I’m starting a new weekly installment for your viewing and listening pleasure, Music Monday! Here’s our road-trip playlist from this past weekend. And to quote Adam, “playlist flow matters!” So make sure to keep the songs in order.
Enjoy!
Β 1. All In a Day by The Open Sea
2. GlΓ³sΓ³li by Sigur Ros
3. Dead Mans Will by Calexico / Iron And Wine
4. Low Man by Alberta Cross
5. One October Song by Nico Stai
6. Rill Rill by Sleigh Bells
7. Big Blue Sea by Bob Schneider
8. Beautiful Things by Gungor
9. Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens
10. Generator ^ First Floor by Freelance Whales
11. For The Summer by Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
12. Stars by David Crowder*Band
13. About Today by The National
14. Holocene by Bon Iver
15. Theologians by Wilco
16. Pumped Up Kicks (Pete Goodings Stella Polaris Remix) by Foster The People
17. Big Sur by The Thrills
18. Into The Mystic by Van Morrison
19. Rebellion (Lies) by Arcade Fire
20. Blood by The Middle East
RunEatRepeat
October 17, 2011 at 12:56 pmI love this! Since I’m finally loving my ipod I need new music for it π
LJ
October 17, 2011 at 12:58 pmwhat about a grooveshark playlist? I love supporting artists (iTunes, amazon).. but sometimes its nice to have a playlist that you can check out.. just an idea π
Adam
October 17, 2011 at 1:31 pmLJ,
Can you see the preview widget above the list? You should be able to preview them all through the Amazon media player. I’m sure Jenna will investigate other options such as Spotify & Grooveshark in the future.
katie @KatieDid
October 17, 2011 at 12:59 pmLove Holocene by Bon Iver and just about everything from Iron and Wine… listening to their pandora right now in fact.
Lisa @ Life in Green
October 17, 2011 at 1:14 pmGoing to love this feature. Love many of the bands you have listed and some new ones to try out too.
Thx!
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga
October 17, 2011 at 1:42 pmWait, you forgot to include Britney Spears on this list! kidding π
Thanks for sharing your latest beats and hits you’ve been enjoying!
Kristen @ Popcorn on the Stove
October 17, 2011 at 1:53 pmI love #19 on your list. My fiancee and I always sing the “lies, lies” part when we play it in the car. Music Monday is a great idea!!
Rachel @ Runner's Tales
October 17, 2011 at 2:07 pmMy boyfriend is the exact same way when it comes to playlists! If he gives me a new mixed CD, he is very adament about me listening to in the exact order. I am not even supposed to hit the suffle button on my iPod once I add the CD to my iTunes. He really loves his music!
Jenny @ Simply Be...me
October 17, 2011 at 2:19 pmGreat idea – I love discovering new music. I agree that flow is definitely important – no one likes an emotional roller coaster of a play list π
Julie
October 17, 2011 at 2:32 pmI completely agree with the ordering of a playlist! I used to have a show at my college’s radio station for 8 years and the flow was really important! Love most of the music on this list and looking forward to listening to the rest that I don’t know. I’ve been planning a vacation to Big Sur and recently saw Treebones featured on some Cooking Channel show. I wanna stay in a yurt!! Did you see the human nests? haha, crazy.
Sam @ Samantha in Training
October 17, 2011 at 2:38 pmI really like “Generator ^ First Floor” by Freelance Whales (now I must download it)!Thank you for sharing : )
Mary
October 17, 2011 at 3:44 pmLove love LOVE this idea!
I second Adam’s suggestion that you might check out Spotify for future playlists? π
Lauren @ What Lauren Likes
October 17, 2011 at 4:44 pmGreat playlist! I’ve been needing to update π
Emily
October 17, 2011 at 5:28 pmI just wanted to say that I love you guys’ taste in music! I am always looking for new artists to listen to:)
Mel @ Mel a la Via Paradiso
October 17, 2011 at 6:57 pmThis is awesome! I’m always looking for new music to jam to, heading over to Spotify now! Thanks for sharing!
Ella, RD
October 17, 2011 at 7:01 pmI’m surprised there is no Black Keys on there π Is it strange that I think of your blog when I hear them? Or when I go into Anthropologie? Weird how the internet seeks into the subconscious!
Prathiba
October 17, 2011 at 7:17 pmOh yes! I definitely like this idea. I suck at finding good music so I just go with other people’s recs. SO excited about Music Mondays!!
Dee
October 17, 2011 at 7:21 pmawesomeness!
amy walters, aDESIGNdock
October 17, 2011 at 7:27 pmAah…what a fun idea. I’m already pumped for next Monday π Love the new feature Jenna!
Liz
October 17, 2011 at 7:30 pmI LOVE THIS! I can’t wait to hear what you come up with.
Orla
October 17, 2011 at 7:40 pmDon’t you think you should be disclosing that all the above links set you up as an Amazon affiliate, earning you money from not only the purchase of those songs but any other purchase the click-er makes during the same browsing session? It’s very coincidental that your new feature, on a non-music blog, takes people to one of the largest online stores in the world with the biggest affiliate program around.
Nikki
October 17, 2011 at 7:57 pmI agree with Orla. It’s really dishonest you’re not disclosing this is an Amazon affiliate link, and that you’re potentially making money off this. I know there are official FCC rules which dictate these things (of which I actually don’t know or care that much) but I genuinely trust you as a blogger and thought you would have disclosed something like this.
jenna
October 17, 2011 at 8:25 pmI’ve never kept my relationship with Amazon a secret and in fact, actually do disclose my affiliate partnership with them on my FAQ page.
Orla
October 17, 2011 at 9:41 pmYou only updated your FAQ page in the last two days. In my eyes, you completely buried this disclosure in a page that your existing readership does not frequent. This is really underhanded, and is the kind of change that warrants a full, main page disclosure. I’m really surprised by this.
Jamie
October 17, 2011 at 10:09 pmI hate to say this as I really like your blog, but this kind of contradicts your mission statement. A year or so ago you wrote a kind of mission statement for your blog where you stated things that wouldn’t be on ELR anymore, and you very proudly stated that you’d only be working with Foodbuzz, right? If that was a big enough deal to warrant a post, I kind of have to agree with the other readers who think you should have been upfront about this π
jenna
October 18, 2011 at 6:55 amI’m sorry! I’ve had a relationship with Amazon since the first month I began blogging in 2007 so it’s not a new thing (every time I’ve ever done a book review and linked to the book? Amazon.). Since it’s an affiliate partnership, I don’t receive anything free and anyone is able to sign up with them. Sorry for the confusion!
Beth
October 18, 2011 at 1:21 pmAs a long time reader, I have really enjoyed reading along as Jenna explores the world through her food, wine, books, and traveling adventures. Her passions have grown and changed much like you would expect any other normal person, don’t you think? I would be worried if her blog looked exactly the same from year to year… I can’t imagine a stagnant life being fulfilling for anyone. I love seeing new posts like this come along, and who cares that the music tabs are from Amazon? She is sharing music for the love of the playlist. You can purchase it from whomever you choose, that’s your right as the consumer. As for mission statements, I feel that with something as personal as a blog, the author has the liberty to update and change the mission as they please. It’s not like she has to answer to a board of directors or anything, this is her blog!
Ida
October 17, 2011 at 10:33 pmfun list!
Emily
October 17, 2011 at 11:06 pmI love this idea! I adore music and finding new songs to listen to and it seems we have similar tastes. I am happy π
Maria
October 18, 2011 at 1:25 amUooooo! Nico Stai n 5!!!! I love him!!!1 Here in Spain he is not very popular, but he is the brother of my best girlfriend boyfriend, sooooo, hip hip hurra for Nico Stai!!!
amanda
October 18, 2011 at 4:41 amwhoa, music monday is my favorite ever! so glad you started this…. l lllrrrve it!
Molly @ RDexposed
October 18, 2011 at 4:45 amOh lordsies…Iron & Wine. The Shepard’s Dog is a masterpiece!
Kate @ Kalamazoo Foodies
October 18, 2011 at 6:12 amWhat an amazing playlist!
I just used GlΓ³sΓ³li by Sigur Ros in a dance class I taught last week. It is such an amazing piece of music!
And, I can’t get enough Pumped Up Kicks right now! Seriously.
Lauren
October 18, 2011 at 9:43 amNice playlist! “Rill Rill” is one of my top songs of the past year. π In fact, I listen to Sleigh Bells so much that it’s a little embarrassing…
Have you ever heard Nico Vega? My boyfriend saw them open for She Wants Revenge (another great band) several months ago, and their music is really phenomenal. Based on your musical tastes (or at least the tastes reflected here), I think you might like them.
Lauren
October 18, 2011 at 9:44 am*My boyfriend and I saw them open.
I was there too. π
Katy M
October 18, 2011 at 9:51 amThis is great! I always like getting new music recommendations. I am sure the amount you make as an Amazon affiliate is small and I don’t mind if you are compensated for putting together a nice playlist for folks to enjoy. After all, we don’t have to buy the songs from Amazon if we don’t want to . . . I built this playlist in Spotify very easily and some of these are songs I already own. Rock on!
Jen Papaya
October 18, 2011 at 10:33 amahhhh Freelance Whales <3
Emily
October 18, 2011 at 1:03 pmFun. π
Kate
October 18, 2011 at 2:52 pmLove every song on this playlist! You have great taste in music!
Heidi - Apples Under My Bed
October 18, 2011 at 5:44 pmoooh I heart #6 SO much π thanks for the awesome playlist recommendation.
Heidi xo
Michelle @ Turning Over a New Leaf
October 18, 2011 at 8:30 pmI have an unnatural obsession with Sufjan Stevens. Perfect road trip music!
nicole
October 19, 2011 at 7:33 amah i love your taste in music. lovely play list.
Allison Schentrup
October 19, 2011 at 11:11 amI love this! I am always in search of new music and while pandora is nice, it’s equally nice to have direct recommendations. I also 100% agree with Adam, playlist flow is of utmost importance on a mixed tape (as I still call them).
Fernando
October 19, 2011 at 6:55 pmIf readers haven’t heard the songs, and like it, and purchase it, then she SHOULD get a cut!
I think it’s a great idea, btw. I always wonder what women listen to while they’re baking, so that would be a good idea for a playlist!
Lindsey
October 19, 2011 at 9:18 pmso like, 75% of these songs have been my very favorites at one point or another… I’m pretty sure we must be musical kindred spirits or something…
Heather
October 20, 2011 at 9:43 amI have been reading your blog for quite a while and LOVE it!! And this, i think, makes it even awesomer (is that a word?) You are an inspiration in the kitchen, life, fashion and you have fantastic taste in music! It is a great playlist for what looked like an incredible trip!
Lys
October 20, 2011 at 12:27 pmJenna (or Adam), how did you put the widget playlist in your post? I’ve been trying to do that for a while with WordPress and copying and pasting it does. not. work. Sooooo frustrating!
jenna
October 20, 2011 at 9:16 pmthe widget is something we made through Amazon and then just copy and pasted the html code into the blog’s back-end. hope that helps!