Me, On My Phone, While Listening To Music.

Little Bands That Matter Vol. 2

Little Bands That Matter, a playlist with great artists working very hard. Curated by Jungle Indie Rock for The Best Song

The Snakebites - Sam the Butcher (Seattle, USA) 

Oxen - Only Forever (Hedemora, Sweden)

John Alcabean - Need Comfort (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Eagulls - Skipping (Leeds, UK)

October Drift - Losing My Touch (Somerset, UK)

Weaves - One More (Toronto, Canada)

BRVS (Braves) - Sadko (Perth, Australia)

Julia Jacklin - Pool Party (Sydney, Australia)  

RoseAnn Fino - The Devil Says (New York, USA)

Lake Jons - Elder (Helsinki, Finland)

Sego - Stars (LA, USA)

Prism Tats - Death Or Fame (LA, USA)

The Humble Grapes - Brooklyn Bridge (New York, USA)

Woodes - Daggers & Knives (Melbourne, Australia)

Evripidis and His Tragedies - Bedrooms (Barcelona, Spain)

Anaut - When You Take It Slow (feat. Jon Cleary) (Madrid, Spain)

At The Mall -  I Wash Sheets You (Northampton, USA)

Bleached - Sour Candy (LA, USA)

Ded Rabbit - Only Dating (Edinburgh, UK)

Catholic Action - L.U.V (Glasgow, UK)

Wesley Fuller - Melvista (Melbourne, Australia)

Honduras - Off White (Brooklyn, USA)

The Subways - Dirty Muddy Paws (Welwyn Garden City, UK)

Yung - Pills (Aarhus, Denmark)

Big Wave Riders - Escaping The City (Helsinki, Finland)

Twin River - Antony (Vancouver, Canada)

A Festival, A Parade - Where’s The Treasure (Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK)

AQUILO - Silhouette (Silverdale, UK)

Gypsy & The Cat - Inside Your Mind (Melbourne, Australia)

Girl Ray - I’ll Make This Fun (London, UK)

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Daily Routine (9/24/17) - Welcome Back

To my those who have been following, I’m sorry I have not updated in over a week. It has been a whirlwind of events in my life and I simply haven’t had time to update. Regular updates will probably resume again. I’ll keep this a bit short though, as the details are tad too personal to share here. However, I would like to discuss the main theme of my past week in a broader sense.

Relationships. 

Your mind probably immediately went to something romantic. Something regarding a boyfriend/girlfriend. Something along the lines of “woe is me” and “why don’t they love me?” when you read that word following the paragraph explaining my absence. 

I’ll be honest, this is partly true. But again, I’m thinking of relationships in a broader sense. I’ve had an odd start to this semester. Friends seem to come and go. People who I thought I could be in a relationship with (yes, I’m talking about a girlfriend now) seem to come and go as well. To me, it seems that people in my life come for the pleasure of the interaction and then leave me in the dust. They want the instant gratification of seeing me, not the long term comfort of what I have to offer. 

This is melodramatic. I’m fully aware of this. People have busy schedules -- work, classes, and other ventures. They hardly have time for themselves, let alone time for to see other people. It seems to me though that I have nothing but time, even though I have essentially the same responsibilities. I want to see people and hang out with them on a regular basis, but it seems that no one else wants to make the effort. I feel at times I’m the only one doing anything when it comes to making plans with people and then they cancel at the last minute, leaving me with a feeling of self-doubt and hatred. 

It's an awful feeling, feeling alone. You feel as if no one wants you at all. You feel like you did something wrong for them to stop talking to you. Like you messed up forever and there’s no going back. What’s funny about all of this though, is that this feeling is blown completely out of proportion. It is overplayed, overdramatic, and can even be absurd. Life has a funny way of tricking you into thinking this way, even though it isn’t true. They’ll text you back. They want to see you too. They want be the world to you too.

But they just don't know how. 

Lead singer/ songwriter of Vampire Weekend.

Frankie and Mac 

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An update of sorts

Hello followers of my blog (New people welcome!),

For those following Chill Co., I am sorry to say that that moniker is now no more. I have decided to rebrand my entire blog. New name, new pictures, and new well...everything. 

I have gone through and deleted the majority of my posts. This is mostly due to how almost all of them perpetuated this false notion of the indie lifestyle. After going through these posts (and cringing at the majority of them), I’ve realized that I tried so hard to push this since it was the title of my blog. I advocated for the hipster-indie lifestyle that I thought was for me. I realize now that this was pretty dumb of me, as I tried to be somebody I wasn’t.

I also went ahead and deleted pretty much of all of the Spotify link posts as I realized that that is only one medium for listening to music and it will in turn not be nearly as far reaching. This doesn’t mean that I won’t post about music -- quite the opposite in fact. Expect music still, but now much more than just that.

The goal I have now set for my blog is to catalogue my life; I want to show this site who I can be by posting all of my creative content in this one place. Sounds selfish yes, but I don’t want to limit myself content wise. I want this to be about me and if you’re interested in what I have to offer, I welcome you with open arms. 

So what can you expect from me? First, I’m going to start a daily posting series called “Daily Routine” which will be a similar to diary/journal update, but not super personal. Basically just something significant that happened in my day and my thoughts behind it. I want to do it as a way to connect to my audience further and in turn, use it as a way for you all to get to know. My other hope is that Daily Routine will spawn many thoughtful discussion and conversation between users. As a side note, if you can guess what Daily Routine is in reference to you will get a shoutout.

Next, you can expect pretty much more of what I’ve already been posting about but at a higher frequency. However, I will also post about my short prose/poems on the occasion. Music appreciation, daily activities, and nature (LOTS of nature). Seldom will I reblog something unless it pertains to the aesthetic or lifestyle of my blog. 

I’ll wrap it up now as this post is getting quite long. Thank you if you got this far and thank you to anyone who has actually been loyally following my blog. It means a lot to me. Expect the first Daily Routine later tonight. 

Hikes appreciation post One of my favorite bands of all time. Austin, Texas natives Hikes make beautifully exquisite and technical indie math rock with a dash of folk. Lyrically, their themes center mostly on nature and how it effects our every day life. Their newest EP 'Lilt' offers four new cuts that were recorded in Japan and engineered and mixed by founding guitarist of Toe Takaaki Mino. You can purchase their music from Bandcamp and iTunes respectively, and also purchase 'Lilt' on clear or random mix vinyl. You can also stream their entire discography on Spotify. These photos were screenshotted from a live performance from Alaska

I am too easily hypnotized

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