To Dads all around the world – thank you for doing you.
For as long as I’ve known, Father’s Day has always been a very special day for my family and I and consists of a very cherished tradition that is near and dear to my heart. To celebrate the day, here are two things that I would like to dedicate to the father of the daughter (that’s me!) running this blog.
This Canadian Father’s Day commercial for Oreos. Yum.
And this new jam by my favorite Mayer Hawthorne called “Reach Out Richard.” My dad’s name isn’t Richard, but this is most definitely a song that he can get down to.
A new album is on its way! Life + Times interviewed Mayer Hawthorne today to learn more about his album and the revealing of his tracklist.
Mayer Hawthorne Where Does This Door Go Tracklist
1. Problematization
2. Back Seat Lover
3. The Innocent
4. Allie Jones
5. The Only One
6. Wine Glass Woman
7. Her Favorite Song
8. Crime (with Kendrick Lamar)
9. Reach Out Richard
10. Corsican Rosé
11. Where Does This Door Go
12. Robot Love
13. The Stars Are Ours
14. All Better
Happy Happy Friday everyone! I am in love with shortened work weeks. It makes the weekends come so much faster and to celebrate I wanted to share with you this hour-long mix by one of my favorites – Mayer Hawthorne. If any of you know Mayer Hawthorne at all then you already know that this is bound to be a love mix. It’s such a great mix that has – well – a lot of soul and heart to it. Swoonworthy tunes in my opinion.
The sweet sweet crooner is releasing his new album Where Does This Door Go on July 16th through Republic Records. To support his record, we’ll also see Mayer back on the road again with One Republic. Here are his summer dates below:
Mayer Hawthorne 2013 Tour Dates:
05/25 – Denver, CO @ Magness Arena (University of Denver)
05/31 – Savannah, GA @ Savannah College of Art & Design
06/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Cultivate Festival – Golden Gate Park
07/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ Basilica of St. Mary – Basilica Block Park
07/19 – Tulsa, OK @ Center of the Universe Festival – Brady Arts District
07/23 – Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival – The Pavilion *
07/25 – Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion (Outdoor)*
07/27 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook*
07/28 – Canandaigua, NY @ Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center *
07/30 – Newport, RI @ Newport Yachting Center *
08/01 – Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion *
08/02 – Mashantucket, CT @ MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods *
08/03 – Bethlehem, PA @ Musikfest *
08/05 – Vienna, VA @ Filene Center at Wolf Trap *
08/06 – Hyannis, MA @ Cape Cod Melody Tent *
08/08 – Big Flats, NY @ Tags *
08/09 – Baltimore, MD @ Pier Six Concert Pavilion *
08/10 – Hudson, NY @ Hudson Waterfront Park *
08/12 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live *
08/13 – Hollywood, FL @ Seminole Hard Rock Live Amphitheatre *
08/15 – Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Amphitheatre *
08/16 – Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheatre *
08/18 – Whites Creek, TN @ The Woods at Fontanel *
It’s still pretty early in 2013, but it looks like it is going to be a fantastic year for music. First Justin Timberlake, then a new Youth Lagoon album, and now my all time favorite swooner Mayer Hawthorne is teasing us with this trailer inspired by Timberlake himself. I can’t be the only one that is excited about this am I?
T. Swift has seriously stepped her game in 2012. Yes, she’s still sticking to the neutral colored dresses – but hey! That’s okay. It works for her. Taylor Swift is really just doing all the right things when it comes to her style these days and it helps that there are a handful of fabulous designers throwing their pieces at her. It’s awesome. I, of course, am jealous.
I’d like to think that it would be possible to categorize one day out of the week has being more music focused than other days, but the truth is, it only becomes “Music Tuesday” or Music Wednesday” if there’s more news just happening.
SO HEY! Music Tuesdays this week! I’ve got the new music video by Mayer Hawthorne for “No Strings” and as we all know, this is my favorite song from him, but probably not my favorite music video by him. That’s okay.
As previously mentioned, Ben Gibbard is on the brink of releasing his first solo album. 107.7 THE END premiered a song off of it last night entitled, “Teardrop Windows” and it is very Ben Gibbardy.
Despite being gone from Yow Yow! for an entire week, the blog has still been receiving its typical number for visitors! Thanks for sticking around y’all!
With graduation just around the corner, life has picked up a bit. I’ve been tying up some loose ends and spending time with some dear friends and family. I know that, however, Yow Yow is always going to be here. I may not have had the chance to post daily for awhile now, but the pressure of keeping up with every day news just got to be a little bit too tough for me. Will that change when I am a working girl? We shall see.
So it’s been a crazy whirlwind of a past two weeks.
I planned a music festival! Well, actually, I’ve been planning it for a whole year with my co-chairs, but I finally got to see it come to life and it was by far, the coolest thing I have ever done.
I returned to a community and said my parting goodbyes along with the rest of the seniors in my class.
I ate and didn’t eat a lot simultaneously.
I didn’t sleep very much.
School was kind of on the back burner.
I became a “downtown” kind of a girl.
“Call Me Maybe” became a little bit more permanent
But most importantly, in the last two weeks (probably in the last month since I said this not too long ago,) I have laughed and smiled more than I ever have in my years here at Seattle University. It is such a joy being a senior, but my time here would not be worth anything if not for those around me and in my life.
You guys, my last week of college is next week. I’m not even going to try to wrap my head around that right now at 10 PM.
We like to eat at small burger drive-ins.
We spend our mornings and afternoons chalking our Quad for our biggest event of the year.
But seriously, allow me to introduce to you our bands:
Mayer Hawthorne and the County:
+ R&B/Soul/Pop
+ Hails from Detroit, Michigan
+ Supporting Foster the People on tour this summer
+ Just finished a worldwide tour/in the first leg of his national tour
+ Performed on David Letterman and Conan
+ Collaborations w/ Snoop Dogg, The Cool Kids, Rizzle Kicks
+ Ranked by Filter Magazine – Top 10 Albums of 2011
+ Performed at 2011′s Lollapalooza and Moog Fest
+ Was the last band to tour w/ Amy Winehouse along w/ Janelle Monae
ScHoolboy Q:
+ Rap/Hip-hop
+ Hails from California
+ Will tour w/ Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, and Kendrick Lamar this summer
+ Part of TDE Entertainment w/ Kendrick Lamar and A$ap Rocky
+ On the bill for Pitchfork Music Festival 2012
+ Performed at this year’s SXSW
+ Part of the Rock the Bells 2012 lineup
Bearbot:
+ DJ/Mashup
+ New York native
+ Design student by day/DJ by night
+ Has had her work recognized by the 2012 Oscar Awards in the shorts nomination category
+ Latest featured work in David Guetta x Nicki Minaj’s music video “Turn Me On”
Pickwick:
+ Indie/Pop
+ Local band
+ Will be on the mainstage at Sasquatch 2012
+ Participated in SXSW 2012
+ Performed at 2011′s Doe Bay Fest, Bumbershoot, and City Arts Fest
+ Voted by City Arts Magazine as part of the “10 New Seattle Bands to Watch” March 2012
+ No strangers to selling out their shows
Campfire OK:
+ Indie/Folk
+ Local band
+ Performed at 2011′s Capitol Hill Block Party, Doe Bay Fest, Bumbershoot, and City Arts Fest
+ On the verge of releasing their new album
+ SEAC’s 2012 Battle of the Bands judges
