mixtape // september Posted by Helena

I'm listening to so much girl pop at the moment and it's the most fun to rock out to in my car while on the highway. If you ever see someone singing overly enthusiastically while eating a piece of toast and sipping tea, that could very well be me.

I've also included two of Many Things' songs because they're great and Mikey's amazing and Hayley from The Jezabels sang vocals on Chains and it's heartbreaking beautiful. I'm also listening to One Direction's new free song Fireproof on repeat (not available on Spotify though). I've read a lot of people saying it's like The Beach Boys and John Mayer, but all I hear is Fleetwood Mac!

listen on spotify: fourzerofive - 2014 september

Allday - You Always Know the DJ
Angus & Julia Stone - Heart Beats Slow
Charli XCX - Boom Clap
Ella Henderson - Ghost
G.R.L. - Ugly Heart
Iggy Azaela feat. Charli XCX - Fancy
Katy Perry - This Is How We Do
Many Things - Chains
Many Things - Dear One
Neon Jungle - Louder
Nicky Night Time - Everybody Together
NONONO - Pumpin Blood (Belarbi Remix)
Northeast Party House - The Haunted
One Direction - Fireproof
Rizzle Kicks - Tell Her
RÜFÜS - Sundream
Savoir Adore - Dreamers
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off

two door cinema club in new york Posted by Helena

Dream gig! Two Door Cinema Club performing in Central Park. I've seen them live in my three favourite cities - Melbourne, London and New York, and I got to see them with two of my best friends. Special memories!

ballin' good time at smithballs Posted by Helena

Photograph by ALP Photography.

I was lucky enough to attend the launch of Smithballs for The Modern Con. Check out my write up here.

mixtape // april Posted by Helena

I've definitely not been giving my little corner of the internet as much love as I should, so I'm going to start a monthly playlist. Given that my musical taste doesn't really change much from month to month, this is going to be a challenge! It will also make me look for new music because I won't let myself share the same songs from the month before. Listen on Spotify here.

There's quite a lot of artists who have been around for a while, but I've only just discovered them recently. I am completely obsessed with Ed Sheeran's new song though. Play SING from the rooftops!!

link it // links Posted by Helena

Well I just discovered this post buried in my drafts. Here's a whole bunch of links from ages ago that I thought were cool...

• Jess has a (not so new now) website - truthbetold 
• 90s theme songs a capella
• Rookie's Ask A Grown Man with Ezra and Chris from Vampire Weekend
• The Pixar Theory 
• Chorus from Macklemore's Same Love is a whole song
• Emma Block has designed some gorgeous greeting cards for Madison Park
• 318 corgis on a beach
• 27 gifs that perfectly capture the 90s
• Melbourne vs Sydney fashion feat Jas from Friend in Fashion 
• 21 WTF moments from 1D's Best Song Ever
• Sad music is good for you
• 15 TED talks
• Super cute dog Goldberg machine
• What kind of social sharer are you? Unsurprisingly I'm a Hipster Sharer.