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Here it is, the mix of songs that helped define my 2014.

This song, on Vance Joy’s amazing album, Dream Your Life Away, came out in the fall and quickly worked its way up to my most played song of the year.  I saw Vance Joy at SXSW playing in a church. It was the same showcase as Hozier and Sam Smith so to say it was the place to be that night is a bit of an understatement. If I could give out the music awards, “Red Eye” would get record of the year for 2014.

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~ Kristen

Here it is, the mix of songs that helped define my 2014.

Going into SXSW, Hozier was one of my top picks to check out. By the end of the year, this guy had a hit album, played on TV, sold out tours, and was generally the talk of the town (or at least my office). I’m just glad I got so see him front row in a tiny room. What an experience! “Work Song” is the song I remember him playing live that really got me. It’s still one of my favorites.

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~ Kristen

Here it is, the mix of songs that helped define my 2014.

2014 marks the 10 year anniversary of Pepper’s Ghost’s Shake The Hand That Shook The World. Although the band is no longer together, they still play an important role in my life. When I started DJing for High Voltage Radio, they were one of the first bands I played. When I took a road trip to a college friend’s wedding, Pepper’s Ghost was the playlist. Favorite bands never die.

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~ Kristen

p.s. I was a camera operator in the above video…

Here it is, the mix of songs that helped define my 2014.

I wasn’t sure Twin Atlantic could ever give me an album that came close to 2011’s Free, but this year’s Great Divide lives up to its predecessor. It was the album’s first single, “Heart and Soul” that ultimately made me choose seeing Twin Atlantic at The Troubadour in 2014’s greatest show conflict of the year (something I still don’t want to think about).

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~ Kristen

Here it is, the mix of songs that helped define my 2014.

This might as well be my theme song this year. As I being to make preparations for the next stage of my life, the concept of moving along has come to haunt me. I also saw The All-American Rejects acoustic this year…twice! All the energy of their rock shows + incredibly entertaining story-telling.

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~ Kristen