Boc’s Best | Illyana’s Favorite Songs of 2011

1. Someone like you – Adele One artist I cannot help but like.

2. Bizness – tUnE-yArDs It is like sour colored candy.

3. Salinas – Laura Marling This is a forest jam.

4. Dilettante – St. Vincent It was difficult to decide on just one song from this album.

5. Waiting For My Chance To Come – Noah and the Whale

6. Last Night – The Morning Benders “Stereogum Presents… STROKED: A Tribute To Is This It”

7. Errorrs – The Young Maths

8. Weekend – Smith Westerns 

9. Life Is Simple In The Moonlight – The Strokes You can’t go wrong here.

10. Settle Down – Kimbra Kimbra is hot shit. I wonder when she will become a sensation for everyone to enjoy.

11. Hey Friend – JEFF the Brotherhood 

12. Days – The Drums

13. Nothing But Our Love – Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. I love this song.

14. Lonely Boy – The Black Keys This band is playing my heart strings.

15. The Feeling– Bartalk

How’d you like to Meet your New Blue Sky Journalist?

May we introduce to you Miss Illyana Boc, our little Texas starlet who you obviously will see lots more of during SXSW!

We are glad to welcome Illyana on board. It was easy to say a big YES when she first showed interest in being a part of the blog. Her classic taste in music and love for more indie acts like St. Vincent didn’t hurt that decision any.

Here is Illyana Boc’s Personal Playlist Bio ‘11

1. Jackson Browne – These Days (covered by Nico, covered by St. Vincent) 

“This is my all time favorite song.”

2. The Beatles – Till There Was You

3. Daniel Johnston – True Love Will Find You In The End

4. The Doors – Break On Through (To The Other Side)

5. Fleetwood Mac – Dreams

6. John Mayer – Neon

7. Laura Marling – Your Only Doll (Dora)

8. LCD Soundsystem – I Can Change

9. The Everly Brothers – All I Have To Do Is Dream

10. Regina Spektor – On The Radio

11. The Velvet Underground – All Tomorrow’s Parties, Candy Says, Pale Blue Eyes

12. The Strokes – Under Control, Someday, You Only Live Once, Is This it

13. St. Vincent – Your Lips Are Red, Strange Mercy, The Party, All My Stars Aligned, etc.

You can connect with Illyana + find more, including her own music [on Sunfish Records] via the links below:

Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/illyanaboc

Youtube: youtube.com/illyanabocmusic

Facebook: facebook.com/illyanabocmusic

Twitter: @illyanaboc

Cure Your Case of the Mondays with the Drums!

Watch the Drums give a passionate performance of a slower Down by the Water + then listen to similar bands play a ton of more upbeat songs to Cure Your Case this week.

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What Made Us Love Ellie | Live @ Amoeba

Ellie Goulding played a set at indie’s infamous Amoeba Records where she showed off not only her incredible talent, but a sweet and fun-loving personality that hooked and reeled us in. Listen to the stream of the April performance now available for free on Spotify.

Watch our first ever Blue Sky + YouTube Video Playlist, steaming right here on Blue Sky + on our brand new YouTube channel! 

Want a Radar Love of Your Own?

I thought you might…  so here it is to Cure your Case of the Mondays this week.

|Radar Love|

50 BlueSky Selected Songs from Artists in Under the Radar #1 + #38

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Be sure to check out our Media Tribute to Under the Radar, and add your message!

As touched as Under the Radar was to get the gift you guys helped us put together, I am just as touched and beyond honored to be able to present it to them, and have it mentioned on the UTR Tumblr, Facebook + Twitter!

Thank to all you music makers + shakers, you are the reason we are here!

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