. rhett miller & rachael yamagata .

yes. another rachael yamagata post. 

i love her voice. i love it even more when she sings with a man.

like rhett miller. 

i'm not anti country . . i just prefer to never listen to it. or change the song if it comes on. or leave the room. but now i'm biting my cheek and not saying a word. because even though it's not hardcore country. it's still got that twang. even though it's considered indie pop. yeah we'll say it's that. 

enough of me. 

listen to this.

fireflies - rhett miller & rachael yamagata

love the lyrics. for the last time, i'm not your mother. 

. emiliana torrini .

my heart is beating like a jungle drum.

i love when friends give me new music. especially. emily. because her music sense. is out of this world. 

get a taste.

emiliana torrini

guess what. she's icelandic. a first for this blog.

and iceland decided to put out a video advertising their beautiful country.

i guess people have been too afraid of volcanoes to go there?

come on people. volcanoes. really? 

go to iceland dang it. 

if you're not convinced after this video. check yourself. something's wrong.

anyway. the song to the video? it's by the incredible. emiliana torrini.

jungle drum -  emiliana torrini

Inspired by Iceland Video from Inspired By Iceland on Vimeo.

just a warning. i'm getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow. anything posted in the next weeks will be the results of painkillers. don't judge.

. metric .

 if you like stars. if you like tegan and sara. if you like yeah yeah yeahs. you'll love. 

metric.

canadian indie pop. of course. she's awesome.

fill your silence with:

help i'm alive

gold guns girls

gimme sympathy 
satellite mind

sick muse

[ speak ]

dear [speak] -
it's not because when i was in the sixth grade you were the most popular book to read that i love you. no.
it's not because you were on the required reading list that i poured over your words. page after page.
it's the way you made me cry when melinda couldn't look her mom in the eyes and tell her everything.
it's the way you made me laugh about the first ten lies they tell you in high school.
it's the way my heart hurt when rachel/rashell didn't believe you. or maybe.
it's the way i realized that i'd been holding my breath - paragraphs at a time. maybe that's why i love you. time and time again you took my breath away. thanks.

with all my love,
georgina florence


. [speak] playlist .
speak slow - tegan and sara
nobody's listening - linkin park
listen - an horse
a quite mind - blue october
the moment i said it - imogen heap
talk - coldplay
flightless bird, american mouth - iron & wine
she's hearing voices - bloc party
hear me out - frou frou
i hear noises - tegan and sara

. azure ray .

who knew.

when i can't eat anything.

can barely drink.

nauseous and dizzy.

all i want to hear.

is azure ray.

. the weepies .

just the name got me hooked. 

i love saying it. 

also. as per-mentioned. i love bands with a man and woman singing. 

this is perfection.

the weepies

what's even better? when these two met, it was music love at first sight. they loved how well they could play together. 

you better believe they got married after forming their band.

tannan and talan. with baby boy theo. love.

their second folk album say i am you, reached #1 downloaded folk album on itunes in over eight countries. impressive.

they're one of those bands you listen to and swear you've heard them before. you probably have. their music is featured on over a dozen tv shows. you've heard them watching greys, how i met your mother, one tree hill, scrubs, and much more.

they're adorable. love their music.

check out:

nobody knows me at all

can't go back now

world spins madly on

i was made for sunny days

doesn't hurt it's to one of my favorite movies.

. florence + the machine .

it's not because this band is my own namesake that i love it.

i heard them a while ago. but forgot. until.

my sister kendall came down to my grad. the whole time she kept telling me to look up this amazing band.

i said i would get to it eventually. 

i should have listened sooner. thanks kendall. i love them.

florence + the machine

i love this girl. she's got one of those personalities that attracts and entertains the masses. her debut album lungs was at the BBC number two spot for five weeks last year in British Columbia, and has since won many awards in the year since its release. 

check out these songs:

kiss with a fist

cosmic love

dog days are over

howl

kiss with a fist

dog days are over

love this one. she's insane. and awesome.

. eisley .

watch out. 

you're going to be hooked.

one of the best indie family groups out there.

eisley

this awesome group started when the fam was young. actually, stacey (the one on the right, my personal fave voice) was eight years old. her sisters wouldn't let her play music with them. so she locked herself in her room and came out with a song she wrote with the few chords she knew.

it took off from there, and they've been rockin ever since. sherry was actually married to the lead singer of new found glory for a while, but is now married to the lead singer of say anything.

anyway... great band. great sound. and guess where they're from?

not canada. not london. not australia. not even a foreign country. (well i guess it kind of is..)

they're from texas. crazy huh? i guess the great land is still spitting out some decent bands. yay.

what i love about this band is that they openly admit that they're still young (their bassist is 15!) and are learning and have a lot of room to improve. but come on. they rock. pun definitely intended. 

here's my personal fave song, trolley wood.

also check out:

brightly wound

i wasn't prepared

telescope eyes

invasion

marvelous things

don't mock. i'm still sick. i'm exiled to a couch with my computer and guitar. music is all i have.

. holly miranda .

still sick. more band stalking.

this woman has such an incredible voice. 

fantastic live. i got to see her open for tegan and sara.

i like her acoustic work the best.

enjoy. 

holly miranda

(former member of the jealous girlfriends..post soon to come)

. iron & wine / calexico .

i hate being sick.

but i love this song.

maybe it will heal me.

iron & wine/calexico  - he lays in the reins

. rachael yamagata .

i'm on a music high. 

i've found a new genre i love. not really new. i've always appreciated it. now i'm hooked. i blame emily.

it all started with brandi carlile. then it moved onto a little feist. then priscilla ahn. then the bird and the bee. now this. 

i can't get over indie folk pop. yeah. it's the only way to describe it. 

and i love it. 

just found this awesome artist.

rachael yamagata

let her blow your mind.

love this song, duet. 

. kate nash .

don't tell me that you didn't try and check out my bum, cause i know that you did, cause your friend told me that you liked it.

kate nash

Britain's 2008 best female singer - kate nash has a style that will never go out. love her. love her voice. love her lyrics. she's adorable.

carlee and i may or may not be obsessed this song - merry happy

also. LOVE this song, nicest thing. there's no music video for it, but this came up. kinda cool right?

:: so she dances ::

. the bird and the bee .

a few years ago i got an awesome christmas song (carol of the bells) by this band. 

i think i actually did a post of it during christmas. you'll have to back track and stalk. 

anyway. the other day, my friend came over and we traded a lot of music. i mean...tons. 

one of the songs she gave me was from this band i loved. and it so happens i've been getting back into this band lately. 

this is getting too cryptic. meet.

the bird and the bee

this indie synth-pop band is awesome. if you like blow and you like imogen heap, mix the two together. and you have the bird and the bee. 

here is the cover i can't stop listening to. thanks emily. really.

{sorry about the lame vid. but the song is good.}

this is my other current the bird and the bee fave : la la la

:: concentration ::

finally turned in my portfolio to the AP board.
this is the order i put it in. it's a series. full color. black and white. then black and white with color.
entitled outspoken secrecy 

  

. jay brannan .

so sad. so good.

jay brannan - beautifully

:: just shoot me ::

   

. jaymay .

i have the sweetest friends, and we all love to share music. 

as i was introducing new stuff to one of my friends, she told me to look up this song.

at first, i liked it. it wasn't annoying, but it wasn't incredible. . . and yet.

i couldn't stop singing it. in my head. out loud. to other people. 

and now. . . i can't stop listening. 

it's so good.

meet

jaymay

you are the only one i love

. cage the elephant .

life has been crazy!! i graduate in a week from today, and every day brings a new fun challenge to overcome. man, do i have stories to tell. 

but for now, i'll just give you some new jamz.

i love songs with stories attached. not the same thing you hear over and over these days, just to a different beat - but a real story.

songs don't always have to be about love. 

they can be funny, entertaining, sad, angry - you name it. 

so here is one of those songs.

i'm not going to give much background on them, but this boy is adorable. i love the way he moves when he sings. 

and this song will be stuck in your head for weeks to come.

every time i hear it or think about it, my friends and i just start singing at the top of our lungs and dancing around.

cage the elephant

ain't no rest for the wicked

. brandi carlile .

i don't like country. ask anyone.

this is not a country post.

this is a folk-pop post. it exists. look it up.

brandi carlile

every time her voice cracks it gives me the chills. so beautiful.

check out the podcast on her on spinner - the interface on itunes. download it. it's free.

i can't stop playing her songs. 

check out:

dying day

dreams

before it breaks

the story

but most of all...check out this song

that year

it's about her friend from high school. so good. enjoy some brandi.