oh it's almost june. .

HA OH IT'S ALMOST JUNE HA - - Whoops! 
Yeah I'm probably the worst blogger in all of blogger history, I apologize. 

Life has been hectic with finishing up junior year, but it's summer and I hope to

post more regularly now. I know that I always say that, but hey maybe this time it'll stick.

A lot has happened since I last posted w-a-y back in March.

For example, I've attended a few concerts since then.

{ alt-j }

At this show I was blessed with the opportunity to finally meet my best friend.

We had started talking via twitter several ( like seven idk ) months before and to finally meet her in person was one of the most exciting opportunities I've had in my entire life. 

It was surreal. Meeting emk & seeing one of my all time favorite bands all in oNe night was wow mind blowing. I lov her & them so much, okay.

{ paramore }

This show was. . .outstanding to say the least.

Hayley Williams was a lil angelic spidermonkey frolicking across the stage the entire time. I don't know how she does it. This show just so happened to be their hometown show in Nashville and it just wow blew my mind.  It, without a doubt, rekindled my middle school love for Paramore. 

The amount of heart and talent in that band is unbelievable. 10/10 recommend. 

Some drunk guy photobombed us and that was probably the highlight of the night. 

+ das me on the left (cool)

Hayley's hair I cry

{ lord huron & leon bridges }

This was a show that my mom had actually wanted to go to, and she kindly invited me along. 

The show was great - leon bridges was wow

lord huron was wow

The atmosphere was v chill and super great.

The Ryman aka the venue of your dreams.

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Throughout the month of June I hope to catch you all up via posts every week with what all has happened in my life since March. 

Many many pictures are to come, so stay tuned!

What will be featured?

- ay I went to prom

- books I've read

- daily outings

- rlly cute picture-perfect towns

- music lists !!

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P L A Y L I S T

private fears in public places / front porch step

the judge / twenty one pilots

trouble (stripped) / halsey

you / keaton henson

paris / magic man

k a t

ps twenty one pilot's new album blurryface came out recently go buy it.

don't question, just do.

recent releases / music

1. SMOKE AND MIRRORS

OH. MY. GOSH.

Can we please talk about smoke and mirrors?!

I'm honestly completely obsessed with this entire album.

It's so different from their previous album(s), and I'm wow. .speechless.

Boys you have truly outdone yourselves this time.

[PS: GOING TO THEIR SHOW ON JULY 8TH]
LIFE IS GR8
v excited. v.

Speaking of Imagine Dragons, their cover of Blank Space is pretty amazing.

{ here's the link, enjoy yo'self }

F A V S   F R O M   S M O K E  &  M I R R O R S:

DREAM

SHOTS

POLAROID

I'M SO SORRY

SMOKE AND MIRRORS

and every other freakin song on the album oh my gosh

2. THIS IS ALL YOURS

Alt-J has been one of my favs since early 2013.

They hadn't released new music since 2012, so when they released 

This Is All Yours in July of 2014, I was ecstatic. 

If you haven't heard their music, I highly suggest you do so.

My all time fav song is : Breezeblocks

F A V S  F R O M  T H I S  I S  A L L  Y O U R S:

PUSHER

LEFT HAND FREE

EVERY OTHER FRECKLE

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN HURT

My mother is a saint and got me tickets to see them again in Apil 

and I cannot contain my excitement. I went to one of their shows two years ago and it

was absolutely amazing. The crowd they attract is so unique, and everyone's so nice

and different and I absolutely love it. I can't wait to be around them all again.

3. TIME

Two words. Mikky Ekko.

L O V E  O F  M Y  L I F E, AMIRIGHT LADIES?!

His voice is f.l.a.w.l.e.s.s. in every form of the word and he's literally the cutest person I've seen in my entire life. He deserves all the good in the world. Like w0W he's gr8.

I had the opportunity to actually meet him this past month, and lemme tell you

he's even cuter in person than he is in pictures, and that's saying something. 

But back to the album. 

Complete perfection. That's all I have to say.

Listen to it. Listen to it all. In one sitting. Love yourself.

F A V S  F R O M  T I M E:

U

TIME

SMILE

COMATOSE

PULL ME DOWN

WATCH ME RISE

when I say every single other frickin song on the album I mean it

he's an angel and his voice proves it 

Literally the best album I've heard in my life, give it listen. 

Here are some pics from Mikky's lil 6-song performance at Grimey's

[a local record shop in Nashville]

               

                 

                

[I'm an awkward potato but this is the loml decked out in his all black]

[all black is always right]

[luv him]

M O R E  R A D  N E W  M U S I C

MISTERWIVES / OUR OWN PLACE

WALK THE MOON / TALKING IS HARD

FALL OUT BOY / AMERICAN BEAUTY AMERICAN PSYCHO

I'm clearly a  h u g e  music lover, so if any of you have suggestions

feel free to leave them in the comments below or tweet me @katiefriedmann

lov u all

-kat

Musical Obsessions

Hello! It has been brought to my attention that I have not made a music post in f o r e v e r, so that's what I'll be doing this week! Here are the songs and musicians that I have been obsessing over for the month of November.

 

I'm going to start off by telling you all about an amazing local band here in Nashville. If you follow me on Instagram, you probably know that I recently went to see a group perform called the Cardboard Kids. They are beyond amazing and I recommend that everyone who can to go to The Basement in Nashville on November 26. They will be performing a free show!! Hopefully I'll see you there!

 

but back to the fav songs

1. Featherstone by The Paper Kites

2. Adore You by Miley Cyrus

3. Dark Matter by Andrew Belle

4. Female Robbery by The Neighbourhood

5. The Last Unicorn by Passenger

6. Together by The XX

7. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High by Arctic Monkeys

8. Echoboomer by Cardboard Kids

9. Milk by Theme Park

10. Everything by Ben Howard

11. Leon by Alt-J

12. Last Christmas by The XX

13. Best Not To Think About It by Athlete

14.  O' Child by Cardboard Kids

15. Take Your Time by Cary Brothers

16. Dead In The Water by Ellie Goulding

16. Carmen by Lana Del Rey

17. Fineshrine by Purity Ring

18. I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers

19. The Handshake by MGMT

20. Free Like You Make Me by Cary Brothers

A few artists I've been obsessing over:

Andrew Belle

The XX

Cardboard Kids

Ben Howard

Jake Bugg

Florence And The Machine

Daughter

Vampire Weekend

Cary Brothers

Bon Iver

Miley Cyrus   

xoxo, katie

Alt-J Concert

Hello! I cannot believe I didn't jump into the blogging phase as soon as I go home from the Alt-J concert on September 21. Oh wait..yes I can..I was beyond tired. And my feet were sweaty. (Awkward pause) But since I didn't do it then, I'll do it now!

Our seats were row N at the Ryman in Nashville and they were literally last row but also the second closest concert I've been to (the first being Ed Sheeran at the Hard Rock Cafe earlier this year). But woooow SOO EXTREMELY CLOSE AGH! It was flawless :)

Ok so the opening band: Lord Huron. Wooooow boy. They were absolutely amazing!!! They were so entertaining!! The main singer was jumping up and down and banging on his little drum with so much force his hat fell off and just ah. I wanna go back sooo bad! They played for a good 45ish minutes and then there was the intermission before the main band came out.

Then it was Alt-J's turn to hit the stage. Just let me tell you. They were amazing and flawless and loud and the lights were so bright and ahhh. I just live for concerts guys. You don't even understand. They played all of my favorite songs (aka all of them), BUT MY PHONE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAST SONG AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO MURDER SOMEONE. O M G.

But the concert was the most chill-hipster scene-head bobbing-fashionable concert I've been to in my entire life. It was just tremendous.

I have videos and pictures on my Instagram from the night. Sorry it took me like ten years to post this, but I haven't had the chance.

What did I wear? Well I'll tell ya what I wore! I wore a white shmancy tshirt form H&M that had a diamond look circling the neck with a small slit on the back near the nape of my neck and and the front right below the diamond threaded. .badazzlement. .(yeah).  Since it was hot before the concert and freezing afterward so I knew I'd need pants of some sort so I settled for my American Eagle boyfriend jeans. And as for shoes I threw on my H&M printed flats (that are featured here!)

All in all I just can't explain the love I have for this band to you guys. And the concert has made that obsession grow about 1000000 times more.

Love you guys!
xoxo, katie

Here are 8 of my favorite songs from them::

1. Fitzpleasure
2. Breezeblocks
3. Taro
4. Matilda
5. Bloodflood
6. Hand Made
7. Something Good
8. Ms

HAPPY LISTENING!

And now for some terrible iPhone concert footage!

THIS IS MY FAVORITE PICTURE EVER OMG ITS ALT J OBVIOUSLY

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