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Music is All We need

Heard this song in a video I stumbled upon yesterday. Looks like it came out in 2008 but it’s awesome. Love the lyrics. Check it out

New song from Mike Snow. Word is the guys are working on a new project.

Check this collaboration song with Ryan Adams and Laura Marling. Both great artists on their own so when their powers combine you know it’s going to be good. One thing I must say is if you looked at Ryan Adams you would not think that singing voice would come out of him.  

New Black Keys album dropped today. I haven’t gotten the chance to listen to the whole album yet but the last album was so strong that it will be a hard act to follow.”Lonely Boys” was the first single they released and it didn’t impress me much but with this song “Hell of a Season” I have hope. Go out and buy the cd…support good music

This is my favorite song of the moment. Birdy does a great job of covering Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love”. I love when covers are done well and this one is almost perfect. You can also understand the words a little better then when Bon Iver sings it. Check it out and have a good Monday

Been listening to what Donald Glover has been doing with Childish Gambino for a lil while now and I gotta admit I’m impressed. His rap voice has a real nice dirty grim feel to it. Also love how he makes fun of the fact he is rapping. Dude is super talented..Community is a hit..his stand up rocks and he’s also a talented rapper…check it

This song isn’t that new but still wanted to put it on blast in case you haven’t heard it. Their other song “Mouthful of Diamonds” is one of my favorite Indie tunes of the year.

Once again Lupe Fiasco has released a mixtape on Thanksgiving. I haven’t given the whole thing a listen to you but I have listened to this song quite a bit. The combo of M83’s Midnight city with Lupe’s rap is awesome. 

Here’s another example of fresh new hip hop. It’s unknown guys like iSH that are going to keep rap relevant. The passion he puts into his lyrics makes this song really stand out…ya really believe he means everything he says. Check it out