As the winter semester begins, we reminisce on the highs and lows of the winter break. Many returned home to visit family and friends for the holidays, others stayed behind and embraced life in Montreal. What we all have in common is a shared experience of the holidays in its many forms, the thumping excitement of the yuletide festivities and the sobering mornings that follow.
Compiled is a playlist to reflect that duality of the season. Side A : “Can I Get a Yule-Yeah!” for the energy and chaotic blur of the holidays, and Side B: “Thoroughly Roasted By An Open Fire” for those lonely hangover days that inevitably follow.
Side A : “Can I Get a Yule-Yeah!”
1 . Cécile McLorin Salvant – “John Henry” – WomanChild
2 . Daft Punk – “Doin’ It Right (Ft. Panda Bear)” – Random Access Memories
3 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Heads Will Roll” – It’s Blitz!
4 . Arcade Fire – “Flashbulb Eyes” – Reflektor
5 . Julian Casablancas – “11th Dimension” – Phrazes for the Young
6 . Tom Waits – “Step Right Up” – Small Change
7 . Tanlines – “Real Life” – Mixed Emotions
8 . Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close” – 18 Months
9 . Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – “How Long Do I Have To Wait For You?” – Naturally
10 . M.I.A – “Bad Girls” – Matangi
Side B: “Thoroughly Roasted By An Open Fire”
1 . Beach House – “The Hours” – Bloom
2 . Brian Eno – “The Big Ship” – Another Green World
3 . Willis Earl Beal – “Wavering Lines” – Nobody Knows
4 . Miles Davis – “It Never Entered My Mind” – Workin’
5 . Beirut – “The Rip Tide” – The Rip Tide
6 . Valerie June – “Somebody To Love” – Pushin’ Against a Stone
7 . Keaton Henson – “You” – Birthdays
8 . Björk – “Virus” – Biophilia
9 . Roberta Flack – “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – First Take
10 . Of Monsters and Men – “Love Love Love” – My Head Is An Animal
