On Our Way /  by E

The Royal Concept's music sounds like a solid mix of San Cisco and Black Kids with just enough of a Phoenix-esque influence to maintain and flesh out a youthfully exuberant rhythm which could otherwise have a tendency to spin out ahead of the rest of the song. 

The melody is fantastically 'hummable' (meaning, it's going to be popular; since the 1700's, if a melody was hummable, it was popular [unsurprisingly, people like being able to sing to their favorite songs]), that rhythm could not be more perfect, there is both a vocal melody (of la, la, la's) and a whistling melody, the lyrics are fun and, when the song hits its sweet spot in time for that chorus to kick in, it's impossible to not get pulled into the song.

Check out the video for "On Our Way" below to see why you should really start falling for The Royal Concept's music and get their Royal EP and new single, "D-D-Dance", from iTunes now. 

"On Our Way" The Royal Concept

2/15 /  by E

Listen to the monthly playlist to hear good music from some of the artists/bands you should be paying attention to this month. 

"Morning Sun" Strange Talk

"Luck" American Authors

"Weapons" Hudson Taylor

"Bridges" Broods

"Synesthesia" Chuckie Campbell

"True North" Eric Zayne

"Happy Alone" Saintseneca

"Good Guy" Lakefield

"Past Life" Lost In The Trees

"Don't Say Goodnight" Hot Chelle Rae

"Fall Apart" PawnShop Kings

Give Me A Reason

" Runaway Dorothy

"Ready Set Go" Royal Tailor

"We Won't Go Home" The Colourist

"Hot Tonight" Tokyo Police Club

"On Our Way" The Royal Concept

Tiny Robots "Manolo Panic"

"Coming Home, Pt II" Skylar Grey

"Let the Night" Dirty Vegas

Timber /  by E

There's been a lot of Pitbull bashing and that's unnecessary; I make fun of his lack of imagination when it comes to album titles, but he is legitimately good.

The main reason why Pitbull is awesome: He appreciates his fans. A lot of artists take time out of their shows and say things like "you guys are awesome/this is the best crowd we've had/you guys are better than [insert competitive city here]" and you're just standing there thinking "yeah, okay, we all know you say this to everyone so let's just move on and get back to the music" but, when Pitbull thanked his fans he was sincere. He took time out of the concert to talk with the crowd (there's a difference between 'to' and 'with') and his gratitude was not just a front; you can tell from the body language, hear it in their voice, and it is just so overwhelmingly evident when an artist actually means what they're saying, and Pitbull meant it when he thanked his fans for taking him from Mr. 305 to Mr. Worldwide (it may have helped that I saw him in his hometown, but still). You should never bash on an artist who is truly thankful for their current standings and whom understands that their fans are, while not the only reason, a large part of how they got there (and stay there). 

Plus, his most recent single which has been controlling your radio for the past few months is awesome. There's Ke$ha, Pitbull's fun lines, and a fucking trumpet in a pop song (every pop song should really try to throw some muted brass in with the rest of the instrumentation).

Listen to "Timber" below and don't bother to fight the urge to dance.

"Timber" Pitbull featuring Ke$ha

Never Stop /  by E

This may be the sweetest song SafetySuit has put out, if only because the lyrics are so adorable that they overshadow the softly building composition and the bands wedding version of this track is just as sweet as it places the emphasis on Brown's vocals and that soft piano melody. 

"Never Stop" (Wedding Version) SafetySuit