Hooray for everything.

Juliana Hatfield - Perfect Stranger
I turned 31 today. My coworkers got me a strawberry cream birthday pie (infinitely better than birthday cake) and I had a home-cooked dinner with family.

Happy happy joy joy.

Hearts are breaking, don't ask why.

Monsters Are Waiting - Last Goodbye
Monsters Are Waiting - Nobody
Think 80's new wave for the 21st century on the first track. Easily one of the top singles of the year. Think a female-fronted Interpol on the second. Hitting Houston in November with PGMG - BYAAH!!

I see it in your smile.

Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Doctor Blind
Slow jam from Emily, and while I am not entirely enthused that she went all dark and stark for her solo album - I miss the energy of Metric - the results are hypnotic. I could totally see this being the title track for a James Bond film... not the newer ones. Perhaps a selection from the Roger Moore oeuvre.

The Stills - Baby Blue ft. Emily Haines
Upbeat goodness to combat the somber song above. Canadians rule, eh?