During the stressful exam times I often have one big playlist of chilled-out music to keep me going. As much as I love to listen to heavy rock and rap when I drive, or dubstep and house when I go out, I also love to listen to easy-going alternative when I’m just at home. That’s why instead of giving a single musician review, I have decided to mix it up with the different artists on my playlist as a whole. Starting this playlist will be some good songs and bands leading up to my favourite artists right now in the alternative and acoustic genre. Every day I will be adding one or two bands that are currently on my study tunes.

Starting off my playlist is a band I found while drifting through the endless abyss of Youtube, called The Paper Kites. This relatively new band released their EP in March of 2011, with some of my favourite tracks on my playlist being ‘Bloom’ and ‘Featherstone’. Both these tracks have interesting music videos worth looking at too. The Paper Kites only have about 10 songs in total, but if you like them, exploring their other songs is a good idea.

The next song I found is called ‘Act on Impulse’ by We Were Promised Jetpacks. This song has gained most of its popularity from its recent appearance on The Vampire Diaries. Regardless of what you may think of the show, this is a great indie track worth listening to. 


Come back tomorrow to see what new tracks have been added.

For your entertainment, 
Matt Cryer