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Travel Capsule Wardrobe: Simplifying Your Packing

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Travel Capsule Wardrobe: Simplifying Your Packing

Do you wish to have the perfect outfit for every occasion while traveling? Are you tired of carrying around heavy suitcases during your travels? If your answer to these questions is YES, you have come to the right place.

In this blog, we will dive into the world of travel capsule wardrobes. It is the ultimate solution to mix and match attires effortlessly, creating a number of outfit options for every occasion.

Let’s get started!

Packing for Long Flights

Your travel adventure begins from the moment you step into the airport. And dressing smart for long flights is the key to starting your journey on the right foot.

When selecting your airport outfit, comfort should be your best friend! Opt for loose-fitting, breathable fabrics like cotton or linen for tops and bottoms. To strike the perfect balance between comfort and style, consider going for coordinated sets. These matching pieces look effortlessly put together and allow for easy movement during your travels.

The best part about coord sets is that you can also mix and match the pieces with other items in your wardrobe. The individual top and bottom can be paired with other clothing to create entirely different looks, expanding your outfit options.

Another fantastic option is to rock a pair of loose-fitted cargo pants. You can wear these with a basic white t-shirt or a cute tank top and complete the look with comfy sneakers.

Packing for Special Occasions

Traveling to any destination often means experiencing unique events and special occasions. It could be attending a fancy dinner, a cultural celebration, or a glamorous social gathering; you’ll want to look your best and feel confident in what you wear.

That’s where Party wear dresses come to the rescue! You can pack a few chic and stylish dresses to add a touch of glamour to your travel wardrobe. You can opt for a versatile little black dress that can be dressed up or down for various occasions.

Additionally, you can pack a fashion-forward midi or a flowy maxi dress serving as both a beach day essential and a chic choice for evening parties.

Packing for Adventurous Retreats

If you are embarking on adventurous retreats like hiking, trekking, or camping, your clothing choices play a crucial role. They ensure an enjoyable and hassle-free experience. So, look for moisture-wicking and breathable fabrics. They are sure to keep you cool and dry, even during those uphill climbs and intense activities.

Leggings or quick-drying shorts are excellent options for bottoms, providing freedom of movement and comfort. You can pair them with a stylish performance top that not only looks great but also keeps you feeling fresh throughout your adventure.

While adventure calls for excitement and adrenaline, mother nature is unpredictable. Therefore, be prepared for sudden weather changes by packing a lightweight jacket.

Final Words

As you travel into the world, remember that the real adventure lies not only in the destinations you visit but also in the memories you create along the way. Your travel capsule wardrobe will be your trusty companion, supporting you as you explore new cultures, meet fascinating people, and immerse yourself in extraordinary landscapes.

Happy Travels!

Michigan Events Calendar: Mark Your Dates for These Exciting Gatherings

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Michigan Events Calendar: Mark Your Dates for These Exciting Gatherings

Festivals and fairs during the entire year. Never-ending events, and every single day filled with something new and experiences you will never get to forget. Even though it sounds practically impossible that there is a place on Earth where every day is celebrated, you are absolutely wrong. In Michigan, you never get to live the same day twice in a row. This amazing state has so many things to offer, including some of the most interesting events in the world. So, we have prepared a list of the events you will find interesting. Ask yourself how you did not know about them earlier. 

Western Michigan Fair, Ludington 

Big cities are always interesting places to visit and live, but there is a special charm surrounding small places and small towns. Smaller towns have the leverage to set themselves apart from big cities by organizing events that involve the entire community. This outstanding fair traditionally starts on August 6th and ends on August 12th. The Western Michigan Fair is the event where you will see the entire community participating and people enjoying seeing their neighbors, friends, and family celebrate the waning days of summer and appreciate inborn family values. A fun fact about this Festival is that, with the exception of WWII, it has been held every year since 1936 in Ludington. It was modified in 2020 because of the concerns surrounding the COVID-19 virus. There are many different events happening during the fair, but the most interesting one is the real attraction of the fair, which is the 4-H exhibits and animals. Young people from the area work really hard during the year to raise their sheep, cows, chickens, and rabbits and wait for the judge’s ribbon. 

Outlaw Music Festival

When you see the lineup for this festival, you will realize that it is legendary. Reading names such as Willie Nelson and Family, Street Cheese Incident, Bob Weir, and Wolf Bros, you know that the show would be epic. So, the Outlaw Music Festival is the one that starts the fall season on a serious note. This traveling festival’s first stop is Clarkston, Michigan, in September and is led by the legendary Willie Nelson. Since this is something like a once in a lifetime experience, it is the best option for you to lock those cards out as soon as possible. 

Halloween & Trick-or-Treating 

The sky is heavy, with ominous clouds hanging low above the city. Your skin crawls when hit by a cold wind, and you see trees turning the color of flames. It is October- a time when ghouls, witches, and pumpkins come out to scare whoever passes and startle innocent souls in search of treats. Of course, we are talking about Halloween, the scariest time in Michigan. Do not forget to bring your treats, you will need them. 

Michigan is a phenomenal state where you really can have an amazing time. A huge number of annual festivals and events, which you will be amazed to see, take place all across the country. You should not be playing games; go and visit festivals.

Molly Burch Releases New Single ‘Unconditional’

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Molly Burch Releases New Single ‘Unconditional’

Molly Burch has released a new single, ‘Unconditional’, taken from her forthcoming album Daydreamer. Check it out via the accompanying video below.

“This song is a traditional unrequited love song but I wrote it thinking about how I feel as a working artist in todays climate,” Burch explained in a statement. “A big part of pursuing a creative job is being okay with the roller coaster of emotions. Sometimes things feel positive and sometimes you feel a lot of rejection. This is my way of expressing that through a narrative of not being seen or appreciated by a person you were romantic with.”

Daydreamer comes out September 29 on Captured Tracks. It includes the previously shared track ‘Physical’.

Listen to Sparklehorse’s Previously Unreleased Cover of Robyn Hitchcock’s ‘Listening to the Higsons’

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Listen to Sparklehorse’s Previously Unreleased Cover of Robyn Hitchcock’s ‘Listening to the Higsons’

Sparklehorse’s cover of the Robyn Hitchcock song ‘Listening to the Higsons’ has been released. It’s set to appear on the upcoming posthumous album Bird Machine, which has already been previewed with the singles ‘It Will Never Stop’, ‘Evening Star Supercharger’, and ‘The Scull of Lucia’. Mark Linkous recorded his rendition with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in 2009. Listen to it below.

Teenage Fanclub Share New Single ‘Back to the Light’

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Teenage Fanclub Share New Single ‘Back to the Light’

Teenage Fanclub have put out another single from their forthcoming LP, Nothing Lasts Forever. This one’s called ‘Back to the Light’, and it follows previous cuts ‘Foreign Land’ and ‘Tired of Being Alone’. Check it out below.

“I liked the idea of using being in a band as a metaphor for a personal relationship,” the band’s Norman Blake, who wrote the track, said in a statement. “They are not entirely dissimilar experiences. Like a few others on the album, this song has saxophone on it. The first time we’ve had that since Songs From Northern Britain. Stephen Black (Sweet Baboo) played those parts; we really like the richness it brings to the song. Steve will be with us when we head out on tour in October in Europe.”

Nothing Lasts Forever is set to arrive on September 22.

Laurel Halo Unveils New Song ‘Atlas’

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Laurel Halo Unveils New Song ‘Atlas’

Laurel Halo has released ‘Atlas’, the title track off her forthcoming album. It follows the previously released single ‘Belleville’. Take a listen below.

Atlas, Halo’s first LP since 2018’s Raw Silk Uncut Wood, is slated for release September 22 via her own imprint Awe. It features contributions from collaborators including saxophonist Bendik Giske, violinist James Underwood, cellist Lucy Railton, and vocalist Coby Sey.

Gena Rose Bruce Announces New EP, Unveils New Version of ‘Destroy Myself’

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Gena Rose Bruce Announces New EP, Unveils New Version of ‘Destroy Myself’

Bena Rose Bruce has announced a new EP called Lighting Up. Following her latest album Deep Is the Way, which arrived in January, the EP features reimagined versions of four album tracks, plus the recently released title track. It’s out on September 1. Along with the news, the singer-songwriter has enlisted the Budapest Art Orchestra for a reworking of the album track ‘Destroy Myself’. Listen to ‘Destroy Myself (Avoid Myself Orchestral Version)’ below.

“Bringing these songs to live again with the Budapest Art Orchestra was something pretty unique,” Bruce reflected in a statement. “It was all done via zoom, and we only had an hour to record with the orchestra, so a lot of preparation was done beforehand but we were so nervous about how much we could do in an hour, but it seemed to work and the end result was incredible, it’s amazing how the strings can bring such emotion to the songs.”

Check out our Artist Spotlight interview with Gena Rose Bruce. 

Lighting Up EP Cover Artwork:

Lighting Up EP Tracklist:

1. Destroy Myself (Avoid Myself Orchestral Version)
2. Morning Stars (Here for You Orchestral Version)
3. Future (Wanted to Be Your Star Orchestral Version)
4. Harshlight (We’ll Be Holidaying Chelsea Girls Version)
5. Lighting Up

Deeper Share Video for New Single ‘Fame’

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Deeper Share Video for New Single ‘Fame’

Deeper have shared a new single, ‘Fame’, which is lifted from their upcoming LP Careful! – out September 8 via Sub Pop. It follows earlier offerings ‘Sub’, ‘Build a Bridge’, and ‘Tele’. Check out its accompanying video below.

“‘Fame’ is a sentimental favorite of ours – to us, it’s the sound of ‘Careful!’,” the band said in a press release. “It embodies the conversations in your mind after feeling you made a mistake, and the thoughts linger in your head afterward. The lyricism is built on repeated mantras, and the instrumentation builds the tension. This is the first song from the record that embodies a more experimental side we’re excited to showcase.

“The concept for the video focuses on us being hunted by a mythical creature called a Wendigo,” they added. “The Anishinaabe have a story of a giant cannibal called Wendigo that feeds solely on human flesh, blood, and bones, that grows every time it eats, but its hunger is never quenched. One becomes a Wendigo when they start leading an unbalanced life when they think only of themselves rather than their community. At its root, Wendigos represent selfishness and gluttony, which to the Anishinaabeg are the worst human shortcomings.”

Taking Meds Share Video for New Song ‘Life Support’

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Taking Meds Share Video for New Song ‘Life Support’

Taking Meds have dropped a new song, ‘Life Song’. It’s set too appear on their upcoming album Dial M for Meds alongside previous singles ‘Memory Lane’ and ‘Outside’. Check out a video for it below.

“This is the dumbest song I’ve ever written,” frontman Skylar Sarkis remarked in a statement. “I’m glad we’re releasing it early because everyone is delirious from the heat this summer. It’s perfect for that. Roll your windows down and pretend it’s about being in love or something. It’s a happy-feeling song that’s really about being overwhelmed. I always welcome an opportunity to escape reality by getting absorbed in music. It doesn’t always work, but when it does, it feels like one of the more guilt-free and even rewarding ways to numb out. It seemed intuitive to put that idea into this kind of carefree, jangly song.”

Dial M for Meds comes out September 1 via Smartpunk Records.

Fantasia 2023 Review: It Lives Inside (2023)

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Fantasia 2023 Review: It Lives Inside (2023)

Supernatural horror has enjoyed a significant resurgence in America over the last fifteen years. Following an era of horror cinema defined by franchise remakes and “torture porn” films such as the original Saw series (2004–2010), ghosts, demons and haunted houses came back into vogue with the release of Paranormal Activity (2009), Insidious (2010), Sinister (2012) and The Conjuring (2013), all of which were hugely successful and spawned many sequels and imitators. In fact, The Conjuring has since produced one of the most lucrative horror franchises of all time, while Insidious: The Red Door (2023) has made $176.2 million at the International box office since its release in July. An effective and suspenseful tale of a teenager under attack by a folkloric creature, Bishal Dutta’s feature debut It Lives Inside fits neatly into this contemporary supernatural horror cycle – but it is also a welcome corrective to its troublesome tendency to concentrate on white, Christian families. Our Culture reviews the film here as part of its selection form the 2023 Fantasia International Film Festival.

It Lives Inside follows Samidha (Megan Suri), an Indian-American teenager living in a traditional household, where – not least due to her overbearing mother Poorna (Neeru Bajwa) – she doesn’t quite feel at home. She doesn’t feel particularly welcome at her high school, either, where she is often made to feel different and has distanced herself from her childhood best friend Tamira (Mohana Krishnan) in order to assimilate with her white classmates. Samidha has reached a particularly tumultuous period in her life – as she feels constantly torn between her Indian heritage and her everyday life in America – when Tamira approaches her with a mason jar she claims is home to a dark entity: a pischaca, a demonic creature that feeds on negative emotions. When the jar is smashed, the pischaca is released and Samidha’s life is turned upside down. As the demon ruthlessly targets her friends and family, Samidha turns to her new boyfriend Russ (Gage Marsh) and her teacher Joyce (Betty Gabriel) for help.

So, one stark difference between It Lives Inside and its forebears in the current supernatural horror cycle is fairly apparent from a synopsis alone. Where the films in the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Sinister and Conjuring series concentrate (with very rare exceptions) on white, Christian and invariably middle-class families in peril, It Lives Inside focuses on a working-class Indian-American family and uses its demon as a metaphor for Samidha’s desire to extricate herself from her Hindu heritage. Early in the narrative, she is pictured shaving her arm hair and experimenting with filters on her selfies in order to lighten her skin. She purposely “forgets” to take the lunch her mother has prepared with her to school, and balks when her friend Kitty (Paige Shaw) asks her to speak Hindi. Samidha is, clearly, uncomfortable with – perhaps even ashamed of – her difference, and it is these “negative emotions” that the pischaca feeds upon once it has been unleashed from its makeshift prison. Ultimately, Samidha can only combat the demon by coming to accept her heritage and find a balance between the two cultures she belongs to.

Like Keith Thomas’s The Vigil (2019), then, It Lives Inside offers a much-needed fresh perspective on supernatural horror and representation for a marginalised community that is not often allowed to take centre stage in American genre cinema. Where Thomas’s film draws upon Jewish folklore to tell the tale of two men haunted by a Mazzik (an invisible demon that functions in the film as a manifestation of trauma inflicted by antisemitic violence), It Lives Inside reworks a creature common to several Indian religions to explore the immigrant experience. And that is not all that It Lives Inside shares in common with The Vigil. Firstly, in kind with Thomas’s film, Dutta’s debut boats production values that easily rival the big-budget supernatural horror films that have dominated at the box office since 2010, largely due to Matthew Lynn’s excellent cinematography. Secondly, It Lives Inside is – very much like The Vigil – nail-bitingly suspenseful and, in places, genuinely unsettling as the demon’s activities become more violent.

The film is particularly effective because, for most of its running time, the demon at the centre of the plot is an invisible force. In one scene, its eyes stare ominously at Samidha from her bedroom closet – but otherwise it is an ethereal being that strikes without warning. It’s all too common for horror filmmakers to show their monster too early (thus draining them of all their power), but here the pischaca is hidden until the third act. When it finally does appear unconcealed – realised using a mixture of practical FX and CGI – it is a truly hideous creation more than worth waiting for. If there is one criticism to be levelled at the film, it is that it feels a little too generic in its second half, as the monster’s victims are dragged around on wires in a manner strikingly reminiscent of mainstream franchises. But, honestly, it’s a minor complaint to make about a film that otherwise offers a refreshing and vital alternative to big-budget studio horror.

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