Summer mood is lacking

It hardly feels like summer - and to be completely honest with you, I'd rather just be back in school again. The only thing I like about summer is waking up late and sunny days out.

It's been far from sunny. It's not raining, it's not windy, it's not snowing. It's just fine and cloudy. Not a single ray of sunshine, and the clouds refuse to give way for blue.

I'm finding it extremely difficult to put myself in a good mood. But let me just document my day so far. I've been downloading more music actually. I don't like much from the UK charts to be honest, apart from Lady Gaga. Instead I decided to go on Billboard.com. I am going to be axed by a lot of people for saying this, but Billboard's music is just ten times better than what's on the UK chart. Some songs are the same, of course. And then a lot of it's just plain better.

I'm not saying the UK chart is this bad all the time, and of course it's always down to a matter of taste - I'm just not the biggest fan of dance anthems and house music. Billboard.com has more of a select of country rock 'n' roll along with the likes of Jennifer Lopez and LMFAO. It's good, I think the charts should always have a mix of genre. But here, my, my. It's house, club and dance everywhere.

Anyway, I'm deciding to steer away from the UK chart and any chart to that matter and I've decided to listen to some musicians that are perhaps lesser known.

1. Matt Wertz
2. Tim & Jean
3. Darwin Deez (although many will know his song "Up In The Clouds" on the New Look advert)
4. The Virgins
5. Tegan and Sara (lesser known in accordance to "mainstream")

Well there you go. If you want something fresh, I urge you to check these people out. They're simply fab, I promise you.

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