live | listen - new tunes

Our friend Saru has sent us an amazing new playlist with some great new discoveries and some other music we had been enjoying for a while.

I'm not joking - Saru's got mega taste in music.

This is one hour and eleven minutes of loveliness.

Thank you Saru!

Track List

• American Authors - Best Day of My Life 
• The Vamps - Wild Heart 
• Zach Sobiech - Clouds 
• Capital Cities - Safe and Sound 
• Tom Odell - Another Love (Zwette Edit) 
• Lorde - Team 
• George Ezra - Blame it On Me 
• alt-J - Left Hand Free
• Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars 
• Coldplay - Magic 
• Tom Odell - I Know 
• Ben Howard - Keep Your Head Up 
• Gabrielle Aplin - Panic Cord 
• MAGIC! - Rude 
• Milky Chance - Stolen Dance 
• George Ezra - Budapest 
• Parra for Cuva ft. Anna Naklab - Wicked Games 
• Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang 

The Q Awards
The Q Awards are one of the biggest and most respected awards ceremonies in the music industry, and they just so happen to have been held in London, this afternoon!  Now, whilst I would like to claim that I actually went, and witnessed some amazing music talent, unfortunately, I just read the report in the Evening Standard on the way home from seeing Dad today.

Excitingly, Kasabian won the best live act, and best current act in the world!  My favourite Kasabian song is probably also their most famous - Fire.  You can listen to it here.

Ed Sheeran was named best solo artist (I love him - he's fantastic).  I have several favourites of his, but one that always gets me moving is You Need Me, I Don't Need You.  I also think his music for the Hobbit was really good too, even though I didn't really like the movie all that much!

Sam Smith won best new artist.  But I really don't like the song that probably did it for him, Stay With Me.


Paolo Nutini got best track for his song, Iron Sky.  I don't think this is particularly uplifting music, even though I know the message is, but if you're in the mood it's pretty good.  I think the lyrics are the best part.  My favourites are: 'You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are men!/ You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful,/ to make this life a wonderful adventure.'  Yes - you can't get more DH than that! (*You may not get this unless you know me well ;)*)
(Also.... side note... does anyone else think he is quite beautiful? ;) )



Musical Gadget Thingies 

Our favourite ways to listen to music!  No longer relying on crackly old radios, there are now fantastic and new ways to surf the airways... 

Our favourite: Spotify 

Spotify has an online player you can use, but you can also download the software to your computer / iPad / iPhone etc and use it when you're out and about, so long as you have good enough 3G or internet connection.  It's free to use, so long as you don't mind the adverts, and there seems to be pretty much every song on there! You can search for what you want to listen to, build your own playlists, listen to their radios, explore new things based on what you've enjoyed before, and favourite things to come back to.  

Online radios: tunein 

Tunein is 'real radio' that you can listen to in real-time, wherever you are.  You can also listen to lots of different podcasts on here too.  They have an amazing app which you can download to your phone and tablet, and carry it around the house with you.  It has more than 100,000 live radio stations, is easy to search and works for iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry and Kindle.  

Make your own radio: Last.fm 

Last.fm like most streaming services, allows you to make your own personalised music collection.  Last.fm is particularly good for new discoveries.   However, I don't think their service is as good as Spotify's, which links so seamlessly to your Facebook account so you can follow friends and their new music finds.  However, Last.fm does really offer radio made by real people, so it's worth checking out too.  

Make your own radio 2: Grooveshark

Another one to look at would be Grooveshark, which our friend Rowena swears by.  Her blog (www.dendrocopos.blogspot.co.uk) is really great - loads of outdoorsy stuff and you get to snoop on the general thoughts of my fantastic friend ;) She has her own playlists on Grooveshark which you can listen to here.  She's got really cool taste in music too - lots of stuff you may not have heard before which is always nice for a bit of new discovery! 

What music websites do you use?  Do you have any playlists you'd recommend to us? Let us know in the comments! 

Enjoy today! 

- rosinaviolets    x