NZ Music Month Playlist

New Zealand Music Month comes to an end for 2011. Here is what I've been listening to this month:

1. Young Blood - The Naked and Famous
2. Deciphering Me - Brooke Fraser
3. Better - Brooke Fraser
4. Magic - Ladyhawke
5. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
6. The Letter - Midnight Youth


Tarina xx

The Grammy Awards 2011 Winners and Losers

The Grammys were very interesting this year. Many strange outfits and unexpected winners. One of the shock winners this year definitely has to be Jazz singer Esperanza Spalding winning the Best New Artist Award. She had lots of competition with the likes of Justin Bieber and Florence & The Machine. After Esperanza won the award all the crazy Bieber fans started tweeting terrible things about her on twitter and they also tampered with her Wikipedia page. I think the Justin Bieber fans should just grow up, wait aren't they all little tween girls, so yeah that explains everything. Personally I would have liked to see Florence & The Machine win. Florence Welch is such an awesome singer. She's not just someone that sounds good recorded she can sing live. One of the other big winners on the night was Lady Gaga who went home with three Grammys.

I was so happy that Train won their Grammy for Hey, Soul Sister for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals.

Muse went home with their Grammy for Best Rock Album for The Resistance which made my bf very happy.

This has to be the biggest upset of the night with Arcade Fire winning Album Of The Year for The Suburbs. I like many other people thought Lady Gaga would win for The Fame Monster. Anyways this was my coverage of The Grammys and I will be posting later on the fashion. There were some hideous outfits but this is The Grammys afterall so it's not that unexpected.

Tarina xx

Photos: grammy.com

Grammy Award Nominees

The Grammy Awards are just a couple of days away and I've been checking out the nominees for one of the big awards, Album Of The Year. This is really a tough category. With the big contenders definitely being Eminem, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. I wouldn't rule out Arcade Fire or Lady Antebellum though. Lady Antebellum are also nominated for many more awards. The albums in contention for Album Of The Year are:

1. "Recovery" - Eminem

2. "Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry

3. "The Fame Monster" - Lady Gaga

4. "The Suburbs" - Arcade Fire

5. "Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum

My pick for album of the year is "The Fame Monster" by Lady Gaga. We will have to see if my prediction is right in a couple of days.

Tarina xx

Photos: Kevin Winter, Ethan Miller, Cory Schwartz and Jason Merritt

Songs for Valentine's Day

So Valentine's Day is less than a week away and I've already booked a restaurant for Valentine's dinner and I just wanted to share my perfect playlist for the special day. I don't know about other people but for Valentine's Day I want love songs.

1. "Kiss Me" - Sixpence None The Richer

This song reminds me of the 90's and when Dawson's Creek was huge. I personally wasn't a big fan of the show but I know this song was made popular by it. I just love the chorus and it is such a sweet song.

2. "Dice" - Finley Quaye

The beat is the best thing in this song. I also love the lyrics "Nothing can compare to when you roll the dice and swear your love's for me". I'm a huge fan of The O.C and this song was playing in the first season where Ryan and Marissa was kissing on New Years. I love how this song reminds me of that scene.

3. "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) - Muse

Just the perfect love rock ballad and it's perfect because my bf is a huge fan of Muse. This song is for you.

4. "Love Story" - Taylor Swift

I think this is the sweetest love song. The song is well written and the chorus is so catchy.

5. "The Only Exception" - Paramore

This is a really slow song for a Paramore song. When I first heard this song I was like where's the fast paced drumming and power singing by Hayley. This song did grow on me and it is such a perfect love song. The chorus is really basic but I love the way Hayley repeats"You are the only exception".

6. "You've Got The Love" - Florence & The Machine

This is my favourite power ballad. Florence just sings so well about needing that special someone. 

7. "Lovefool" - The Cardigans

This song was featured on the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack and has a killer chorus. "Love me, love me, say that you love......." .

8. "Last Night On Earth" - Green Day

Billie Joe wrote this love song for his wife and I was really lucky to hear it live when Green Day played in Auckland at the end of 2009. The song is so sweet and sounds nothing like any of Green Day's other songs.

9. "Goodnight And Go" - Imogen Heap

I love the music of this song. It's dream like and there is nothing else like it. It's actually my most played song on iTunes so I really love it.

10. "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" - Iron & Wine

All the Twilight fans would recognise this song in a heart beat as this was the song being played when Bella and Edward are slow dancing at their prom. I'm not a big fan of Twilight but this song really is the perfect slow dance song.

Tarina xx