Spring

Blue skies and the warmth of the sun are coming our way, spring seems not so far away now. This gives a feeling of renewal, and sets the mood for a comfy kind of playlist. A friend asked me some time ago to bring some 'new joyful music' to his café, so I gave him a cd with the following songs on it. My idea was to set the mood for this transition from winter to spring...

1) Vinur Minn - Ólöf Arnalds
2) Catch The Light - Sin Fang Bous 
3) Revival - Deerhunter
4) Foolin' - Devendra Banhart
5) Gone baby won't be long - Erykah Badu
6) Stay (just a little bit more) - The Do
7) Carnies - Martina Topley Bird
8) Lotus Flower - Radiohead
9) Not in love (feat. Robert Smith) - Crystal Castles
10) Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - Arcade Fire 
11) What else is there? - Röyksopp 
12) Lovertits!!! rmx - Feist 
13) On and Ever Onward - Dirty Projectors + Björk
14) The Words - Psapp
15) Hopscotch - CocoRosie
16) Know-How - Kings Of Convenience
17) Seashell - Seabear 
18) Turn Into - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
19) Eisbaer - Nouvelle Vague 

I enjoy making playlists, but I don't find it to be an easy task. You have to take good care of the transitions between the songs, not to be too 'violent' so to say (i.e., that's something that the 'genius' iTunes feature needs to take more care of).

You can find most of these songs on youtube I think if you just want to give a first listen to them.

Enjoy! ;)