Federica S.inMemoir MixtapesIris recommends: “Rambling Man” by Laura Marling“Rambling Man” is the third track in Laura Marling’s 2010 album I Speak Because I Can, and was the opening to her show at the Southbank…Mar 30, 2020Mar 30, 2020
Federica S.inMemoir MixtapesIris Recommends: “Not So Bad In LA” by Allie XIn a city that lives while its bright stars die And you start to get old when you turn 25 Where else can you go when you’ve got that drive?Feb 21, 2020Feb 21, 2020
Federica S.inMemoir MixtapesIris Recommends: “Entitlement Crew” by The Hold SteadyMore often than not, Katie Darby Mullins’s recommendations on Twitter lead me to new songs that feel like old friends I’ve had at my side…Jan 1, 2020Jan 1, 2020
Federica S.inMemoir MixtapesIris Recommends: “Rise Up With Fists!!!” by Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins“Rise Up With Fists!!!” finds me one June afternoon, on a train from Heathrow airport back to Hammersmith at the end of a work trip to…Nov 20, 2019Nov 20, 2019
Federica S.inMemoir MixtapesIris Recommends: “Spiders” by the EditorsI have bad days of all sorts at work. Bad days when “don’t talk to me before I’ve had my coffee” is everything but a joke.Aug 11, 2019Aug 11, 2019
Federica S.inMemoir MixtapesIris Recommends: “The Beigeness” by Kate TempestDespite all the years I’ve spent in London, I still approach every book that tells tales of its modern-day life with a certain wonder: the…May 22, 2019May 22, 2019
Federica S.inMemoir MixtapesIris Recommends: “Marching Bands of Manhattan” by Death Cab For CutieAsk me where in Italy I grew up, and the answer will be a variation of middle of nowhere, you won’t know it, change of subject (you’ve…Mar 6, 2019Mar 6, 2019
Federica S.inMemoir MixtapesIris Recommends: “The Water” by Johnny Flynn and Laura MarlingThe water has no rules. It doesn’t care who I am, who I’ve been, who I’m trying to become; it has no place for the clouds in my head.Oct 23, 2018Oct 23, 2018