5/9

       One of my favorite people in the world is going to be back in the US today PLUS summer is finally here and this oppressive heat is demanding that you face summer head on, so check out the playlist then lay back and chill in the pool or go out and have fun; either way, you can't go wrong with these awesome tracks. 

"Animals" Lux Lisbon

"Be Brave"  YLHCSD

"Sweet Ophelia" Zella Day

"Young Hearts" Strange Talk

"Lay Me Down" Dirty Heads (stop everything you're doing and see Dirty Heads perform live. Right now)

"Paris" Magic Man

"Lessons Learned" Matt and Kim 

"Waves" Sleeper Agent

"Since Last Wednesday" Highasakite

"Coastline" B.o.B

"Goodness Gracious" Ellie Goulding 

"Look To The Stars" Semi Precious Weapons

"Youth" Foxes

"Remember Me At All" The Middle Names

"My Body" Young the Giant

"First Things First" Neon Trees

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4/11

       The company which I spent the last three years of my life with filed for bankruptcy today so I'm listening to these on repeat. 

"Your Love" The Outfield
"Two Weeks" Grizzly Bear
"Can't Go Home" Good Old War
"Glue Girls" Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
"Erase Me" Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West
"Start Of Something" Voxtrot
"Cheap Sunglasses" RAC featuring Matthew Koma
"Classic" MKTO
"Take You Higher" Goodwill & Hook N Sling
"Fine" OH DEAR VEGAS!
"Tessellate" Tokyo Police Club
"Hold My Hand" The Fray
"Let Your Heart Hold Fast" Fort Atlantic
"99 Red Balloons" Goldfinger
"It's Not My Fault, I'm Happy" Passion Pit
"No Rain" Blind Melon
"All The Small Things" Blink 182
"Just Keep Breathing" We The Kings
"Mr. Brightside" The Killers
"Sloppy Seconds" Watsky
"Reno" The Gods Of Macho
"Anna Sun" WALK THE MOON

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Spring Break

       It's Spring break which means you should dance, live in your swimsuit, and have fun.

"I Love Summertime Cool Kids" Titus Jones (get a free download in the SoundCloud description)

"Legacy" Fefe Dobson

"We Won't Go Home" The Colourist

"Lived A Lie" You Me At Six

"Sleeping At Your Door" Lime Cordiale

"The Way We Touch" We Are Twin

"Hit It" American Authors

"Here I Am Alive" Yellowcard (they're on this year's Warped tour and their live performance is amazing; see them)

"On Our Way" The Royal Concept 

"Wild Heart" The Vamps (the next 1D will invade your radio soon)

"Hurricane" The Fray (see these guys live because Isaac Slade is the best frontman)

"Timber" Pitbull featuring Ke$ha

"Take You Higher" Goodwill & Hook N Sling (listen to the original here)

"Young Hearts" Strange Talk (their tracks will be everywhere in a few months)

"Reflections" MisterWives 

"Don't Say Goodnight" Hot Chelle Rae

"Says She Loves Me" Aer

"The Revolution" For the Foxes

"The Runner" Black Taxi

"Party, Fun, Love & Radio" We The Kings (they're heading out with Warped again this year and they're a must-see)

"Pompeii" Bastille

"Safe & Sound" Capital Cities (surprisingly good live, but this is the only one of their songs you really need to hear)

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2/15

       Listen to the monthly playlist to hear good music from some of the artists/bands you should be paying attention to this month. 

"Morning Sun" Strange Talk
"Luck" American Authors
"Weapons" Hudson Taylor
"Bridges" Broods
"Synesthesia" Chuckie Campbell
"True North" Eric Zayne
"Happy Alone" Saintseneca
"Good Guy" Lakefield
"Past Life" Lost In The Trees
"Don't Say Goodnight" Hot Chelle Rae
"Fall Apart" PawnShop Kings
"Give Me A Reason" Runaway Dorothy
"Ready Set Go" Royal Tailor
"We Won't Go Home" The Colourist
"Hot Tonight" Tokyo Police Club
"On Our Way" The Royal Concept
"Tiny Robots" Manolo Panic
"Coming Home, Pt II" Skylar Grey
"Let the Night" Dirty Vegas

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2/14.2

       A second Valentine's day playlist for you guys; you can decide which one works best for you.
"All I Need" AWOLNATION
"Safe" The Airborne Toxic Event
"Oh, It Is Love" Hellogoodbye
"On Your Side" SafetySuit
"Dance So Good" Wakey Wakey
"A Long Time Ago" Timothy Bloom featuring Dezi Paige
"Red Tuxedo" The Griswolds
"Teach Me How To Be Loved" Rebecca Ferguson
"Ho Hey" The Lumineers
"Past Lives" Ke$ha
"Sold My Soul" Cattle and Cane
"Never Gonna Give You Up" Julian Taylor Band
"Morning Sun" Strange Talk

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2/14

       If you're already tired of Valentine's day, that's cool; there are plenty of songs that agree with you.

"Be Your Bro" Those Darlins

"Love You When I'm Drunk" MIKA

"Why Can't We Be Friends" Smash Mouth

"Your Body Is A Weapon" The Wombats

"Merry Happy" Kate Nash

"Restraining Orders Are Another Way of Saying I Love You" Maradona

"We're Going to Be Friends" The White Stripes

"Next In Line" Meese

"Erase Me" Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West

"Deadbeat" Lightning Love

"Your New Beloved" Lovelife

"Too Close" Alex Clare

"People Say" Portugal. The Man

"Cold Hand, Chapped Lips" Hot Panda

"Never Going Back" Samantha Crain

"Dance, Dance, Dance" The Red Hot Chili Peppers

"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" Taylor Swift (you can't have Valentine's day without Swifty)

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2/6

       There are so many things that are in the works for my 'little' blog right now that I'm having trouble actually believing any of it is true, so I'd rather just listen to some of the awesome artists that are going to start being featured on the site. Look for all these names (some 'established', some up and coming) on the site soon and dance/sing along to their fantastic music (some of these are on SoundCloud, so click on the track names to hear those songs).

"Ready Set Go" Royal Tailor (featuring Capital Kings)
"Synesthesia" Chuckie Campbell
"2+2=5, You Suck" The Saving Pointe
"Luck" American Authors
"Fall Apart" PawnShop Kings
"Young Hearts" Strange Talk
"Good Guy" Lakefield
"Julie" Dovetail
"Old School Japan" Flora Cash
"Waiting For" Charlie Oxford
"Give Me A Reason" Runaway Dorothy
"Good Morning and Good Night" Maggie McClure
"Thirty One & Sevens" I Killed the Prom Queen

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1/31

A quick (and random) playlist to try to make up for the lack of music this week.

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1/27

       All of the music that would normally be featured today as part of 'New Music Monday' is being pushed to tomorrow. Tomorrow's posts will be filled with loads of new music from great bands but, for today, this is the playlist that I'm going to be listening to whilst I recuse myself from the internet for the day to grieve the loss of a friend. 

"Forest Whitaker" Bad Books

"Vagabond" MisterWives

"Hide and Seek" Eppic featuring Poppy

"Old School Love" Lupe Fiasco featuring Ed Sheeran

"Mr. Bright Eyes" Rebecca Ferguson

"Flapper Girl" The Lumineers

"Boxer" The Gaslight Anthem

"Some Days" The Maine

"One Day" B.o.B

"Don't Slow Down" Matt & Kim

"The Streets" Foxy Shazam

"Keep On Walking" Passenger

"The Seed" K'naan

"Jump Into the Fog" The Wombats

"Restless Heart" Matt Hires

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1/21

       There were plenty of things that were supposed to be done today with the blog, both upfront and behind the scenes, but I am fantastic at fucking things up in many aspects of my life so my only promise to you guys right now is that there will still be music on here tomorrow and I'll get an interview from an artist up for you to check out before Saturday.

       In regards to this playlist, I think we can all agree that, after a greatly craptastic weekend, everything is made a lot better with great friends and good old (two to three years ago, geneally) music (especially if there's a lot of Sean Kingston [because "Eenie Meenie" is actually really addictive if you thought Bieber was a random female singer the first few times you heard it.. just from personal experience] and Akon).

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1/16

       You guys get two playlists this week (though 1/15 has more relevant tracks, this is just fun); enjoy it and dance around and sing (loudly). 

"Your Body Is A Weapon" The Wombats

"Seven Nights Seven Days" The Fratellis

"Love Me Again" John Newman

"Get Higher" Palaye Royale

"Fitzpleasure" Alt-J

"The '59 Sound" The Gaslight Anthem (one of the best songs ever and it should be far more well known)

"Now" Matt & Kim (they're amazing)

"Story Of My Life" One Direction

"Sadie Hawkins Dance" Relient K

"Time Bomb (Walk Away)" Chris Wallace

"Hurricane" Bridgit Mendler

"Only One" Yellowcard (one of the most underrated bands; see them live because you'll love it)

"Only Wanna Dance With You" Ke$ha

"Walking Disasters" The Wombats (The Wombats are in here twice because they're definitively perfect)

"Oh No!" Marina and The Diamonds

"Kill Your Heroes" AWOLNATION

"Little Numbers" Boy

"Sweeter" Gavin DeGraw (95% positive he is the smoothest singer alive; he makes 'swag' seem like a good thing)

"Says She Loves Me" Aer

"Vagabond" MisterWives

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1/15

       These are a few of the tracks that you should be looking into this month; check them out and head to iTunes or Amazon to buy the tracks and support your favorite artists. 

"Runaway" The Melodic

"Past Life" Lost In The Trees

"When the Rain Fell Down" Talk Radio

"Vagabond" MisterWives

"Coming of Age" Foster the People

"Good Guy" Lakefield

"Love Alone Is Worth the Fight" Switchfoot

"Hot Tonight" Tokyo Police Club

"Cavalier" James Vincent McMorrow

"We Belonged" Stoney

"Start A Riot" Jetta

"What's In Store" City Rain (click on the link to hear it on SoundCloud)

"World I Used to Know" Ryan Star

"Says She Loves Me" Aer

"Sleeping With A Friend" Neon Trees

"La Lista" Aldrey

"Keep Me Crazy" Chris Wallace

"Helium" Plain White T's

"Visions" The Maine

"Climbing Walls" Strange Talk Viceroy Remix (get the new remix EP from Strange Talk on iTunes now)

"Seventeener (17th and 37th)" the Lawrence Arms

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1/8

       It's not the fifteenth of the month yet, so this is not your monthly playlist and these are not the songs you absolutely need to be listening to right now. This is my personal playlist for the week and it's only here to entertain you. Click on the links to hear the songs that aren't on YouTube

"Stand In The Way (Of My Love)" Timothy Bloom (listen to "Long Time Ago" too; available on iTunes)

"The Best I Can Be" Bobbie Morrone Trio

"Tape Deck" Jack Johnson

"Room With No Windows" The Maine

"Turn It Around" Lucius Silent Rider Remix

"Mason Jar" Smallpools

"Past Lives" Ke$ha

"Don't Lie" Vampire Weekend

"Never One to Complain" Night Terrors of 1927

"Vagabond" MisterWives

"The Giving Tree" Plain White T's

"Just Keep Breathing" We The Kings

"Strong As An Oak" Watsky

"Says She Loves Me" Aer

"Seven Nights Seven Days" The Fratellis

"Your Body Is A Weapon" The Wombats

"Pieces" Andrew Belle

"Die For Something Beautiful" Palaye Royale

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Singles

       You guys want to read another 'best albums of the year' list that you don't agree with as much as I want to try to listen to every big name album of the year in one day. Instead, here's a list of some of the established bands who released albums this year that had fantastic tracks you should check out because they're all awesomely addictive.

"Shot At the Night" The Killers (they didn't break up and this video's adorable; Direct Hits)

"(Everything Is) Debatable" Hellogoodbye (Everything Is Debatable)

"The Giving Tree" Plain White T's (his vocals are so satisfying; Should've Gone to Bed EP)

"XO" Beyoncé (I'm pretty sure Beyoncé could rule the world and no one would complain; Beyoncé)

"Mirrors" Justin Timberlake (Comeback of the Year; The 20/20 Experience)

"John Doe" B.o.B ft Priscilla (Underground Luxury)

"Story of My Life" One Direction (I wish I didn't like this song; Midnight Memories)

"I Like It" We The Kings (they're just awesome and Somewhere Somehow is fun)

"A Tribe Called Red" Angel Haze (Dirty Gold)

"Counting Stars" OneRepublic (Native)

"Brand New Day" Kodaline (you should know about them by now; In A Perfect World)

"Out of My League" Fitz and The Tantrums (So. Fucking. Amazing. Live. See them; More Than Just A Dream)

"This Is Gospel" Panic! At the Disco (because Too Weird To Live, Too Rare to Die! was perfect)

"Slow It Down" The Goo Goo Dolls (Magnetic)

"Run" The Maine (still have yet to hear a bad album from them; they're pretty great. Forever Halloween)

"Bride & Groom" The Airborne Toxic Event (one of their best but this band's always perfect; Such Hot Blood)

"All Wash Out" Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes (they performed this in the rain and it was magical; Here)

"Polaroid Picture" Frank Turner (this song's almost as perfect as Turner is; Tape Deck Heart)

"Say Say" Youngblood Hawke (they're 'established' in my eyes; Wake Up)

"Wrecking Ball" Miley Cyrus ("Wrecking Ball" was art and heartbreaking, "Adore You" is childish and attention 

      seeking, but you know you can't look back at 2013 without Cyrus; Bangerz [this is the only album you don't 

      need to look at from this list. I don't have it and won't ask you to get it])

       Check these out, get the albums (or at least the tracks you like) and check back later for another end of the year post. 

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12/31

       I missed out on putting up your usual New Music Monday tracks but, with the new year just about here, these are the tracks released this year from some newer bands/artists that you need to check out, at least once, before heading into 2014. Some of these are on SoundCloud, so click on the titles to hear those tracks. 

"Turn It Around" Lucius Silent Rider remix

"Ayo" Projekt Rehab

"A Million Shining Colours" Simian Ghost

"Synesthesia" Chuckie Campbell

"Holy Infinity" GOVS

"Electric Ships" Love Like Hate

"Mercury" Slip On Stereo

"Hurricane" Katey Laurel

"2+2=5, You Suck" The Saving Pointe

"Freakin' Love" Flora Cash

"A Million Feelings" JproD

"Make You Scream" Bobbie Morrone

"See the Sun" Dovetail

       Check back later because I'm going to work hard to get all of those end of the year lists put together for you guys, then I'll throw the song I always listen to before the new year up on the blog. 

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Around the World

       Other countries made our playlists great this year by chiming in with the best singles and albums and, while there are countless great tracks out there, these are the ones you should be keeping in mind. 

"Mekong Delta" Eden Mulholland (Australia)

"Zero to Eleven" Julian Taylor Band (Canada)

"Take Yours, I'll Take Mine" Matthew Mole (South Africa)

"Master of Eden" Marcus Blacke (Australia)

"My Song 9" Nova Heart (China)

"Silent Revolution" My Excuse (Greece)

"Gang of Rhythm (Car Loop Version)" Walk Off the Earth (Canada)

"Spring" Sound the Ocean (New Zealand)

"Brand New Day" Kodaline (UK)

"Fortress" Dialekt (Australia)

"Shiver" Avec Sans (UK)

"Silhouettes" Kaitlin Riegel (New Zealand)

"Hold On" Glenn Aitken (New Zealand)

"Care" Hudson Taylor (UK)

"Pull Down the Moon" Cattle & Cane (UK)

"Runaway" The Melodic (UK)

"Electric Ships" Love Like Hate (Australia)

"Holy Infinity" GOVS (Australia)

"Lay Me Down" Benhur (Canada) 

       I'm positive that I'm missing a lot of great music, but check out these tracks for now and I'll find a way to feature other great songs at a later time. 

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Christmas

       Last year I had a classic playlist, a playlist for those who aren't big Christmas fans, and my personal playlist but, as I am getting started so late this year, I'm just going to stick to my own Christmas playlist. Enjoy and thanks for being amazing, because I wouldn't be doing this if you weren't always there (but now go spend some time with your family, or cuddle someone, or eat a disgusting amount of cookies).

"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" Michael Bublé

"Sleigh Ride" Fun.

"Fairytale of New York" Gianni and Sarah 

"We Need A Little Christmas" AgesandAges

"Wish List" Neon Trees

"Shake Up Christmas" Train

"I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day" The Civil Wars

"Belleau Wood" Garth Brooks

"Darlin' (Christmas Is Coming)" Over the Rhine

"All I Want for Christmas" Mariah Carey (my playlist actually has Cee Lo Green's cover)

"I Hope That it Snows" Madi Diaz

"What Are You Doing Christmas Eve?" The Head and The Heart

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" John Lennon

"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" Harry Connick, Jr.

"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" Relient K

"The Christmas Song" Paul McCartney

"Underneath the Tree" Kelly Clarkson

"Christmas Lights" Coldplay

"I Don't Wanna Spend Another Christmas Without You" The Ready Set

"Wonderful Christmastime" Meiko

"Silent Night" The Fray

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12/22

       For those of you who are still with me and don't have other obligations/holiday plans (though I totally understand because I'm trying to jot this down before leaving for the day) this is what my personal playlist looks like this week and all of the tracks are fantastic so you should check them out and support the bands by heading to iTunes for more of their music.

"Light of Day" The Silent Comedy

"The Courtship of Summer Preasley" The Griswolds

"Turn It Around" Silent Rider Remix (click the link to hear it on SoundCloud)

"Crystallized" Young the Giant

"Halo" Melodime

"The Wanderer" The Saving Pointe

"See You In My Dreams" We The Kings

"Cry (To Keep From Laughing)" JF Robitaille

"Holding On" Bobbie Morrone Trio

"Dust and Bones" Night Terrors of 1927

"Heartbeat" Matthew Mayfield

"On Your Side" SafetySuit

"Salvage" MTNS (this band released one of the most gorgeous debut EP's of the year so check it out)

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Holiday Baking

       I'm really only excited for the holidays because it means I can bake, a lot, in a fully stocked kitchen, and I love that almost as much as I love finding good music.

       Hopefully, catchy music will keep me focused on baking, because there are so many desserts that have to be ready by tomorrow and, even though my siblings and I have been banned from unsupervised gingerbread house making for life (though I really think last year's ginger whorehouse was the best yet), I'm still glad that almost everyone will be together again for the holidays and a 'gingerbread house/sugar cookie icing/Christmas classics with wine' party.

"Light of Day" The Silent Comedy

"Come On Eileen" Dexy's Midnight Runners

"See You In My Dreams" We The Kings

"What Christmas Means to Me" Cee Lo Green

"Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)" The Fray

"Tell Her About It" Billy Joel

"Crystallized" Young the Giant

"Don't Make A Scene" Atlas Genius

"Jenny" WALK THE MOON

"Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night" The Fratellis

"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" Michael Buble (use The Gods of Macho's version any other time)

"Best Day of My Life" American Authors

"Pompeii" Bastille

"Lola" Mika

"The Courtship of Summer Preasley" The Griswolds

"Fairytale of New York" Gianni and Sarah (of Walk Off the Earth)

"Navajo" Ponderosa

"Visions" Saintseneca

"Winter Dreams (Brandon's Song)" Kelly Clarkson

"Wish List" Neon Trees

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12/15

       The monthly playlist is going to try to resurrect some songs from the past couple of months (or even year) because the blog got away from writing about artists/bands to watch versus doing some short song posts and there will be some changes coming soon that will, hopefully, lead to some better organization and more band features for some great artists that you should already be listening to. If I have talked about the music in a previous post, just click on the song name to take you to said post, otherwise, just listen to the music below for some good stuff. Listen to "Mama, I Wanna Go Home" from City Rain and "Climbing Walls" from Strange Talk on SoundCloud.

       There's a lot of music that I've just sort of skimmed over for the last two or three months (and so much more that I took out of this playlist), so bear with me and pick and choose in the drop down playlist option if you don't want to sit through everything. 

"Die For Something Beautiful" Palaye Royale
"House on Fire" Black Taxi
"Synesthesia" Chuckie Campbell
"Talk" Kodaline
"Mekong Delta" Eden Mulholland
"Goodbye Serenade" The Rebel Light
"Rude" Magic
"This Fire" Birds of Tokyo
"Dust and Bones" Night Terrors of 1927
"On Your Side" SafetySuit
"Light of Day" The Silent Comedy
"Take Yours, I'll Take Mine" Matthew Mole
"Fire to Myself" Al'Michael
"Crystallized" Young the Giant
"The Courtship of Summer Preasley" The Griswolds
"Pull Down the Moon" Cattle & Cane
"When We Were Young" Brett Dennen
"Visions" Saintseneca
"Zero to Eleven" Julian Taylor Band
"Holy Infinity" GOVS
"Fool's Fate" Nat Dunn
"Electric Ships" Love Like Hate
"Follow My Feet" The Unlikely Candidates

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