Tuesday Tunes-Day Volume XIII.

As mentioned here, I have been working as a PR representative for Kim Tran, a level 5 designer at Academy of Art University as part of a project with my Fashion PR class. In an attempt to get to know my 'client' better and inside her artistic head I asked Kim what type of music inspires her as she creates her Senior Collection. I put together a little playlist, compiled of some 90's hip hop, UK based artists and other tracks that spark Kim's insanely creative mind and help her create one of a kind designs. I like to call it, Designer Beats: Kim Tran.

When I'm Small - Phantogram

Mouthful of Diamonds - Phantogram

You Are The Ocean - Phantogram

Bloody Palms - Phantogram

Tour Stories - Souls of Mischief

Postal - Souls of Mischief

Poets - Souls of Mischief

93 'Till Infinity - Souls of Mischief

Wildfire - Sbtrkt

Hold On - Sbtrkt

Pharaohs - Sbtrkt

Right Thing To Do - Sbtrkt

*Check it out, you can listen to this playlist on Spotify here. If you like it , keep checking back for more published playlists in the future!

Coachella Ella Ella...

A virgin to the festival in the fields of Indio, I am SO excited that I have decided to pop my Coachella Cherry this year! After seeing the lineup and collaboration of artists, I literally gasped in excitement. Not too Hipster, not too Hip-Hop (to be honest i'd say I am more of an old school Hip-Hop lover myself (Thanks to Mags!) but that's OK). Naturally with all this Coachella talk, I can't help but get amped to put together some "serious outfits" as my good friend Justine would say, and buy some new festival threads! Lucky me that I live in the most amazing area to Vintage Shop, Haight St. BEWARE we're comin' for ya!

 Stay tuned, because in the next few months leading up to this event ill be posting my,"Festival Must Have's" as well as my tip's on how to vintage shop like a pro for all ya'll to enjoy!

Below is the 2010 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Fesitval Lineup (*always subject to change)

 I have highlighted some of my "excited to see's" in bold although Im sure there are some amazing artists that I am looking over. Who else should I be excited to see? I'd love your feedback!!!

FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, Lucero, DJ Lance Rock, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Proxy, Ra Ra Riot, Deer Tick, Wolfgang Gartner, Aeroplane, Iglu & Hartly, Sleigh Bells, P.O.S., Baroness, Hockey, Little Dragon, White Rabbits, Wale, Kate Miller-Heidke, As Tall as Lions, Jets Overhead, Alana Grace, Pablo Hassan.


SATURDAY, APRIL 17: Muse, Faith No More, Tiësto, MGMT, David Guetta, The Dead Weather, Hot Chip, Devo, Coheed and Cambria, Kaskade, 2Many DJ's, Major Lazer, Dirty Projectors, Gossip, Z-Trip, The xx, John Waters, Les Claypool, The Raveonettes, Mew, Sia, Camera Obscura, Tokyo Police Club, Porcupine Tree, Old Crow Medicine Show, Aterciopalados, Bassnectar, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty South, Flying Lotus, Corinne Bailey Rae, Pretty Lights, Shooter Jennings, RX Bandits, The Almighty Defenders, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Craze & Klever, Zoe, The Temper Trap, Portugal. The Man, Band of Skulls, Girls, Beach House, Steel Train, Frank Turner.


SUNDAY, APRIL 18: Gorillaz, Pavement, Thom Yorke, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, De La Soul, Julian Casablancas, Plastikman, Gary Numan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, MUTEMATH, Deerhunter, Infected Mushroom, Club 75, Matt & Kim, The Big Pink, Gil Scott-Heron, King Khan and the Shrines, Florence and the Machine, Yann Tiersen, Little Boots, Miike Snow, Talvin Singh, Ceu, B.o.B., Babasonicos, Owen Pallett, The Glitch Mob, Mayer Hawthorne, Local Natives, Rusko, The Middle East, Hadouken!, The Soft Pack, Kevin Devine, Paparazzi, Delphic, One EskimO

TGI Hump Day & The Bin38 Event
(apologizes for all my sexual connotations used in todays post, maybe its the weather?) 
No plans tonight? Come join us at Bin 38 in San Francisco for a fundraising event for the people of Haiti. 100% of donations made at the door will go directly to the relief efforts through the What If Foundation (http://whatiffoundation.org/donate). In addition, $4 for certain glasses of wine and $2 for select beers will be donated as well!

♥ Heartforward ♫ ♪

The best part about loving what you do for a living is that you never feel like you are working! I just got back from a quick trip to Urban Outfitters to meet Camaron Ochs and sister Jillian to pick out a rockin' outfit for her album release party this Saturday. Jillian contacted me after seeing my blog and asked if I would like to help Camaron for this event. I happily accepted the offer as I had become a fan of Camaron's music via Facebook a few months prior and loved all the songs off her debut album, Heartforward. After setting up the dressing room with about 10 different outfits, the girls showed up and Camaron put on a little fashion show for us as we sipped Kombucha's (I really should provide my clients with a bubbly glass of Veuve, maybe next time!).  A few of the outfits were no-no's, lot's yes-yes's... especially my fav, the one when she was channeling her inner Lady GaGa! (Im kicking myself for not taking photos, but the employee's @ Urban don't like photography in dressing room's, sigh)

After a bit of deliberating, Camaron chose the red high-waisted skirt that I paired with a chiffon studded tank. It is a very cute, venue appropriate outfit that will only add a nice flair to her natural beauty!

Stay tuned for pictures of the outfit and the event, but in the meantime check out her website http://www.camaronochs.com/

If you are in or around the San Francisco Bay Area and want to come to the show, you can purchase a ticket for Saturday night off her website and receive a FREE copy of the album, Heartforward upon entry of the Red Devil Lounge! Thats a deal if I ever heard one!

Pass this flyer along to 5 people....Or else you will have bad fashion karma for 1 year! (haha!)

And..Check out my favorite tracks: