A Few of My Favorite Things: New Music

Bastille//Bad Blood

Bastille's "Pompeii" was the first single on this album that was played on the radio.  It is every where now (even in the commercials for the movie Mr. Peabody, if I remember correctly).  The rest of the album is fantastic.  And the additional songs on the extended album "All This Bad Blood" are amazing too.  Download it now.

Ariana Grande//Yours Truly

Ariana plays Cat on Nickelodeon's "Victorious" and now "Sam & Cat".  She was a singer on "Victorious" since it was a school for talented kids.  You never really understand her true talent on TV because she's playing such an unfortunately dumb girl.  This album sounds like an early 90's Mariah Carey album- no joke.  She's got the range and the raspy voice and its so fun to listen to and sing along with.  Plus there is a song called "Popular" that she sings with MIKA that sounds like "Popular" from the musical Wicked- its wonderful.

The Mowgli's//Waiting for the Dawn

The first single off this album is "San Francisco".  I heard it many times on Cities 97 and never really liked it until a month or two after they started playing it.  Then I downloaded the album and fell in love.  I feel like a lot of the music on this list is pretty similar- stuff they play on Cities, kind of alternative until its catches into the mainstream.  I just really want to see The Mowgli's in concert only they're not touring right now.  Hopefully they'll be at the Basilica Block Party...  There is a song on this album called "Hi, Hey There, Hello" with a line in it that I want to get tattooed on my body- "I'm not skin and bones, I am sunshine and snow".  I feel like that's a pretty good description of myself.

Gavin DeGraw//Make a Move

I love Gavin DeGraw.  I attribute this love to my love of One Tree Hill.  Isn't that how most people learned of Gavin?  I would say so.  This, like all his other albums, is great and catchy and reminds me of Tree Hill and some of my favorite characters on TV.  He sings one song on this album about a crazy night out with one of his buddies.  It makes me laugh.

American Authors//Oh, What a Life

This album just came out to round out their EP that I've been listening to quite often since I got it.  "Best Day of My Life" is one of those songs you listen to and hope that it comes true as your day goes on.  I haven't listened to these newer songs too much yet but I know I love them already.

Lizzo//LIZZOBANGERS

Here's a rather random one on my list.  I like Lizzo for many reasons- she's a Minneapolis-based artist, she reminds me of Missy Elliott, she is smart and she's just plain cool.  I mean look at her.  I heard a couple of her songs on The Current and decided to download the album for a change in my normal music routine.  Its just a fun album with intelligent wording and mentions to Minneapolis every once in a while.  She's a badass.

Lucius//Wildewoman

This is also an album that I was introduced to on The Current.  They were just in town and I didn't really care but now that I've been listening to the whole album, I wish I had gone to see them anyway.  They'll be at SXSW next week so you know they're a pretty cool band.  I downloaded it because I realized when I heard the song "Tempest" on the radio I knew most of the words.

The Head & The Heart//Let's Be Still

And finally, this album.  It came out in late 2013 so its not super new to the scene but its new to me.  This is their second album- I didn't feel compelled to buy their debut self-titled album in 2011, though I did download a single from it.  I didn't even realize this album was out until I heard "Shake" on the radio (can't remember if it was Cities or The Current).  I downloaded the album and realized that I had also heard another song from it on the radio.  So far, though I just downloaded it, I love every song.