November 19th, 2009

Mixology… ‘Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice’

This mix is inspired by Jenaveve’s post about the Hummingbird 100 – a music survey created to embrace the 100 greatest female musicians. And I thought, you know what, I’m a female musician whore, so why not make a mix dedicated entirely to music by female artists (and bands fronted by females). Girl power! So I attacked my iTunes and began compiling a playlist. After going through my entire library, I ended up with close to 100 songs on that mix which is a bit excessive to post, I’m afraid. But it just goes to show that they’re so much talent out there! After much struggling, I managed to narrow that list down to a top 20 to create a mix I like to call…

Sugar, Spice and Everything Nicei

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01. Kate Havnevik – Sleepless ♪
02. CocoRosie – The Sea Is Calm ♪
03. Au Revoir Simone – Stars ♪

Sailor
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04. Feist – Let It Die ♪
05. Goldfrapp – Eat Yourself ♪
06. Björk – Wanderlust ♪

Sparkle Hearts
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07. Imogen Heap – Hide & Seek ♪
08. Lady GaGa – Bad Romance ♪
09. Tori Amos – 1000 Oceans ♪

Rose Heart-Shaped Glasses
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10. Jewel – You Were Meant For Me ♪
11. Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins – Born Secular ♪
12. Elsiane – Final Escape ♪

On A Bike
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13. Regina Spektor – Better ♪
 14. Sarah Slean – No Place At All ♪
15. Sia – Moon ♪

Clouds in Her Eyes
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16. Emilíana Torrini – To Be Free ♪
17. Bat For Lashes – Seal Jubilee ♪
18. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings The Flood ♪

Coloured Nails
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19. Mazzy Star – Into Dust ♪
20. Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine ♪

Balloon Girl
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I know I’m missing lots of awesome people there, but it was hard! Feel free to bop me over the head for not including one of your favourites. ;)

ETA: I’ve followed in Claire‘s footsteps and added my 100 songs to a Last.fm playlist which you can see here.

And just a quick reminder re: downloading music… Remember that these tunes are for sampling purposes only and according to some law with a fancy name that I forget but is all legit and scary and stuff, all things downloaded must be deleted within 48 hours. Support the artists you love! :)

  1. Most cliched title of all time? Yup. But it reminds me of the Powerpuff Girls – who are Aweome! with a capital ‘A’ – so I’m goin’ with it. (»)

Krissy

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Fi Figueroa » 19 November 2009

Krissy. It’s official. We need a blogger meetup… BUT ON A MUSIC FESTIVAL ! every single thing you have there is on my ipod!! I’m actually exited to find someone with same music taste
scratch that
with the est musical tatet hahahaha
plus, those pictures are sooo lovely
<3
(Fi Figueroa's last blog post: Currently in LOVE with: Muntedkowhai)

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Krissy » November 21st, 2009

I agree, someday we absolutely must do that! It would be spectacular! :D

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Angie » 19 November 2009

I gave them all a listen, I really like the Mazzy Star song, it was really pretty. I LOVE the new Lady Gaga song, I just love her more all the time. 1,000 Oceans has always been a favorite of mine.

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Krissy » November 19th, 2009

1000 Oceans is one of my all-time favourite songs. ♥ It was the first Tori song I ever heard and I instantly fell in love. So beautiful.

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Julia » 19 November 2009

I knew some of them (always loved Hide and Seek) but most of them are new, so thanks for sharing :D
By the way, I adore the last photo from the new Dior ad! It always makes me happy when I see it on tv.

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Krissy » November 20th, 2009

I loooove Hide & Seek. Such a haunting song.

Heee! Someone noticed the Dior ad picture! That makes me happy! I love that ad. I’ve never seen it air on television here which is a bummer though. :(

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ClaireBee » 19 November 2009

Wonderful list and I really like your picture choices too. I did end up doing a list of 100 as a last.fm play list…if your interested – http://www.last.fm/user/MotherBuzz/library/playlists/3k4gz_100_women
(ClaireBee’s last blog post: Hummingbird 100)

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Krissy » November 20th, 2009

Thanks! :D And thank you for sharing your 100 list! I see lots of gems on there. A few I mentioned above (though with different songs), and Kate Bush, Joanna Newsom, and Cat Power! ♥ You have excellent taste!

Perhaps I should post my 100+ songs on last.fm as well. It seemed a bit much to post here, but I think last.fm might come to the rescue! ;)

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Crissy » 20 November 2009

Yay! New playlist! :D I had 11 out of your final 20, which explains why our compatibility bar at last.fm is always about to explode XD
I’ll download the rest asap and I won’t mention anything about other artists, because I’m sure the ones I’m thinking about were among those initial 100 :D
(Crissy’s last blog post: Around the web… Albert Exergian)

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Krissy » November 20th, 2009

“which explains why our compatibility bar at last.fm is always about to explode XD”
Haha! Clearly, it means we’re awesome. ;D

And hopefully I did you proud with my Top 100. I ended up posting the complete list on Last.fm.

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Alice » 21 November 2009

Glad to see the awesome Imogen Heap and the fantastic Mazzy Star in the list <3 another awesome playlist Krissy!
(Alice's last blog post: Once Upon A Time…..)

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Alice » 21 November 2009

How random, I thought I commented a few moments ago but nothing is here! I am obviously going mad!

Another brilliant playlist miss Krissy! Great to see Imogen Heap, Regina Spector and Mazzy Star on the list <333
(Alice's last blog post: Once Upon A Time…..)

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Krissy » November 21st, 2009

Weird! For some reason it marked your comments as spam. :( I don’t know why, but lately it’s been doing that for a few odd comments. It’s very, very peculiar.

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