Composing the top albums list

This is going to be tricky because I've been diving into alot of new music lately, so I might end up being biased. I know that some are already shoe ins, but I have to wait until mid December so I can give the new Black Keys album a chance.

I blame Scream 4 for this

Ida Maria performing "Bad Karma" 

I already love Ida Maria, but then I ended up Scream 4 twice for two main reasons: To point out the craziness and establish the fact that Wes Craven is a sneaky bastard. But I also ended up loving Ida Maria's song featured on the soundtrack. As I can tell this song is rarely performed live. 

Kings of Leon...I love you

Kings of Leon performing "Talihina Sky" 

Kings of Leon can do no wrong. Yeah, I said it. I recently watched their documentary "Talihina Sky," which made me love them every more, regardless of their concert mishaps. This is the song that accompanied the movie during the credits. If you haven't seen the documentary I highly recommend you do.

Not a big fan of covers, but this I can applaud to

Dia Frampton covers The Avett Brothers "Ballad of Love and Hate" 

Dia Frampton, of the band Meg & Dia has grown more popular lately due to that annoying singing competition show on NBC. I associate her with the band her twin sister, Meg and her started. I followed the band for a while, but their songs were well written and pretty heartfelt. I stumbled upon some of her covers on YouTube and this one stuck to me.

Mumford and Sons perform a new song

I have no words to describe how amazing this song is. I'm anxiously waiting for the official release. The title is called "Ghosts that we knew."

Nerd-spasm of the year...

I have many nerd moments, but the ultimate spazz out moment happened when the full trailer of The Avengers movie came out. I screamed like a little kid seeing The Lion King for the first time. Every time I watch the trailer I get goosebumps of excitement.

Thanks Hulu Plus

I've been hooked on watching a bunch of things on Hulu Plus and I came across a British TV show called "Misfits" over the summer. It's so damn addicting that the theme song was stuck in my head for days. And now after a very drawn out search I've found the song. In you face society!

Childish Gambino

I'm usually not a big hip-hop fan, which I blame on my past household members. But, Childish Gambino aka actor Donald Glover has changed my attitude towards it for now. He's released a slew of four albums and three EP's, the current album release will be Camp on Nov. 15. Prior to the album date NPR streamed the album for free along with various other sites. From what I've heard it's going to exceed my expectations, but I'm still blasting his last EP that featured "Freaks and Geeks." The single from Camp is "Bonfire" and ironically every time I hear it I wanna start lighting things on fire in a frenzy.

I go to movies more for the music, than the actual movie

I love when I see a movie in theaters and the one main thing I take away with me is the motivate to download the movie soundtrack. I had that notion with Crazy, Stupid, Love. And undoubtedly "Blood" by The Middle East stuck with me.

Paramore is being generous

The now trio of Paramore are continuing to work on their fourth studio album. They've decided to officially release three new singles via "The Singles Club" where they release a new single until the end of the year. In October they released "Renegade," which shows the promise of being the lead single off the new album. This month they unleashed, "Hello Cold World." I still don't know how I feel about the song, but I'm giving it a chance since I deeply love this band. Next month, they are releasing the first new song written with the threesome "In the Mourning" which has the early traits of "Franklin" and "Misguided Ghosts."

The Black Keys made another awesome song

The Black Keys are continuing to invade my iPhone by releasing a new album, El Camino  in December 2011. Along with that new album, they've already topped the cake with their lead single, "Lonely Boy." I even have most of the dance moves from the video down, thanks to all my mornings getting ready for work and dancing around like the true weirdo I am.

Finally saw the Arctic Monkeys in concert

I witnessed pure awesomeness on Oct. 15, by attending the Arctic Monkeys concert. I still can't fathom all of that night because it was that good. But, I promise a more in length account later on this week. 

Catching up on my first love

Between graduating from college and moving to Baltimore, I've had little time to fully immerse myself in the sweet sounds of new music. But, since I needed to find something to do during my breaks at work, I dived  into my iTunes account with no looking back. The outcome was pretty awesome. 

I download Florence + the Machine's new album which has been played on a continuous loop all week. The lead single off the band's second studio album, Ceremonials, "What the Water gave me" didn't exactly blow me away, but it kept me interested. However, that interest turned into lust when I heard the second single, "Shake it out." Yes, it's that good. With Florence Welch's whimsical voice accompanying every track, the album is an instant favorite and most likely a top 5 contender in the Top 10 albums of 2011 list. 

Songs to download: "Only if for a night" & "Bedroom Hymns" 

"Shake it out" Music Video