14/13 - Ding, Dong

Life is seldom as good as it is today. Install went great, and since then I've been tidying up, buying clothes and enjoying the sunshine.

Kings of Convenience - Summer On The West Hill
Norway's finest been in my headphones all week. This album brings me back many years.

I feel at home here
in the middle of nowhere

The Band - Chest Fever
Heaviest organ track in rock history, with the best beard in rock history. Ray Manzarek has got nothing on Garth Hudson.

Beirut - Postcards from Italy
Walking through Kelvingrove Park just as spring overwhelms it; this is the perfect soundtrack.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sacrilege
This song has completely ruled this week. Every time I listen to it it just get better; and it doesn't hurt that it was given one of the best music videos of the year as well:



And as if that wasn't enough, they also showed up on Letterman to prove that the tune gets even better live. <3 Karen O




Christian Kjellvander - Deliverance
And to finish off this happy list, one of Sweden's best songwriters. I was listening to this on the train over to Edinburgh for the second day of install, slumbered off and got the first little taste of the bliss that would follow.

So long, my native tongue

Extras


This video has a really nice feel to it:




Finally and obviously, being in Glasgow on a day like this I can't really avoid posting this tune: