This really should be everyone's song of the day. It's a new Iron and Wine song. It's called "Lovers' Revolution," and his album comes out April 16. It is like old Iron and Wine but better. It has horns and all that kind of stuff. Just listen and enjoy.

Back in the Myspace heyday, a friend of mine had a song by the Spinto Band on her page. When I saw that Paste was streaming their new album, I got really excited. I really enjoy it, and I think you will, too. Here is a great song from the album. It reminds me of Beachwood Sparks or Beach Boys or the Beatles or Tame Impala, sometimes. Good, happy, trippy, poppy music.

Just popping out of my Timberlake-induced fog to say that I have not stopped listening to this yet...even in my sleep.

No big surprises here. Some of my favorite bands and musicians released new music this year, which is always exciting. I haven't posted this due to the nagging feeling that I have forgotten plenty. I am a forgetful person. Also, I keep discovering music. It never ends. However, these are the things that kept me company throughout the year. Thanks, music and things. 
 Love, Christina 

 Favorite 20 Albums (in no particular order, really.) 
 1. Circa Survive- Violent Waves
 2. Benjamin Gibbard- Former Lives
 3. Say Anything- Anarchy, My Dear
 4. Sucre- A Minor Bird 
 5. The Avett Brothers- The Carpenter
 6. Passion Pit- Gossamer
 7. Fiona Apple- The Idler Wheel is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do 
8. Sufjan Stevens- Silver & Gold 
9. The Walkmen- Heaven 
10. First Aid Kit- The Lion’s Roar 
11. Anthony Green- Beautiful Things
 12. Good Old War- Come Back as Rain 
13. The Avett Brothers- The Carpenter
 14. Father John Misty- Fear Fun
 15. M. Ward- Wasteland Companion 
16. Best Coast- The Only Place
 17. Titus Andronicus- Local Business
 18. Andrew Bird- Break it Yourself 
19. Bad Books- II
 20. Japandroids- Celebration Rock 

Songs: 
 1. One of my Kind- Conor Oberst 
2. Cry for Judas- Mountain Goats
 3. The Only Place- Best Coast 
4. MariKKKopa- Desaparecidos
 5. Simple Song- The Shins
 6. The North- Stars (both)
 7. Cherokee- Cat Power
 8. Lost River- Murder By Death
 9. 192 Days- Eisley 

 Best new discoveries: 
1. Laura Gibson
 2. St. Vincent 
3. Mutemath
 4. Titus Andronicus 
5. Japandroids
 6. Frank Ocean 

 Favorite TV Shows: 
1. Gossip Girl 
2. New Girl
 3. Ben and Kate 
4. 90210 (Don’t judge me.)
 5. Hart of Dixie 

 Favorite Movies: 
1. Dark Knight Rises
 2. Beginners 
3. Midnight in Paris 
4. Young Adult 
5. Moonrise Kingdom 
6. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World 

 Favorite Books (that I read in the last few months…)
 1. The Sea is My Brother- Jack Kerouac 
2. The Marriage Plot- Jeffrey Eugenides
 3. Freedom & The Corrections- Jonathan Franzen 
4. Newlyweds- Nell Freudenberger
 5. Wuthering Heights- Emily Bronte
 6. Incendiary- Chris Cleave 
7. Interpreter of Maladies- Jhumpa Lahiri
8. Plainsong- Kent Haruf