August Soundtrack

It's the August Soundtrack, with songs from Empara Mi, The Killers and Gabrielle Aplin.

July Soundtrack

Particular favourites from Jessie Ware, Everything Everything and Amber Mark.

June Soundtrack

June has come and gone, here's some music to celebrate. Particular favourites from Declan McKenna, Chlöe Howl, Baio and George Ezra.

May '17 Soundtrack

The monthly soundtrack is back with 10 tracks to get you through the day, including Lorde, HAUS, and Ravyn Lenae. 

My Monthly Soundtrack 2.0: November

Taking a break from drowning in uni deadlines to put up a quick November soundtrack, full of some indie gems from Laurel, Empara Mi, The XX and The Crookes.

My Monthly Soundtrack 2.0: October

Ah, October, what a month. Halloween, a clown invasion and we learnt about the Nintendo Switch, which looks amazing, by the way. A decent month for music, I discovered some new favourites and rediscovered some older tracks. Particular favourites from Bear's Den, Declan McKenna, Dodie and Everything Everything. Let's get going, here are 10 songs I listened to in October.

My Monthly Soundtrack 2.0: September

Oh, September. What a month. I left home for university, Donald Trump continued to be an idiot and BASTILLE RELEASED THEIR ALBUM! Particular favourites this month from Sia (an amazing video), Broods, Bastille and Tom Chaplin. 

My Monthly Soundtrack 2.0: August

Time for my monthly soundtrack, here's 10 songs I listened to in August. Particular favourites by Amber Mark, Bastille, Glass Animals and the late Viola Beach.

My Monthly Soundtrack 2.0: July

Time for July's soundtrack, with highlights from lostboycrow, Shura and The Wild Wild.

My Monthly Soundtrack 2.0: June

Time for June's soundtrack, with highlights from Áine Cahill, Amber Mark, Bastille and Nightly.

My Monthly Soundtrack 2.0: May

Time for my May soundtrack!

My Monthly Soundtrack 2.0: April

My Monthly Soundtrack 2.0: March

Time for my monthly soundtrack!

My Monthly Soundtrack 2.0: February

Monthly soundtrack time!

My Monthly Soundtrack 2.0: January

It's a new year, and a new set of monthly soundtracks.

My November Soundtrack

Hello! Welcome to 'My November Soundtrack', a monthly feature on Totally Culture where I list 10 songs I'd been listening to that month, some old, some new. Let's get started. I think this might be my favourite soundtrack so far, particular favourites being Zibra, Andrew McMahon and Billie Marten.

My October Soundtrack

Welcome to my monthly soundtrack, featuring 10 songs I've been listening to during those 30/31 days. Dare I say it's been a slightly slow-paced month for music, although it would be fair to say it's been a rather slow year for the music industry (how much Justin Bieber can we take, seriously? Pls Justin just stop). However, mid-October to late October had some really good music. You might have heard of this person called Adele? Yeah, she came back, with a fantastic song. Let's get started. 

1. Hello - Adele (of course)

This is truly a masterpiece, I first came across that snippet of the single on Twitter and instantly fell in love. As Adele has stated, her upcoming album is a 'make-up' album, and we truly get a sense of that in this song. It reflects on the idea of what happens after the breakup, how they're mending and reflecting on what could've been. Simply wanting to say 'hello', simply wanting to say 'sorry'. The sombre tone and real lyrics are what makes this track one of the best of, not only October, but the year. 

2. Alive - Sia

Funnily enough, this song was meant for Adele's upcoming album 25, but it didn't make the cut. You can definitely hear Adele's impact on the song, with her being a co-writer on the track. This is a nice departure from Sia's 1000 Forms of Fear, yet still manages to stay very Sia. Those high notes though, unachievable for any ordinary human being. Sia proves yet again that you don't have to twerk and sing about drugs to make a killer song.

3. Love Me - The 1975

Can I make you all hate me by saying that I didn't really 'get' The 1975 the first time round, but their first single from their second album suddenly appealed to me. Love Me of course sounds like it was created to bring back the attention of the fans, but it also got my attention (not being a fan of the first album bar one of two select songs) because it's slightly different, it's fun and it's quirky, it has a really infectious 'youthful' feel to it. I think it's safe to say I'm now a fan. 

4. Rollercoaster - Bleachers (and Charli XCX)

This song makes me feel nostalgic for the 80s, despite me being born in 1997. I'm not entirely sure how that even works, but it's a thing apparently. This is simply a really, really nice song to listen to. Yet, it makes me want to run around an American high school in a montage set in the 80s. 

5. Wings - Hurts

This is possibly one of my favourite songs from 2015, already, and with Hurts' newly released album Surrender I found myself having the majority of this list being songs from that album, I refrained and decided to have my absolute favourite from the album on here. For reference; two others that I really like are 'Rolling Stone' and 'Nothing Will Be Bigger Than Us'. Wings is a truly beautiful song, the chorus itself is a 'raise your hands dramatically in the air and sing your heart out' moment. It's just a very much cooler and better version of a Westlife song and I definitely appreciate that. The story of the song is another thing, it's moving yet so very touching, reflective yet makes you want to go outside and hug everyone you see. 

6. Shine A Light - BANNERS

BANNERS' Shine A Light is a feel-good, starting off slowly and quietly, quickly becoming a lively yet tender song. First hearing the song, I admired the blend of tender lyrics with the feel-good, anthem-like sound. You could definitely imagine this being sung at Glastonbury on the main stage at night, everybody singing along to the chorus. It's simply a really great song. 

7. Fashion - The Royal Concept

I'm only now realising the potential context of this song, I should really listen properly sometimes. But, heck, it's a good upbeat song. Take this scenario, you're walking down the street in the early 90's with your group of friends and you're being all cool and 'hip' (perhaps use My Mad Fat Diary as a reference for this) and this song plays. It's the ultimate 'cool kids' music, right?

8. Murder Song (5,4,3,2,1) - Aurora

This is a really, really dark song with a flowy, nice and airy sound to it. I first heard it played by Clara Amfo on BBC Radio 1 and loved it, I looked into the song and read the lyrics and found it to be the perfect contradiction. It's a beautiful sounding song, but the lyrics are so haunting and, perhaps even scary, that it combines to make a surprising song that's both tender and heavy. Ever since hearing Aurora, I've become slightly obsessed with her work. I'd definitely recommend checking her out. 

9. Seventeen - Sjowgren

This is a really cool song, it makes me feel nostalgic and chilled. You know, like, driving down the coast in a super cool convertible with your friends (not like that Friday video by Rebecca Black, imagine it a bit more cooler), hands up in the air, so much excitement and fun. This song makes me feel good about life. 

10. Beat of My Drum - Powers

This is simply just a feel-good song. I want to shimmy and do all the cool dance stuff when I listen to it. It's fun, it's energetic, it's about doing your own thing (hence the title, beat of my drum). This is truly just a fantastic song that I've really enjoyed listening to, heck it was the first of these songs to make it onto my iTunes, usually I listen to music on Spotify unless I really want to commit to a song. Thus, this is a fab song.

 

P.s. there's a really good remix of this song (The White Panda Remix), which makes me want to dance and shimmy even more than the original (which I thought wasn't even possible). Check it out below:

That's all for now. 

See you soon!

Byeeeee

Totally Culture

Curtis

My September Soundtrack

I swear, this is a solid choice of songs. Mostly alternative, it's been a 'I swear I'm indie and cool' month. Most of these songs actually remind me of a simpler time, they're quite fun and not too heavy, just easy to listen to and really deserving of some appreciation. Obviously, there are one or two songs on this playlist that are intense compared to the rest (for instance, number 8's chorus makes me want to march around for some reason). These songs are truly brilliant, and I came to listen to some quite late into September but they really dominated my Spotify account since I discovered them.

1. Hurt Me - Låpsley

2. All Clear - Aidan Knight

3. Arcadia - Tiny Folds

4. Better Love - Foxes

with a bit of Dan Smith from Bastille

5. Brazil - Declan McKenna

6. Dream Lover - Destroyer

7. Letter To the Team (After Another Imperfect Season) - Tellison

8. Lights On - XY&O

9. Oh No - Bring Me The Horizon

10. Spring/Sun/Winter/Dread - Everything Everything

Honorary Mentions

All My Love feat. Becky Hill - Watermat

Here For You - Kygo

Bloodsport - Raleigh Ritchie

Sun Is Shining - Axwell^Ingrosso

That's all for now, be sure to check TotallyCulture in the next few days for the start of Halloween month!

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Totally Culture

My July Soundtrack

Hello! Happy August! This post is a monthly feature on this blog, where I list 10 songs (and a few honorary ones) that I've been obsessed with the past month. Now that it's August, and the summer is here, I feel like this month is going to be good, I'm seeing a bunch of my friends this month for the last time before they all head off to University and I start my gap year (which so far has consisted of binge watching Arrow, Shrek, Harry Potter and Modern Family). Anyway, let's get started, July was a fairly 'chill' month, with a few parties in between including MY 18TH which was a tonne of fun. The music for July is fairly similar, with a relative 'summer' feel, but a bit more subdued, especially towards the end of July where it's just been raining non-stop.

1.Weathered - Jack Garratt

2. Gold Dust - Galantis

3. Glitterball - Sigma feat. Ella Henderson

4. Delilah - Florence + The Machine

5. Gold - Years & Years

6. Body Talk - Foxes

7. Revolution - Catey Shaw

8. Papercut - Zedd feat. Troye Sivan

9. Hideaway - KYKO

10. Tonight - Chasing Grace

Honorary Mentions

Running Wild - Prides

I Want To Love - Years & Years

Wings (Acoustic) - Birdy

The Hills - The Weeknd

These songs are great, they're either feel good or thought provoking, yet they're both fulfilling at the same time.

See you next time for a Doctor Who post!

BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

TotallyCulture

My March Soundtrack

Hello! It's that time again, yes, it's time to list 10 songs I've been listening to in March. Not all songs were necessarily released in March, but more or less they've become relatively prominent in my playlists over the past month. 

(I found myself obsessing over this photo, I don't even know why, it was just the photo for me in March)

So much has happened in March, goodness. I mean, Maisie Williams in Doctor Who?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! WJATTTTTTTGLMFDVFBBDGBb yes I'm excited. Marina and the Diamonds released her third album, while James Bay released his insanely beautiful debut album which I've listened to every day since purchasing it. Once Upon A Time came to Netflix UK and I screamed, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was brilliant and I need more. Way too much Marvel/DC stuff to even hint at, oh my gosh. A live action Mulan movie, Zane Lowe left Radio 1, I watched FRIENDS on Comedy Central (as always), Deadpool, Jennifer Lawrence announced she's to quit X-Men, so did Hugh Jackman, Angel was announced for X-Men, Spectre trailer was released, and of course, Spider-man. But, what I'm here to talk about is the 10 songs I loved last month. 

1. Higher Love - Prides 

2. Hold My Hand - Jess Glynne

3. Running - James Bay

4. T-Shirt Weather - Circa Waves

5. Emily - San Fermin

6. Worship - Years & Years

7. Believe - Mumford & Sons

8. The Days - Avicii

9. Heartbeat - Satellite Stories

10. Never Ends - Joel Ansett

Honorary Mentions

Set A Fire - Will Reagan 

Wanted - Dara Maclean

Weeds - Marina and The Diamonds

St. Jude - Florence and The Machine

C O O L - Le Youth

That's all

Bye for now

Geek Culture and Me

Curtis

"When our picture fades in the sun, and all the colours blur into one, I'll keep running to the place where I belong"