Today is the turn of Lanny Lieu, the person behind the new(ish) Portland-based PR entity Chill Chill Publicity (who brought Foxall and Mrs. Hopewell to our attention). PR companies are a divisive part of the music industry, at best clogging up our inboxes and at worst governing who and what gets heard in a way major labels can only dream of these days. People like Lanny are important because they show that PR can independent and tailored too, giving voice to artists who otherwise might not get heard without throwing money around or sending a zillion emails. Basically, PR can be done by people in it for the music.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, PR is only one of the musical pies in which Lanny has her fingers. She is also the current Music Director at KPSU (where she hosts her own radio show), and writes for UK blog Drunken Werewolf.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera
by Lanny Lieu

I first stumbled upon Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera in English class when I was 17. It’s probably the only assigned reading I’ve truly enjoyed. Despite it being one of my favorite books, I’ve only read it once (if only you could see my room of untouched books I’ve accumulated over the years…). I, however, still remember the magic that came along with it. I was blown away by Marquez’s vivid imagery, remarkable storytelling skills, and his ability to get inside his characters’ heads and realistically describe their motives and intentions.

I’ve always found Love in the Time of Cholera to be especially intriguing by the way it depicts all sorts of relationships ranging from a halfhearted marriage to lust-filled hookups and everything in between – some darker and more disturbing than others. The playlist I’ve provided as a part of the Quiet, Constant Friends project includes everything from a 1996 Backstreet Boys single to my favorite 2014 lo-fi gems to convey the different aspects of love and heartbreak in this beautifully written novel.

Tracklisting:

You can find Chill Chill Publicity on Twitter and Facebook. The Quiet, Constant Friends compilation is for sale on the Wake The Deaf Bandcamp page.

Cover art by Pamela Guest

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Sarah Winchester – Northeast Kingdom

(RIYL: folk, sad, A Weather, J. Tillman)

Sea Wolf – Song Spells, No. 1: Cedarsmoke

(RIYL: folk, indie rock, Leaves in the River)

Shipwrecks – Unknown Demos

(RIYL: folk, bedroom pop, sad)

Sledding With Tigers – A Necessary Bummer

(RIYL: folk punk, ramshackle fun, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Paul Baribeau)

Slow Violence – New Teen Angst Pt. 2

(RIYL: ambient, dream pop, super slo-mo R&B)

Splendidid – Finx

(RIYL: dream pop, surfing, summer)

The spookfish – Living Room

(RIYL: experimental, surreal synth pop, age-old folk music)

The Sweater I Gave You – Three / Four

(RIYL: indie pop, lo-fi, bedroom)

Swim Lessons – Winged and Wounded

(RIYL: indie pop, lo-fi, You Won’t)

Thad Kopec – Noble Neighbour

(RIYL: folk, americana, Blind Pilot, Bowerbirds)

Thorsten Nesch – Spilling the Beans

(RIYL: folk, lo-fi, acoustic)

Trashlord – One

(RIYL: punk, fuzzy indie rock, LVL Up)

TV Girl – French Exit

(RIYL: indie pop, hip hop, spoken word samples)

Two White Cranes – Twowhitecranes

(RIYL: folk, singer-songwriter, Emmy the Great)

Un Blonde – Habit Anything

(RIYL: lo-fi, experimental, art pop)

Unknown Tone Records – Unknown Tone Vol. III (Compilation)

(RIYL: ambient, experimental, field recordings)

Unradiant – S/T

(RIYL: ambient, downtempo, electronica)

Violeta Päivänkakkara – Kipinä​.​jp

(RIYL: electronic, folk, chill)

VVhile – More

(RIYL: lo-fi, noise, pop punk)

WALBERT MK – THE ‘WALBERT MK’ TAPE 2K14

(RIYL: pop, electronic, indie)

Walter Mitty and his Makeshift Orchestra – Well Soon

(RIYL: indie pop, acoustic, kazoos)

Water Music – Wolves

(RIYL: folk, indie rock Sparklehorse)

Wet Wood – s/t

(RIYL: experimental, psychedelic, krautrock)

Whatever, Dad – 100% Take Home! Grade Pending

(RIYL: bedroom pop, folk, lo-fi)

Wood Spider – Decadence

(RIYL: folk, punk, gypsy, Defiance Ohio)

The Yellow Dress – Faint Music // Ordinary Light

(RIYL: folk, indie pop, The Mountain Goats, The Magnetic Fields)

Favourite Free Music of 2014 (S-Z) from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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