Here's to Making it Count, March

I've been going APE over this remix the past few days. It's all Sia's vocals, no Flo Rida. Check it.



And now, here's everything I listened to in March.

Pull a Kanye	Andy Pop
Levels (George Money Edit)	Avicii
Party Animal (Original Mix)	Avicii Feat R.I.O. & U-Jean
Control (Extended Mix)	Benny Benassi & Gary Go
Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay (Feat. Kanye West & Roscoe Dash) (Dirty)	Big Sean
Call Me Maybe	Carly Rae Jepsen
Guess Who's Hungover	Childz Play
Youth (Ft. Sid Sriram)	The Dean's List
Ready 2 Fly (Original Mix)	Deth Hertz & Nobody
Marilyn (feat. Dominique LeJeune)	G-Eazy
Somebody That I Used To Know (TheFatRat Remix)	Gotye ft. Kimbra
Nocturnal Rainbows	Hopsin
Guns And Contact	The Jane Doze
Glad You Raised Your Weapon	The Jane Doze
Replacement Ros	The Jane Doze
Wild Ones Take Over	The Jane Doze
Kids, Set Fire To Someone That I Used To Know	The Jane Doze
Spring Break Mix	Kap Slap
Dose of Dopeness	Kid Cudi
Dill the Noise (Original Mix)	Kill The Noise, Dillon Francis
Naive (Jean Tonique Remix)	The Kooks
Last Time (Knife Party Remix)	Labrinth
Video Games (Ninth Letta Remix)	Lana del Rey
She Will ft. Drake	Lil Wayne
Let It (edIT Remix)	Machinedrum
The Night Out (A-Trak Remix)	Martin Solveig
Starships	Nicki Minaj
Spin You Around	Puddle Of Mudd
Lights & Sparks (Mighty Mouse Remix)	Shake Aletti
Wrong Game (Prod. By nVMe)	Terry Urban
Wobble Baby	V.I.C.
Bambooyah! (Continuous Mix)	The White Panda
Stupid Heart	She’s A Keeper

This is what has caught my interest lately:



And three good ones from Adventure Club:
 

This one is a fave, for sure.
 

Hinder Gives Fairbanks "Nightmares"

Hinder Gives Fairbanks "Nightmares"

By Alyssa Dunehew

July 11, 2011

Oklahoma City has never looked so good on Fairbanks, Alaska. The alternative metal band Hinder made their first ever appearance here in Fairbanks on Friday, July 8 at the Blue Loon, after their show at El Paso’s Downtown Street Festival. Hinder played at the Palmer State Fair last August to a massive all-ages crowd, and the Loon crowd last Friday sure wasn’t any less. Hinder was probably the most entertaining concert to hit the Loon in a while; it’s not every concert that a lead singer walks out onto the center divider that separates the drinkers and the non-drinkers to be groped by the nearest screaming fans.

Hinder formed back in 2001, created by drummer Cody Hanson, guitarist Joe Garvey, and lead singer Austin Winkler, who met at a college party in Oklahoma City. The band grew after their 2003 release of Far From Close, an EP on the independent label Brickden Records. By 2005 they acquired Bassist Mike Rodden and rhythm guitarist Mark King for their release of Extreme Behavior. The album included the two songs that got Hinder noticed around the world, “Get Stoned” and “Lips of an Angel”, and from there, the rest is a successful history.

Hinder’s new album, All American Nightmare, has been a success as well, since its December 2011 release. The album sold 35,000 copies during its first week on sale in the United States, and debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at number 37. “All American Nightmare” currently sits at #22 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart, the week's most popular alternative, mainstream rock and triple A songs.

The Fairbanks crowd went crazy for the newer songs such as “Hey Ho”, “Striptease”, and “Put That Record On”. By the end of the night, approximately 10 bras of various colors, shapes, and sizes had accumulated across the stage.

So, that’s #22 on the charts, 152,881 Facebook fans, and a 10 on the “bras on stage” scale. That’s what rock n’ roll calls a good night.

For some reason, these last three photos didn't make it to my Flickr set.

Well, they asked for a “Striptease”… Here is one of many articles of lingerie thrown onstage during the Hinder concert at the Blue Loon. July 8, 2011. Alyssa Dunehew

Hinder members Austin Winkler and Joe Garvey put on a show for the screaming crowd at the Blue Loon on Friday evening, July 8, 2011. Alyssa Dunehew

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith was known for his scarf-clad microphone stand... Suppose Austin Winkler of Hinder might have a similar, yet sexier idea?  Hinder performed at the Blue Loon for an all-ages concert on July 8, 2011. Alyssa Dunehew

Patience, February (Playlist)

Alright, folks. Time to wrap things up for the month. And holy crap, is there a lot to wrap up. Might have to double up... Sorry. Bad joke.

This month has pretty much been hell and high water for me. I'm not exaggerating. I haven't been this unmotivated ever in my life.

But, within the past week I've started making positive changes, after I actually made the realization that it was motivation I was lacking and that there are some things I need to change. 

Last week I started going to the gym again, which has REALLY helped me. I've also become a hockey girl... 'nough said.

One last thing I’d like to mention before I give you the playlist. For the past month or so, I’ve been a Staff Reporter for the Sun Star (view their Facebook too!) the student newspaper here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I’ve had a fantastic time writing for them so far, and I’ve finally settled into the position of writing music reviews. Tomorrow my first review will be published online, please check it out! We’re really trying to get more people to the site, because it’s a GREAT site.

Just like any other hard time, music is what always gets me through. So, here's to you, February. Thank God you're over and done with.

Patience, February

I'm Coming Home	Diddy & Dirty Money Ft. Skylar Grey
Illmerica (Party Rock Remix)	Split Second
No Stereo Loves Hands (Waka Flaka vs. Edward Maya)	SmithAgentSmith
Some chords (Tommie Keeston remix)	Deadmau5
Animale (key&kite Merge)	Don Diablo ft. Dragonette
Pressurize the Vault (Trykk Mashup)	Liquid Stranger
Jar of Hearts	Christina Perri
Amazed	LoneStar
I Need A Doctor	Dr. Dre ft. Eminem & Skylar Grey
Lights (WIRED Dubstep Remix)	Ellie Goulding
Iris	Goo Goo Dolls
Scar Tissue	Red Hot Chili Peppers
One More Time	Akon
Tonight (Feat. Ludacris)	Enrique Iglesias
Needle And Haystack Life	Switchfoot
Your Love Is A Song	Switchfoot
Enough To Let Me Go	Switchfoot
Free	Switchfoot
Hello Hurricane	Switchfoot
Yet	Switchfoot
Black & Yellow 3.0	(My remix that I'm trying to put on SoundCloud)
Better Than This	Almost Gold
Tech N Stuff [Deadmau5 vs. Tech N9ne]	Daveskii08
Inhale, Exhale (VIKING Remix)	OnCue
Pushin Drugs (Lupe Fiasco vs. Ratatat)	SposhRock
Then It Happened	Milosh
Hallelujah	Paramore
When Love Takes Over (feat. Kelly Rowland)	David Guetta
Eyes Wide (Fool's Gold Remix ft. Aristotle)	Local Natives
Dreams Up	Hoodie Allen
Good To Be Me (Feat. Kid Rock)	Uncle Kracker
Hey Alli	Runner Runner
Happily Ever After	He Is We
Price Tag (Video)	Jessie J
Long Gone (ft. Rock City)	Akon
Letter To The Lost (Ft. Christina Perri)	Sam Adams
Stars Shine Brightest (In The Darkest Of Night) f. Rick Warren	CunninLynguists
The Crave	Chris Young The Rapper
Animal Rights (Hose It Remix)	Split Second
Better Than Her	Akon ft. Matisse
Two Is Better Than One	Boys Like Girls Feat. Taylor Swift
Blue Skies Again	Jessica Lea Mayfield
Buy This Town	Lori McKenna
Just Tonight (Video)	The Pretty Reckless
Helplessness Blues	Fleet Foxes

By the way, did you notice how organized that list of songs is compared to those nasty lists I used to type by hand? :) I’m getting smarter with these blog posts…