If You Ever Wanna Be In Love

Hey y'all! I found a newcomer. Always pretty exciting to find an artist at the beginning of their career and seeing how they develop over time. I'm expecting big things for James Bay. Twenty-three year old James hails from England and has a similar vibe to Tom Odell and James Morrison. Basically straight up acoustic goodness with none of the frills (though sometimes frills can be nice too, nothing against good production value). Saw some of his live stuff on YouTube too and he does not fail to impress. Check. It. OUT! 

If You Ever Want To Be In Love // James Bay

Let It Go (LIVE) // James Bay

Life 'Round Here

So I'm sure we're all familiar with the concept of music binging. Whether that be a single song, an entire album, or all the work of a particular artist. "Life Round Here" is probably my biggest, most obsessive music binge in recent memory, so in similar fashion to "Hold On We're Going Home" I've been scouring the web for the best musical offsprings of the James Blake masterpiece. The original is genius to begin with but after the 200th time a woman wants to know what else is out there... you know?

Luckily Chance the Rapper was kind enough to lend his talent to a remix of the song, and bonus: the video is amazing too. AND on top of that, Ellie Goulding (aka my wifey) does an amazing cover with Angel Haze. See below ↓

Life Round Here // James Blake ft. Chance the Rapper

Life Round Here // Ellie Goulding ft. Angel Haze

Angus & Julia Stone - Heart Beats Slow (Audio Only)

I've been a big fan of Angus and Julia Stone for the last few years now. As if they weren't spectacular enough individually, the sibling power duo is even better together. They just released a new song yesterday, so I thought I'd spread the word. Been dying to see them in the states, but they haven't performed here for quite some time it seems. And it definitely doesn't help that Aaron Paul instagrams photos of these two performing private shows at his house. MUST be nice (not bitter at all...)


      Angus & Julia Stone // Heart Beats Slow

I Cried All Night & Now It's Your Turn

Hannah Cohen. I love her but she appears to be nowhere. I don't mind keeping her my little secret, but at the same time it becomes quite sad when there are tour dates nowhere to be seen and no new videos or performances to be found over the last year.

That aside, I will take this moment to be grateful for encountering her at all. 

Cohen, who is in her late 20s and originates from California, is the epitome of everything I love vocally. Sweet, feminine sound but also completely sultry. 

"Don't Say" feels like the ultimate gentle approach to an indie break-up song. In fact, I have it on repeat (and I'm not even GOING through a break-up)

The simplicity and peculiarity of the video fits perfectly.

And if you want to check out how Cohen tackles a live performance, see the second video-- nothing short of lovely. 

Love at first listen ✓


                                                  Don't Say // Hannah Cohen

Fantasy // Hannah Cohen

'We Were Born Sick,' You Heard Them Say It

Well it has been a very long and unnecessary hiatus. That's the bad news. The good news is I've encountered some wonderful artists during our time apart and I think we can all be appreciative of that. Spring is in the air and whether it is outside at a music festival or on a your back patio under a blanket with a cup of tea, there is nothing better than the combination of good weather and good music. 

I just bought my ticket a few months ago to the sold out Sweet Life Festival and I can say with confidence that I will be in good company come May 10th. Obviously I was 100% sold on going after seeing the line-up. My eyes had barely glazed over Lana del Rey and Bastille before I was jumping for joy.

But one of the best parts about going to musical festivals? Finding new favorites! And so now I present to you - Hozier.

At only 24, Irish musician Andrew Hozier-Byrne is already tackling the indie music scene and doing so quite powerfully with politically charged songs like "Take Me To Church".

He has a bunch of good stuff, but "Someone New" (you know I love a good acoustic YouTube video) is an absolute favorite.

And I couldn't help myself, I had to post a third because his cover of "We Are Young" is just so darn good I could cry.

ENJOY

                                                                               Hozier // Take Me To Church

Hozier // Someone New

Hozier // We Are Young (Fun Cover)

Best Of...

I guess it goes without saying that if you don't like "Hold On, We're Going Home" that you have no soul.

That being said, I'm clearly a huge fan of the song...so much so that I've committed a little bit (a lot of bit) of time incessantly listening to covers. I've narrowed it down to a few of my favorites. They're all pretty different stylistically, but keep a lot of the things we love about the Drizzy original...here they are...

Pia Mia

James Arthur

Holy Ghost

Thinking It Over

Dang guys it's been a while. Like two months a while.

I guess my only excuse is that, in addition to my love of music, my reason for starting this blog was an immense amount of downtime during the week. Not so much the case anymore. Okay cool now that that's settled-- gonna take a turn and try to make this post sound less like a Xanga and more like a music blog...

BANKS BANKS BANKS.

Love her. Can't get enough of her.

As you know I've been on quite the British binge over the last few years and she's another one to the add to the list. I'm really excited about this. Banks has the down-to-earth feel of Ellie Goulding stylized in a sort of Lana Del Rey way, BUT that being said, still doing her own thing. 

Sexy, fun, quality sound...

(She also does a killer Peter Gabriel cover, if you like her sound in the first one give it a listen)

                     Banks // Waiting Game

Banks // In Your Eyes (Cover)