Be By My Side

King Charles is an up and coming artist from London.  He is good friends with the Mumford and Sons and is currently opening for them on tour.  He is a poet and has really lovely hair.  My friend says that you have to listen to this songs in twos.  And I would have to agree.  It is so beautiful that once it is over, you want to listen to it again.

True Love is Dead

This song has been stuck in my head all day.  I love the Black Keys.  They remind me of blues artists from the 60s, like Led Zeppelin and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.  This song is off there album Brothers released in May of this year.

Oh and this music video is awesome.

Shuffle Your Roots

This song came on shuffle in my iTunes.  It is one of those songs with a beat you will never forget.

Changed My Mind

Francis and the Lights are one of my favorite bands right now because they are so passionate about music and there songs just make you want to dance.  Francis Farewell Starlite leads the band with his vocals. He is extremely talented.  They have just finished touring and were opening for MGMT, Drake, and La Roux. Francis and the Lights also produce music. They produced some songs off of Drake's album Thank Me Later, including Karaoke. (I actually saw them when did a show in NYC at a really small venue and they did a cover of Karaoke).  After you listen to this song, watch the official music video for "Darling, It's Alright".  Not only is that song incredible, but Francis' really knows how to bust a move!

Know Your Name

Last week I went to a Mumford and Sons concert with my best friends.  I love going to concerts.  I mean, who doesn't.  There is something about going to see an artist play that makes you love them even more, sometimes when you didn't even think that was possible. I have been to concerts knowing every single song an artist plays and have been to concerts when I have only heard the artist in passing. (Mumford and Sons would be the former.) I find both equally enjoyable. 

This is my favorite song they play.

All About Eachother

You know that feeling when you are really excited about something and nothing else matters.  Everything else in your life could be going horribly wrong or you could be extremely stressed out because you are fighting with your roommates or you have a thousand things on your plate that you can not seem to organize.  But just as long as you have that one thing, that one thing that makes you happy, you know you will be okay.  Well this is that…for me.  Writing this blog has been something I have wanted to do for a while now because I wanted a place I could come to that would allow me to share my favorite music with people.  Sometimes I will listen to a song and think to myself, “other people might really like listening to this.”

I should probably tell you what type of music I am going to be putting up here and what I will be talking about.  First of all, I AM NOT A CRITIC.  I won’t be posting songs and talking about why I don’t like them, but I will tell you why I do…sometimes.  Also, I am not going to be posting the most obscure bands that no one has ever heard of just to seem cool and “hip.”  I mean I might be doing some of that (because its always fun to find new music) but I think that popular music is good, too.  A lot of the time I am just going to be sharing what I have been listening to recently and playlists of the day.  Sometimes it will be music from decades ago and sometimes it will be songs from albums that just came out.  ALL GENRES.

Music lovers are music lovers, I think.  I could listen to classical and electronic and indie rock and pop all in the same playlist because to me, all music is good music.

Anyways so I guess I will figure it all out when it happens.  I am a go with the flow kind of person and that’s what this blog is…go with the flow.  Whatever music is striking a mood, or a feeling, or a memory for me, I am going to put I up here and talk about it.

Here is Peter, Bjorn, and John, a band from Stockholm famous for their song Young Folks.  But this song, Paris 2004 also off the album Writer’s Block, is extremely sweet and happy.  I love the beginning chords.  Whenever I hear them, I just have to smile.