Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG.
Daniela Kucz ’14 is a Gender and Sexuality Studies major and Biology minor. She enjoys finding new music in obscure places, traveling the world, waiting around at the fire station for EMT calls, and cooking (as well as eating) food in her spare time. In terms of music, she loves anything that has rhythm and/or a haunting melody.
This playlist is a collection of songs that I listen to while cooking, dancing around, or dancing around while cooking. In order to get away from the craziness of Swarthmore, I will sometimes spend quite a bit of time doing mindless things. I believe that the best kind of music is the kind that you can get lost in, and these songs most definitely let me do so, accompanying my cooking, cleaning, and other not very intellectual endeavors.
1. “Settle Down” – Kimbra
2. “Too Close” – Alex Clare
3. “Welcome Home” – Radical Face
4. “On A Train” – Yuksek
5. “Your Ghost” – Greg Laswell
6. “Night Air” – Jamie Woon
7. “Wicked Game” – James Vincent McMorrow
8. “This Head I Hold” – Electric Guest
9. “Cruel Intentions” – Simian Mobile Disco ft. Beth Ditto
10. “Race You” – Elizabeth & the Catapult
11. “Stone In My Heart” – Graffiti6
12. “Percussion Gun” – White Rabbits
13. “Hey Mama” – Mat Kearney
14. “The Girl and The Robot” – Röyksopp
15. “When the Night Falls” – Chromeo ft. Solange Knowles
“Campus Mixtapes” is a feature highlighting the musical tastes of different people at Swarthmore. To nominate someone for inclusion, please email Kat Clark ’12 (kclark9).
From the first song: “I want to settle down, I want to settle down, I want to raise a child, I want to raise a child”
From the last song: woman becoming super inflated with pregnancy.
I have only listened to these so far, but I think I hear another theme here.
You get so many points for including a Radical Face track. My favorite one, even.
=Books
I absolutely love “Hey Mama” by Mat Kearney – its not often I see his name on a favorite song/artist list!
Thanks Books and Meca, they’re amazing songs 🙂
And Sigmund Freud, that’s hilarious, I totally didn’t realize I opened with songs that are related to pregnancy. Though “When the Night Falls” isn’t, just the video is, I believe.
I really love the second one, Too Close. The clip is also very cool, with the swords and everything!
Great! 😀
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8. “This Head I Hold” – Electric Guest
This make me want to be your friend!
From the first song: “I want to settle down, I want to settle down, I want to raise a child, I want to raise a child”
From the last song: woman becoming super inflated with pregnancy.
I have only listened to these so far, but I think I hear another theme here.
This playlist is a collection of songs that I listen to while cooking, dancing around, or dancing around while cooking haha same to me.
wow nice to know can anyone tell me where i can buy it online?
10. “Race You” – Elizabeth & the Catapult
Super!!!
You know the featuring of Kimbra with Gotye? Pretty neat imo!
That mixtape is awesome, a friend of mine who is in Swarthmore recommended it to me and now I´m listen to it in my car all the time. Thank you for sharing!
I like this song list 🙂
I like this song list
From the first song: “I want to settle down, I want to settle down, I want to raise a child, I want to raise a child”
From the last song: woman becoming super inflated with pregnancy.
I have only listened to these so far, but I think I hear another theme here.
Great songs!
i like this one: “Stone In My Heart” – Graffiti
hey Daniela, great choice of tracks
The sound is great! Like the last one.
She’s the love of his life, I wish that the women around me they can do so
I enjoyed it, thanks! Something I discovered for the first time 🙂