Happy 4th of July!

What is a better way to celebrate this beautiful day than with good music?! Here you go, one of my favourite songs at the moment and perfect for a day like this! :)

*image via my Pinterest account

The Music List of 2011

Hello Lovelies!

Hope you had an awesome Christmas! I certainly had! First day: we had an amazing dinner with my family. My uncle is a great cook and always makes special things we never eat. Yesterday (Boxing Day) were we in Amsterdam for a walk. I love Amsterdam! There's so much you can see and discover! At home we had a marvelous dinner and sang on my new Wii Game (U-Sing). For those who didn't know: I love singing! And I know I'm not the best singer in the world, I just like to do it for fun :)

Ok, that was Christmas 2011. During my Christmas Break I'll try to blog everyday, but I might get addicted to the Wii and my new Sims 3 game as well ;-) Here's the first blog of today!

I had such a great year, when we talk about music, I have been to lots of concerts and festivals and discovered so many new bands and talented artists! And now I would love to introduce to you: LISA's top music list of 2011! I'll show you the 10 best albums of this year, the 5 best songs, best male, best female and best new band of 2011! You can compare it with the MTV Awards besides I stay in the indie rock scene. So, let's get started! Oh, and if you don't see your favourite band please give me a call and tell me why that band or record has got to be on that list!


Love Lisa



Best album 2011:

1. The Dears - Degeneration Street
2. Bell X1 - Bloodless Coup
3. The Boxer Rebellion - The Cold Still
4. Alela Diane - Wild Divine
5. The Pierces - You & I
6. Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys!
7. The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
8. Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
9. Young the Giant - Young the Giant
10. White Lies - Ritual



Best song 2011:

1. Gotye ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know
2. White Lies - Bigger Than Us
3. Elbow - Lippy Kids
4. Adele - Someone Like You
5. The Strokes - Under Cover Of Darkness



Best Male 2011:

1. James Morrison
2. Milow
3. Ben Saunders



Best Female 2011:

1. Adele
2. Amy Winehouse
3. Alela Diane



Best New Band 2011:

1. The Vaccines
2. Young the Giant
3. Foster The People
4. Fitz & The Tantrums
5. Wolf Gang

November time!

Hello bloglovers!

It's officially November and that means only 2 months left untill 2012 starts. I turn 20, my internship will end and I'm going to 3 concerts of the best bands ever!

To begin with band number 1: Saybia (November 2, Patronaat Haarlem) Saybia is one of the best bands of the zeroes. It's so different than other bands. The lyrics, the bombastic melodies.. it hits you. We have these tickets for months and now the time has come! I hardly can't wait to see this band live. Actually, I must confess I'm a little bit nervous for this gig. I think it's gonna be one of the best concerts I've ever been to. I think I might have to cry and they will blow me away!



Number 2 is on November 14, in the HMH Amsterdam. I'm talking ofcourse about Elbow! This British band will perform for a sold out audience and play there beautiful songs. I love Elbow, it's so magnetic! Alternative music in a special way. "The Seldom Seen Kid" is one of my favorite albums and when I saw them on Pinkpop and Lowlands this year, I was sold! And what also makes this concert special is that I'm going with my dad (for the first time) so that's cool :)



And last but not least (we also have gigs in December but I will blog about that later) Number 3: Okkervil River. From Denmark to the UK to Austin Texas USA. November 24 (MY BIRTHDAY!) also in Haarlem. My sister came to me a few months ago and said: 'Lisa, you're not gonna believe this! Okkervil River is coming to Holland!' Me: 'What? No, that's impossible! Nobody knows Okkervil River here!' She: 'No, it's true! Do you wanna know when and where they come?' Me: 'Eh, yeah ofcourse!' She: 'Don't fall of your chair.. they're coming to Haarlem on your birthday.' Me: 'WHAT?! No way!' But she was right. 2 years ago my dad came to me and said: 'If you like A Balladeer, you definetely gonna like this!' And he gave me "The Stage Names". And also this time I was completely sold! What a great music, that voice.. I've never heard something like this! And now, we are 2 years later and I'm gonna see 3 of my favorite bands live in 1 month. It's insane!



But like I said, it's also the last month of my internship at Sanoma Media. Too bad it's done because I liked it there so much! What a great company with nice people and cool projects. I'm really gonna miss it! But I'm trying to come back and do also my last internship there (but how that will end..)

And the last thing I'm gonna say and then I'm ending this blog, I will visit some schools where I will go to when I'm done with my study. One school in Utrecht, one in Zwolle.. and I'm celebrating my birthday on a Sunday instead of a Saturday.. for the variety :)

So.. I have a lot of plans for this month! What about you? Is it also gonna be a crazy month for you? Or are you gonna celebrate Thanksgiving and relax during the weekends and after school/work? I wish you all a lovely month and see you soon! (I will make reports from all the gigs!)


Love Lisa