[Mix] I Bleed Emerald and Blue

I'm about an hour away from throwing on my Seahawks shirt and partaking in a little Superbowl party with friends. This is serious business, guys. My homecity hasn't experienced a major championship sports win since 1979, courtesy of the Seattle Supersonics, a team that is no longer ours. After a humiliatingly depressing loss in 2006 in the Superbowl to the Steelers, I'm crossing my fingers and dotting my I's that the Seahawks prevail tonight.

Outside of a fantastic sports team, Seattle is home to an astonishingly amazing music scene, one I miss every.single.day. While every other music blogger is hosting Superbowl-themed posts today, they're mainly just featuring Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. I know. Is that what Seattle music has been defined to? Don't get me wrong, I love myself some Macklemore, but there are endless artists that also deserve a little recognition while Seattle is on everyone's mind.

1. No Ordinary Cavemen by Head Like A Kite

2. Dead of Night by Hey Marseilles 

3. Seer by Motopony

4. Fireworks at Night by Campfire OK

5. Honest Songs by Noah Gundersen

6. She Was Only In It for the Rain by Rocky Votolato

7. Beacon Hill by Damien Jurado

8. Uptown by The Local Strangers

9. Get On That Train by Bradford Loomis

10. Changing by The Moondoggies

11. Reservoir Park by The Dutchess & The Duke

12. Turn Off This Song and Go Outside by The Lonely Forest

13. Some Postman by The Presidents of the United States of America

14. Reach Out and Touch Someone's Hand by Cataldo

15. Windowsill by Pickwick

16. The Town by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

17. River of Love by U.S.E.

Mix: The World Takes (Winter 2014)

(jumping on the seasonal playlist bandwagon)

Winter is here. I'm shivering with every step away from my apartment building door and huddling indoors as much as I can. There's no sign of summer anywhere, even if we were blessed with those two seventy degree days last week. I'm ready for the hibernation. Give me cuddling and netflix over heading out to the bars any night now. 

This season will pass quickly. There's my looming trip to Colombia on the horizon and pushing through the last few weeks of an out-of-town work project. With any luck, Spring will be here upon our arrival back from abroad. I'm not saying I want Winter to come and go, but it's by far my least favorite season. 

This mix flows well. I'm no longer pretending that songs fit together on a mix - these ones do. The artists represented here are both new and old loves. The cover art I whipped up is from a photo I took on the Amtrak up to Boston. I found the Lower Trenton Bridge to be intriguing and beautiful in its own way. 

1. City By The Sea - Fort Frances
2. Step Out - Jose Gonzalez 
3. If This Is Your Love - Andrew Austin
4. Feel For Me - Foy Vance
5. Will It Grow - Jakob Dylan
6. She Wants to Know - Half Moon Run
7. Cuckoo Song - A Silent Film
8. Holding On For Life - Broken Bells
9. Bad Kingdom - Moderat
10. Drop the Game - Flume, Chet Faker
11. You As You Were - Shearwater
12. Two Winters - Wyatt Overman
13. The Line - The Eastern Sea
14. Mask - Folly and the Hunter
15. Taft - Donovan Woods
16. Setting Our Tables - The Last Bison

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Mix: Falling Into Fall

(jumping on the seasonal playlist bandwagon)

I'd like to think this mix is synonymous with autumn, as with the fall weather, I couldn't really make up my mind with what direction to go in. Should I cling to Summer or dive head first into Winter? There's a little bit of everything here, somehow, I'm convinced it ties together.

I love fall: pumpkin spice lattes, hot chocolate, apple cider, college football, sweatshirts, the last hookups, those little pumpkin branches from Trader Joe's, turning off the ac unit, cuddling, slower days, longer nights, open patios, and really long walks. Since I'm a Seattle native, I much prefer the crisp cool weather to the miserable district heat.

1. Stop The World I Wanna Get Off With You - Arctic Monkeys 
2. Even Better Yet - The Format
3. Don't Get Too Close - Nathaniel Rateliff 
4. Hey Stranger - Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers 
5. Bikes - Lucy Rose
6. Promise of Lakes - Luray
7. Tessellate - Ellie Goulding
8. Play It Right - Sylvan Esso
9. Tight Rope (Live) - Yeasayer
10. World News - Local Natives
11. The Hurry And The Harm - City and Colour
12. The Breach - Dustin Tebbutt
13. Alaskans - Volcano Choir
14. Love You to Pieces - Jeremy Messersmith 
15. When You Have Arrived - Campfire Ok
16. Hunger and Thirst - Typhoon
17. I Don't Need to Know - Daniel Blue with Meagan Grandall 

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Mix: The 7 District Sins

(living and loving in the district)

1. the "claws at your insides" fear of settling down, the questionable hookups and constantly "trading up". Sometimes, we manage to get attached. (Lust). 
2. many of us have arguably decent jobs, yet we still yearn for a greater calling. (Envy). 
3. even if we shouldn't be, we might all be living paycheck to paycheck. (Greed). 
4. happy hour, brunch, day-drinking, drinks for dinner, "does anyone in this city do anything other than drink?". (Gluttony).
5. completely shutting down 25% of our time, because the rest has been spent rallying. (Sloth). 
6. "If you're a dick to me, I will run you out of this neighborhood." (Wrath). 
7. What do you do and where are you from? (Pride). 

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