The Pelican’s Perch

I’m back!  I didn’t realize how much I truly enjoyed writing this blog until I was without it for a good two weeks.  But fear not, a whole bunch of trial and error on my part led to the site getting even more screwed up, then eventually I figured it all out and got it [...]

The Raconteurs – Rich Kid Blues

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. – Young and Lovestruck

Death Cab for Cutie – Your New Twin Sized Bed

The Envy Corps – Wires and Wool

Nada Surf – See These Bones

Elbow – Grounds for Divorce

The Weepies – Antarctica

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. – Window of Your Mind

Matt Costa – Miss Magnolia

The Raconteurs [...]

Album Leaf – The Light

Faultline (ft. Chris Martin) – Your Love Means Everything Pt. 2

Iron & Wine – The Trapeze Swinger

Manchester Orchestra – Don’t Let Them See You Cry

John Brion – Theme (Eternal Sunshine Soundtrack)

The Books – A Little Longing Goes Away

Album Leaf (ft. Sigur Ros) – Over the Pond

Sigur Ros – Vaka

W.J. Kington – [...]

So, Springfield’s pretty much flooded. It has rained non-stop since probably 8pm last night. The tiny creek next to my uncle’s shop is now a raging river and driving around town, since Springfield’s drainage system is terrible, is near impossible and a lot of intersections you just have to take backroads around. [...]

I just watched Be Kind Rewind. I’ll let you know what I thought this weekend or on Monday. But I haven’t posted another Perch Mix CD from the Christmas present I gave my aunt in a while. So far there’s been Happy and Orchestra. Today, there’s Love. Find the one [...]

Maia Hirasawa – And I Found This Boy

E.L.O. – Mr. Blue Sky

Cloud Cult – Lucky Today

John Vanderslice – Me and My 424

Bishop Allen – Click, Click, Click, Click

Sufjan Stevens – Come on! Feel the Illinoise!

Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position

Ben Lee – Birds and Bees

Apollo Sunshine – I Was on the Moon

The Books – Take [...]

First off, check out that photoshop job! You wouldn’t even be able to tell it wasn’t real if not for my spotty clone stamp job around the wings. Oh, and the fact that there’s a 30 foot pelican conducting from behind the orchestra. But hey, that’s the extent of my photoshop skillz.
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Via Audio – Modern Day Saint

Le Loup – We are Gods! We are Wolves!

Pale Young Gentlemen – Fraulein

Hey Hey My My – Merryland

Inlets – Pictures of Trees

Andrew Bird – Imitosis (Four Tet remix)

The Swimmers – Heaven

Kunek – Coma

Corwin Trails – Sand Castles

W.J. Kingston – The Pass

I started this mix with more folky, fun songs, [...]

The Acorn – Hold Your Breath

Yeasayer – Sunrise

Jesca Hoop – Summertime

The Mabuses – Mirth

Matt Pond PA – Wild Girl

Sunset Rubdown – Up on Your Leopard, Upon Your Feral Days

The Golden Republic – Hemel Dalingen

Enon – Pigeneration

Frida Hyvonen – The Modern

Regina Spektor – Chemo Limo

The Acorn – Lullabye (Mountain)

We made it! Three years of blogging [...]

Final Fantasy – Paris 1919 (ft. Cadence Weapon)

Get Him Eat Him – 2 X2 (ft. Zach Condon of Beirut)

Annuals – Nah Keseyi

Illinois – Alone Again

Tuung – Soup

Lymbyc System – Birds

Manchester Orchestra – Brother (Annuals cover)

Radiohead – Videotape (Mojib Remix)

Beat Radio – A Million Miles

The Cinematic Orchestra – To Build a Home (ft. Patrick Watson)

Orba Squara [...]