Gift Seven – Kate

The gift I bring to The Collective today is a little gem of a band called Azure Ray. Azure Ray is one of many gems coming from the indie label Saddle Creek, which is located in Omaha, Nebraska and boasts of indie favs such as Bright Eyes and The Faint.

Azure Ray, unfortunately, is no longer together, having broken up in 2004 to being their own projects. Dustin and I got to see them before they disbanded at a very intimate show at the Larimer Lounge, where they were just as fantastic live.

I hope you enjoy the songs I chose. Each one is very special to me in different ways, but now more than ever their music really speaks to where I am at just generally in life. It is a bit melancholy, very nostalgic and is best listened to on a rainy day.

November

 

Sleep

 

Rise

 

Fall Into Me

 

Gift Two – Kate

In a season of muddy snow, scrapping off car windows, the gloom of short days and long nights, the cold and solitude, I want to share with you a moment of summer. A taste of long, warm evenings with friends, slurpees, sun screen and flying kites. I think P. Diddy said it best, “There’s 3 things I like about the Summertime: Drop-tops, long hot nights, and summer love… “

So roll down the window, stick your head out and let the warm breeze brush your face. My gift to The Collective is some summer love.

List of Songs to be found under the playlist: Summer Mix

1. Cat Stevens – The Wind
2. Elbow – Fugitive Motel
3. Band of Horses – Great Salt Lake
4. The Mamas and the Papas – California Dreamin’
5. Emeliana Torrini – Unemployed in Summertime
6. The Postal Service – The Dream of Evan and Chan
7. The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
8. Arcade Fire – In the Backseat
9. Ryan Adams – New York, New York
10. The Smiths – There is a Light That Never Goes Out
11. M. Ward – Chinese Translation
12. Kate Bush – Cloudbusting
13. Radiohead – Subterranean Homesick Alien
14. Amy Winehouse – You Know I’m No Good
15. Modest Mouse – Dashboard
16. Bjork – All is Full Of Love
17. The Veils – Lavinia
18. David Grey – Sail Away
19. Vanessa Carlton – I’m The One

Featured songs:

Band of Horses – The Great Salt Lake

The Mamas and the Papas – California Dreamin

Radiohead – Subterranean Homesick Alien