONG but keeping the theme of Folk music,I love the intro to Beirut‘s My Wife, Lost in the Wild. There’s actually a funny story on how I discovered Beirut a couple of years ago…

The story starts about 2 years ago when I heard about this metal band coming out of Lebanon. Clearly interested I started doing my research in trying to find the bands name so that I could listen to these guys but accidentally found Beirut(the band) in the process with his song Postcards from Italy. I did however eventually find the metal band I was looking for to begin with (BLooD InK) but ended up finding another treasure in the process . The end.

Make yourself a MIXTAPE

Great Lake Swimmers – Your Rocky Spine [mp3]

Miike Snow – Animal [mp3]

Grizzly Bear – Knife (Girl Talk Remix) [mp3]

DatA – Skywriter [mp3]

Got a low budget? Well these tunes are perfect for taking you on a lil vacation through imagery and sound.

Before I post my songs though can I just say that having an office job is so utterly and completely boring.
I’m glad this is only going to be a summer job cause I honestly probably couldn’t take more than 4 months of this.

On the more tasteful side of news, go listen to Fleet Foxes‘ Sun Giant album. You will not be disappointed. I’ve been listening to the song Mykonos pretty much since the moment I heard it.

You know what’s another great band? Band of Horses.
The other day I was driving my brother, who pretty much only listens to rap, and as the song Funeral came on I’m pretty sure it totally blew his mind and widened his horizons haha. Now his ipod is filled with a diversity of tunes and is not just limited to one genre. So thank you Band of Horses? It was like magic.

I chose to share a video of a live performance of Funeral because they’re just really good live.

You can go download the Funeral mp3 for free on the bands website here.

Band of Horses – Is There a Ghost – I love this song also

Now we can’t complete the week without some Brooklyn based indie rock From Grizzly Bear’s Yellow Knife album (I was gonna make a Canadian territory joke but decided not to) On a Neck, on a spit is probably one of my favorites off the album.

Grizzly Bear – On a Neck, on a Spit
Grizzly Bear – Knife

70′s DISCO LOVE MAKING

The Seebach Band – Bubble Sex

Also, my excuse for not posting anything last week is fairly simple. I didn’t have anything to post. This blog is about quality people! I aint just gonna post any random shit. Think about it.