Holy crap! I can’t believe we made it. 40 artists in 40 days. It was quite magical, wasn’t it?

I want to say thank you to all my wonderful guest bloggers, I couldn’t have done it without you! So, lots of thank you hugs to:

• James B.
• Nate Bagley
• Shelika Báez
• Colleen Burns
• Ashley Edwards
• Michael Fil
• Dani Kent
• Joel Lehman
• Tanna Orgeron
• Jessica Roman
• Kim Taylor
• David Toback

You guys rock! And here is a quick recap to all the musicians featured during the Summer Music Series for easy access in case you want to listen again and again and again. =)

Day 1 – Youth Lagoon
Day 2 – Princeton
Day 3 – Matt Corby
Day 4 – Firehorse
Day 5 – Duologue
Day 6 – Ben Howard
Day 7 – Mutemath (Jessica Roman guest post)
Day 8 – Deadwood Floats
Day 9 – Beach House (Dani Kent guest post)
Day 10 – Oh Land
Day 11 – Alabama Shakes
Day 12 – Marina & the Diamonds
Day 13 – The Dogs (Nate Bagley guest post)
Day 14 – Of Monsters and Men
Day 15 – Purity Ring (James B. guest post)
Day 16 – Imagine Dragons
Day 17 – Poliça
Day 18 – Late Night Alumni (Colleen Burns guest post)
Day 19 – Electric Guest
Day 20 – Matt Pond PA (Kim Taylor guest post)
Day 21 – Alex Winston
Day 22 – Dan Mangan (Michael Fil’s guest post)
Day 23 – Langhorne Slim & The Law
Day 24 – Emily Brown
Day 25 – Hola A Todo el Mundo, Chambao, Russian Red, and Los Delinquentes (Shelika Báez guest post)
Day 26 – Vanbot (Ashley Edwards guest post)
Day 27 – XXYYXX
Day 28 – Le Butcherettes
Day 29 – Sarah Jaffe
Day 30 – Wintersleep
Day 31 – Blind Pilot (Joel Lehman guest post)
Day 32 – Gossip
Day 33 – Tanlines
Day 34 – Rebecca & Fiona (Colleen Burns guest post)
Day 35 – Justin Rock
Day 36 – Kishi Bashi (David Toback guest post)
Day 37 – A.A. Bondy (Tanna Orgeron guest post)
Day 38 – Adrian Lux (Colleen Burns guest post)
Day 39 – Germany Germany
Day 40 – Lulu & The Lampshades

Additionally, I’ve made a Spotify playlist of as many songs as they had featuring all the artists from the Summer Music Series so if you’re interested in that, click below:

Summer Music Series Playlist 2012

Again, huge thank you to my guest bloggers and I hope you have found at least one new artist that you didn’t know before and maybe, just maybe, kinda love already.

Until next time, kids!
xoxo,
Elizabeth

Welcome to day thirty of the Summer Music Series! (Holy crap, we’ve reached thirty days!!) The other day I was listening to my Ben Howard station on Pandora as I was getting ready for work when a song caught my attention. The lyrics combined with the beats had me stopped, halfway through putting on my makeup, with my eyes closed breathing it in. Before the song was over, I quickly snapped a screenshot of my phone, fully prepared to investigate after I got home.

Before I go into much detail about today’s musician, Wintersleep, I want you to listen to this beautiful song that captured me so.

Go ahead, you can replay it. I’ll wait. =)

Wintersleep is a Canadian indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia. It started as a side project and turned into something quite amazing. They came together in 2001 and is the band includes Loel Campbell, Paul Murphy, Tim D’eon, Mike Bigelow, and Jon Samuel. I was happy to see that they have released a new album, Hello Hum, in January. Similar artists include Said the Whale, Matt Mays & El Torpedo, and a tiny bit of Mother Mother.

Check out some songs I like off their new album (or just go back to the one above – whatevs! =) )

Hope you enjoyed today’s Summer Music Series musician. See you tomorrow for day thirty-one!

*Photo credit courtesy of last.fm

Welcome to day six of the Summer Music Series! Today’s musician, Ben Howard, pulls a little on my heart strings. This is the artist I put on when it’s raining, when I need to think, or when I need to just close my eyes and breathe deep. I absolutely love this man and I hope that after today’s post you fall in love too.

He is a singer/songwriter from Europe, and his latest album, Every Kingdom, was released last October. I would compare his music to James Vincent McMorrow, Ed Sheeran, and Benjamin Francis Leftwich.

In this next song, I absolutely love these lyrics:

“I’m walkin’ back down this mountain
With the strength of a turnin’ tide
Oh the wind’s so soft on my skin,
The sun so hard upon my side.
Oh lookin’ out at this happiness,
I search for between the sheets.
Oh feelin’ blind and realize,
All I was searchin’ for was me.
Ooh all I was searchin’ for was me.”

If you’re really liking the above, be sure to check out his session on the NPR World Cafe. It’s absolutely wonderful.

Hope you enjoyed today’s Summer Music Series musician. See you tomorrow for day seven!

*Photo credit courtesy of last.fm