1. Air Balloon by Lilly Allen
First off I had one artist playing on repeat every day this week. First was Lilly. Lilly Allen is such a babe. She has a cutesy style, but so much sass. I am falling back in love with her right now. Its been a while so it's so much fun coming back to this and new stuff too. Honorable Mentions: Fuck You, Somewhere We Only Know, The Fear, Sheezus, Insincerely Yours, etc.
2. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? by Arctic Monkeys
Felt more rocker today I guess. I really love the Arctic Monkeys' sound. They are a lot like the Black Keys with the chill, laid back, indie rock sound. And who can resist a group of talented guys from the UK?  Honorable Mentions: Snap Out of It, Knee Socks
3. Beware the Dog by The Griswold's 
Favorite on this list right now. Gosh I love this band of Aussies. They opened up for Walk The Moon when we saw them a little while ago and I regret not knowing them before because now we have to by tickets to go see them when they are on tour in July. Great music all around. Must listen. Honorable Mentions: 16 Years, Be Impressive, Down and Out, etc. 
4. Chocolate by 1975
Another Indie band of course because I'm a quote unquote hipster. Really Just starting to get into this band, a little behind the trend I know, but I'm really liking it so far. Honorable Mentions: Settle Down, Heart Out, Robbers, Girls
5. Step by Vampire Weekend 
Vampire weekend takes me back. I remember getting the Cousins single free on iTunes and thinking they were the coolest ever. They came up on my Songza the other day and it made me want to look them up again and find new stuff. Honorable Mentions: Oxford Comma, Ya Hey, Obvious Bicycle, Holiday 

1. Credit by Meghan Trainor from Title 
It was finals week so I didn't listen to a whole lot of music this week, but my drive home was Meghan Trainor on repeat. I love love love her sound. It reminds me a lot of my other favorite artist Olly Murs. Fun upbeat music and great lyrics that fit any mood, who could ask for more? So yeah I'm falling in love with her and it's great. Honorable Mentions: Bang Dem Sticks, My Selfish Heart, Dear Future Husband.

To be completely honesty that is all I've listened to the last two weeks. Will have a lot more next week for sure because it's time for summer!

1. Little Shop of Horrors by The Broadway Cast of Little Shop of Horrors
Once again, entire album. Auditions for this show at my school are next week so I've been listening to the soundtrack a lot to decide if I want to try out or not. Really fun musical if you haven't heard of it. I'd say it's worth checking out and watching the movie.

2. Pumped Up Kicks (Grouplove and Captain Cuts Remix) by Foster The People
Me and my brother found this remix a few years back and I just recently happened upon it again. This "dance" remix of the song makes the song actually sound good and it so much fun to jam to in the car.

3. New Slang by The Shins
I have an app on my phone called Songza that I've been using this week every morning. I just turn on the "Indie Morning" playlist after my alarm goes off so that plays to kind of wake me up and I leave it on while I get ready and have my morning tea so the rest of the songs on this list are all a few of my favorites from that.

4. Comfort Me by Feist
Feist was the first artist I bought music from on iTunes way back when it was all new to me. Her voice is so beautiful and will always hold a special place in my heart because of that first purchase of 1, 2, 3, 4

5. 5 Years Time by Noah & The Whale
This song is always my favorite when it comes up on the playlist. It wakes me up and makes me want to sing along.

6. Merry Happy by Kate Nash
Kate Nash is so much fun. Her music is just this bubbly upbeat sound that I can't get enough of. And just the fact that she has an accent when she sings, it's just all so perfect.

Julia Carrington

1. Don't Do Sadness from Spring Awakening Soundtrack
Honestly I've been listening the entire soundtrack for the last two week, but I decided to just put the one that has been stuck in my head the most. I'm working on a production of this show going on at my school so I get to hear all of the songs every night from that. It's really good music that doesn't sound super "musical theater" so it's worth checking out just for the songs. Honorable Mentions: Totally Fucked, My Junk, Whispering

2. Did You Miss Me? by Olly Murs from Never Been Better
Once again, entire album is perfection, but I if I had to pick one this would be it. It's such a fun upbeat song. Me and friends love to play it in the car and just be ridiculous and dance to it. Olly Murs style is so distinct and I am obsessed with it. Also all of the songs in this album describe my mood/life so well which is always a plus. Honorable Mentions: Why Do I Love You, Never Been Better, Seasons, Stick With Me, etc. 

3. Giants in The Sky from Into The Woods
Wow I've been listening to a lot of full albums lately... Anyway, Into The Woods came out on DVD this week so, in honor of that, I had to include the soundtrack because 1. The CD has been in my car since January and 2. I've watched the movie three times since buying it on DVD on Wednesday. Stephen Sondheim is bae and the cast Disney put together for this film is also bae. Just everything about it is bae. Honorable Mentions: Agony, No One Is Alone, It Takes Two

4. Siri Says by Zooly
Happened upon this on tumblr and I really enjoy just how random it is. So if you enjoy strange dance music made up of cell phone noises and really basic beats probably made in garageband you'd like this. It's so stupid, but it made me laugh the first time I heard it so I had to download it.

5. Fun by Troye Sivan from TRXYE
This was one of my summer songs and now it's making its way back into my everyday playlist. Troy Sivan is a talented human who really deserves to be more recognized so I'll always be there to support his music. This song is from his first EP he released back in July and I can't wait to hear more.

6. All You Had To Do Was Stay by Taylor Swift from 1989
Okay, Taylor Swift is great to just sing along to on a bad day. Break ups suck and Taylor has a song for every single emotion that goes on during a break up. So thank you Taylor for your catchy lyrics that I could sing at the top of my lungs driving, you and one direction basically wrote songs about everything I've gone through in the last three months and that's awesome.  Honorable Mentions: Bad Blood, Shake It Off

So yeah, that's what I've been listening too as of late. Not a very big variety, lot more full albums than specific songs and a lot of musicals, but all really great stuff. Will be sharing the new obsessions next weekend so till then check out this stuff.

Julia Carrington

Ed Sheeran - Little Bird

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So lately my obsession with Ed Sheeran has rekindled and I have been listening to his angelic voice nonstop. Now who is Ed you may ask? He is a twenty-two year old british ginger that was on the british x-factor and has now began to find his fame here in the US. A few weeks ago, a couple of my friends and I went to see "Ginger Jesus" at the Palladium in Hollywood and it was by far one of the best concerts I have been to. There are two things that Ed does at his concerts that I have not seen any other artist do before. First of all, a majority of his songs are slow so he has the audience become dead silent when he sings some of these songs and even stops singing with the mic for a little while. Believe it or not, the audience actually shuts up for him and you can hear him in the back with no mic on. I found this quite amazing. Another thing that Ed does is make one song last over fifteen minutes. He sings the actual four minute song along with some audience participation, additional popular songs, and lots of repetition to make the energy last longer. It is an exciting new way to keep the audience pumped up at a concert when he has only a few high energy songs. If you have not listened to Ed Sheeran yet please look him up, you will fall in love with that voice.

Julia Carrington