Song of the Day: "You're The One That I Want (cover)" by Angus & Julia Stone

I know, I know, once again I haven't been able to update in quite some time. I've been so caught up with work and trying to get myself organised that I have neglected this poor blog.

With some of my time off, I have been listening to a lot of music again, and I stumbled across Angus & Julia Stone's cover of "You're The One That I Want" from Grease. Yes, you must be wondering... how? If you're familiar with Angus & Julia Stone's music, you can only wonder how a song such as this one could be pulled off in this style?

It's for you to find out.... Julia's voice is precious.

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Song of the Day: "I Need Some Sleep" by Eels

This song could easily sum up how I feel today, I really do need some sleep. See if you can guess where you may have heard this song before?

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Song of the Day: "I Don't Know" by Lisa Hannigan

I found Lisa Hannigan a couple of years ago whilst I was listening to Damien Rice. Her voice is beautifully melodic, and "I Don't Know" could generally make any one person happy. Good beat, good song to chill out to.

If you want to check out more of her music, visit her website: http://www.lisahannigan.ie/
You can also get a free MP3 of her song "A Sail" by signing up for her mailing list on the homepage.

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Austin Gibbs

Once again, I've been a little slow on the posting but I'm back again, with more music to share with you all.

Alright, so I first came across this musician, Austin Gibbs, via my favourite band The Maine. They were touring together for quite a while so I decided to check this guy out. I was definitely impressed. There's something about his music that I just can't describe - I immediately fell in love and I find it hard to find any songs I dislike.

Now, this is all up to taste. If you're into acoustic, chilled out music with the American feel-good twang, Austin Gibbs is perfect for you. I've spent most of my summer so far sitting on my balcony with my Austin Gibbs' most recent album "Charlie", as pictured above. My three favourites are "Sierra The Serial Killer" and " La, La, La" and "Take Me To Your Leader".

His humorous lyrics, rough yet extremely satisfying vocals and good ear for beat is exactly what you'll need for your perfect summer playlist.

For fans of:

• Ryan Adams
• The Maine
• This Century
• Jimmy Eat World

Charlie - Austin Gibbs is currently available in the iTunes store.

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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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Everything has been blurry

Loads of events have collided into once, and I'm not exactly sure how. Anyway, I won't get in to the details, but I was cheered up by my friends last night. I visited my friend Sophie's new house for the first time and slept over.

I think it's safe to say that the four of us wouldn't last a minute in a horror film. We were all stumbling over each other in the dark, doing god knows what kind of antics. With no sleep at all, I'm back home to celebrate my dad's birthday! We just cut the cake, and he's gone off to do something else so I thought it'd be the perfect opportunity to present to you..... my summer playlist!!!!

A lot of the songs aren't exactly typical "summer playlist" material but if it floats my boat then I'm alright.
It's a bit of a long list, consisting of 30 tracks so beware.

1. I Feel Like Dancin' - All Time Low
2. What The Hell - Avril Lavigne
3. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
4. Holiday - Vampire Weekend
5. Ocean Avenue - Yellowcard
6. Chelsea - The Summer Set
7. L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N - Noah and the Whale
8. Punch Drunk Love - The Summer Set
9. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) - Katy Perry
10. Give A Damn - A Rocket To The Moon
11. Bass Down Low (feat. The Cataracs) - Dev
12. We Are The People - Empire of the Sun
13. Louder (feat. Sian Evans) - DJ Fresh
14. Blow - Ke$ha
15. La La La - Austin Gibbs
16. Surfin' USA - The Beach Boys
17. The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
18. Both Sides of the Story - We Are The In Crowd
19. California - Phantom Planet
20. She Takes Me High - We The Kings
21. Island In The Sun - Weezer
22. Rich Girls - The Virgins
23. We All Roll Along - The Maine
24. Flume - Bon Iver
25. Runaway - Artist vs. Poet
26. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
27. Up In The Clouds - Darwin Deez
28. I Can Show You - Tim & Jean
29. Infinity Guitars - Sleigh Bells
30. Forever Young (feat. Mr Hudson) - Jay-Z

I have way more but I'll save the other 30 for next time. Some of these songs you may have heard, some you may haven't. Whether it makes you discover new music or you've remembered to add particular tracks to your own playlist, enjoy! I'll be putting up more playlists on my new page "playlists" (so very bluntly named) which can be found at the bottom.

That's all I really have to say for today except have a fantastic day!

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New

I've been meaning to start this for a while. I suppose this is me just deciding to drift away from the business of Tumblr a little a start my own Blogger.

Posts about my musings, books I've been reading, films I've been watching, music I've been listening. I'm deciding to be a little less calculated whilst I'm doing this and let whatever just happen.

Well, let's see how this goes.

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