Current Obsessions

Divisi
Divisi is the University of Oregon's first and only all-female a cappella group, and do they kick butt! They're arrangements are blow-your-face-off kinda amazing. I've spent all night looking up their arrangements and I'm LOVING it. Their latest album, DIVisi, is over $20 on iTunes though :'(

Apart from that, I completely HOOKED on this gals.

Classic Rock
Now, this kind of music isn't usually my style, but after watching my sister's dance concert where they performed a Rock of Ages medley, I've been obsessed. Seriously, I've been singing Pour Some Sugar on Me, Paradise City, I Wanna Rock and We're Not Gonna Take It constantly, and that's not even the full list. It's extremely catchy and not in the teeny boppy sort of way. I can't seem to get the genre of music out of my head, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

I hope you guys have had an amazing start to 2013 and expect more music-filled madness soon! :D

S xx

End of the World - Ingrid Michaelson

I haven't posted much about Ingrid yet, so I felt I should feature an Ingrid song as song of the day. Because it's the last day of the year, I felt this song felt fitting, though I have no idea why.

I've always found the meaning behind this song very amusing. Ingrid said once that this song came into her mind after watching a slew of zombie, end of the world movies. She added that hint of romance, and there you go, the last track off Human Again.

I just think it's a really sweet, emotional song and a great way to round off an amazing year. It's a really fitting song to end an album, it feels like you're reading the last few pages of an amazing novel and finishing the last page in content.

Have a happy new year and I hope you all have an amazing 2013!

S xx

My Stadium Electric

Because I loved Love, Save the Empty so much, I decided I wanted to buy some Erin McCarley with the iTunes voucher I got for Christmas. I actually couldn't believe it when I saw the price of this album though.

FOUR FREAKING DOLLARS!

It's insane, most full-length albums are around 16 dollars on average, yet this one was only $3.99, EPs cost more for gods sake! After listening to it, I can safely say, it's the best four dollars I've ever used.

I actually can't believe it was so cheap, simply because it's SUCH a good album! None of the songs sound the same, they're each all so unique and different, it's very refreshing to listen to. 

I've only listened to the album once, so I haven't really listened to many of the lyrics, but from reviews I've read, I can tell they're very quirky and unique. That's something I love about indie pop though. I feel like artists feel a lot less pressure to write something lovey-dovey and mainstream and instead can write lyrics that are a bit different.

Overall, I was very impressed with Erin's album and will definitely be buying more of her music, because I think I'm absolutely HOOKED!

S xx

New Orleans - Emily Hearn

I'm pretty sure this is one of Emily's more well known songs, but this is based on the number of youtube views this song has compared to others and rightly so.

This is one of my favourite Emily Hearn songs. It's full of raw emotion about her love leaving her for the city of New Orleans. I think I mostly love it because of the emotion you can hear in Emily's voice when she sings, both on the record and in this live version.

Honestly, I didn't really care when I couldn't find a studio version of this son on youtube, because this live version is just as good. Also in this version, you can see Emily's emotion other face as she sings, which I love.

Overall this is an excellent song, even though it's about love. It's full of raw emotion and Emily laying her heart out for this man she used to love.

S xx

Sara Bareilles

Hey guys,
Sorry I haven't been posting much lately, I've been super busy since its Christmas and stuff, but I hope I'll get time to get right back into blogging :D

Today I chose to write about an artist. That artist is Sara Bareilles, because I love Sara Bee so. Freaking. Much.

I know I say that about everything I post about, but I'm really serious when I say I love Sara. She's such a down-to-earth, funny, dirty mouthed, real, artist; and her voice isn't too bad either.

She sings AH-mazing live, better live than in studio in fact, which is really rare in this industry. Her songs are deep, meaningful and sometimes really, incredibly beautiful.

She sings about love, heartbreak, standing up for what she believes in, feeling lost in life, feeling scared and diving head first into the unknown.

Sara's the reason why I've become SO hooked on a cappella, being a judge on the third season of The Sing- Off. What she's done and  the journey she's made is incredible and inspiring. I just find her to be a wonderful person and role model.

There's so many reasons why I love Sara Bareilles, I could just go on all day about my reasons but I will let you see for yourself.

Peace out 

S xx

Many the Miles

Song of the Day

Carol of the Bells - Pentatonix

I just ran 10km so I'm exhausted and I'm not gonna write much. CHRISTMAS TOMORROW WOOOO!!!!! So if you've been following this blog, then you'd probably know I'm a total Pentaholic, so it seems fitting that I end the Christmas-themed songs of the day with a Pentatonix song.

They never cease to blow my mind with their arrangements and Carol of the Bells is no different. Whilst Christmas shopping, I've heard a few other versions of this song, but none seem to measure up to this one.

I'm extremely exhausted so I'm going to end this post here. I wish you all a merry christmas and a safe and happy new year :D

Much Love <3

S xx

Song of the Day

Winter Song - Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson

After yesterday, I wanted to get back into the Christmas theme since 2 SLEEPS TO GO!!!! *SQUEEEEEEEEEE*

I love this song. Two of my favourite artists in the same song, who could pass up on that? But seriously, this song is amazing in it's own right.

This is the first true Christmas love song I've posted about (yes, I know Love is Christmas is about love too, but I don't really count it because it's a different kind of love, not relationship love).

It's a very sad and beautiful. It's full of love and winter analogies on whether things can grow in the cold of winter, or whether they can still thrive. 

Winter Song was written for the Hotel Cafe christmas album, Winter Songs. Sara and Ingrid have performed it live on Jay Leno and at during the 2010 US National Christmas Tree Lighting. The sang has also been featured on Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy and Brothers and Sisters.

Can't believe Christmas has come so fast... wowee has this year passed quickly!

S xx