Music Monday: Alternative

So here we are. Another Music Monday. and this music Monday I haven't really decided what artist I want to support.

So i'm letting my Itunes decide for me! hurray for Itunes Genius.

So here are some of the top 25 songs i've been listening to this past week:
(all of which are good... and you should listen to!)

1. Hey, Soul Sister: Train
(Train always seems to come out of nowhere and blows me away with a song that will probably define the stage of life that I'm in at that moment. Ex. Drops of Jupiter... i think every 20 something feels similar. )
2. Rilo Kiley: Potions for Foxes
(great driving song)
3. Avett Brothers: Laundry Room
(some of the most bittersweet lyrics I have ever heard.)
4. Celine Dion: It's All Coming Back to Me Now
(for old times sake :) )
5. Chatham County Line: The Carolinian
(not only because I actually live on the Chatham County line, but because this song is awesome. and if you are from North Carolina, it's familiar lyrics, which is great.)
6. Colin Hay: Over Kill (acoustic version)
(I have to give props to Colin Hay, his music is some of my favorite alternative rock out there, and again if you are a fan of Scrubs or just Zach Braff in general, his music is on both the soundtracks for Scrubs and Garden State.)
7. Del Amitri: Tell Her This
(sweet, short song, lyrics are what every girl wants to hear. I promise.)
8. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals: Apologies
(I love piano songs. anything from Sarah Barilles to Billy Joel to the Fray and Vanessa Carleton. If you also enjoy this genre, please look up at least this song by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. also Falling or Flying, which is another great song. The lyrics to Apologies are very gripping, I know when I was going through a breakup this song actually was a source of comfort, in a kind of weird way.)
9. Ingrid Michaelson: Snowfall.
(precious song. kind of christmas-y, but always puts me in a good mood.)
10. Kate Nash: Foundations
(what can I say, it's the angry bitter chick rocker in me...)
11. Keane: Somewhere Only We Know
(I have been obsessed with this song since I saw the movie He's Just Not That Into You. again I think it's the Piano effect.)
12. Michael Tolcher: Sooner or Later
(such sweet lyrics and it's got a nice percussion beat. The lyrics read almost like a letter from a father to a son. seriously, so sweet. "Sooner or Later, we'll look back on everything, we'll laugh about it like we knew that it was happening. Someday you might listen to what people have to say, but now you learn the hard way...")
13. Old 97's: Question
(Proposal Story. So Sweet. LISTEN TO THIS SONG!)
14. Peter Gabriel: Book of Love
(One word. Strings. I'm absolutely sold.)
15. Pete Murray: Opportunity
(If you are into boys playing guitar, look no further than Pete Murray. Acoustic, with slight background vocals, reminds me of the stuff my friends would play when we would sit around a bond fire, just having a jam session. I could listen to it forever.)
16. Say Anything...: Alive With The Glory Of Love
(I LOVE THIS SONG. you have to listen to the lyrics, that is mandatory other wise it just sounds like a bunch of screaming. The lyrics are kind of explicit, but so wonderful at the same time. It's a boy speaking to a girl, but in the concentration camps of WWII. tragically beautiful. "I'll know my purpose, this war was worth it. I won't let you down.")
17. Seabird: Joy To The World
(gotta get my Jesus in. This song is an awesome resetting of Joy to the World, if you are looking for more modern Christmas music.)
18. Regina Spektor: Us
(500 days of summer soundtrack is AMAZING. see the movie. Buy the soundtrack. you will not regret it.)



OK that's it for me tonight! I'll be back soon to update on life!!!


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