2/14.2 /  by E

A second Valentine's day playlist for you guys; you can decide which one works best for you.

"All I Need" AWOLNATION

"Safe" The Airborne Toxic Event

"Oh, It Is Love" Hellogoodbye

"On Your Side" SafetySuit

"Dance So Good" Wakey Wakey

"A Long Time Ago" Timothy Bloom featuring Dezi Paige

"Red Tuxedo" The Griswolds

"Teach Me How To Be Loved" Rebecca Ferguson

"Ho Hey" The Lumineers

"Past Lives" Ke$ha

"Sold My Soul" Cattle and Cane

"Never Gonna Give You Up" Julian Taylor Band

"Morning Sun" Strange Talk

Weapons /  by E

Hudson Taylor's latest music video is just as desperate and haunted as the song itself (though through a much harsher lens, clearly).

The duo's sound is reminiscent of a modern day Everly Brothers; the only thing which stands against those solid guitar melodies are the brother's pure vocals which feature articulate lyric lines that scream of a tendency towards hopeless romantics ("put down your weapons, lets be defenseless, surrender your love and no more secrets" and "this is how it is when it all gets wild, you can hit me hard, hit me hard as you like, if only you could see it through my own two eyes, you could see the view from the other side"). 

It's truly fantastic and their sweet vocal melodies make it so very difficult to not get hooked on these tracks which start as soft indie folk melodies and always manage to build into a frenzied desperation by their end. 

Check out the latest video from the Irish duo below then head to the sites to find out more about the band. 

"Weapons" Hudson Taylor

Don't Say Goodnight /  by E

As soon as this morning's interview is finished, I will give you guys more great music to listen to but, for now, you should enjoy the fact that Hot Chelle Rae has given us, yet another, single which is impossible to not become addicted to.

That soft piano melody leads into a prominent rhythm that pulls you into the song while a solid beat and fun lyrics keep the song moving forward, with the same gorgeously soft piano melody continuing throughout. The song hits its sweet spot when it dips into its bridge at 2:10 and it's so hard to not want to dance along to the song after that; just give in and have fun because this band is fantastic at making tracks which feel just like summer.

"Don't Say Goodnight" Hot Chelle Rae

Coming Home, Pt II /  by E

       Skylar Grey's sequel to Diddy's 2010 hit, "

Coming Home

" (which features Grey's vocals on the chorus), is unobtrusively moving. 

       The piano melody stays the same but the theatrics of the last video are gone, leaving the focus on Grey's piano work and a coming home video thrown for a soldier from Winter Park, FL. The simple video work, combined with Grey's haunted, yet hopeful, lyrics ("and the blood will dry underneath my nails, and the wind will rise up to fill my cells, so you can doubt, and you can hate, but I know no matter what it takes, I'm coming home") is simply gorgeous.

"Coming Home, Pt II" Skylar Grey

- E