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Zach's Song of The Day

I'm kind of obsessed with Jason Isbell's new album, Southeastern, right now. It's the best roots/country/folk/ singer song writer/(whatever it is) album I've heard this year. I found this video of "Cover Me Up" with Blake Mills on guitar. It gave me the shivers. Like every song on the album, this one tells a very personal story about his life. Enjoy the video and the song.

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Zach's 25 Favorite Songs of 2013

It was hard to pick just twenty-five songs. My final list had forty-nine songs(you can hear all forty-nine on a Spotify playlist I created below). These are the songs I listened to the most this year. As you can see this was the year I branched out into top 40.


  1. "Elephant" - Jason Isbell
  2. "Step" - Vampire Weekend
  3. "Weight" - Mikal Cronin
  4. "Demon Dance" - Surfer Blood
  5. "Song for Zula" - Phosphorescent 
  6. "Wakin on a Pretty Day" - Kurt Vile 
  7. "Even if We Try" - Night Beds
  8. "Hold On, We're Going Home" - Drake
  9. "Twin Size Mattress" - The Front Bottoms
  10. "Chum" -  Earl Sweatshirt 
  11. "Holy Grail" - Jay Z (featuring Justin Timberlake)
  12. "Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake
  13. "The Fall" - Rhye
  14. "New Life" - Jim James
  15. "Sex" - The 1975
  16. "T.H.M." - Deerhunter
  17. "We Can't Stop" -  Miley Cyrus 
  18. "Black Skinhead" - Kanye West
  19. "The Dessert Babbler" - Iron and Wine
  20. "Plastic Cup" - Low
  21. "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk
  22. "Love to Get Used" - Matt Pond
  23. "Rusty" -  Tyler The Creator 
  24. "Locked Out of Heaven" -  Bruno Mars
  25. "I Love It" - Icona  Pop (featuring Charli XCX)


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Xtina's Songs of the Day (Songs that make me cry)

I couldn't decide which song to choose for my song of the day; they both make me cry, so I thought that was a good theme for this post. It isn't very difficult to make me cry. Put on a song I love and I will cry every time, even if I have already listened to it five times in a row. 


My first song of the day is Jason Isbell's "Travelling Alone" from his new album Southeastern. He is a member of Drive-By Truckers, but he has been playing solo for a while now. What sets this album apart from his others is this is the first album he made while sober. You can really feel that in his music. In "Travelling Alone" he says "I've grown tired of travelling alone; won't you ride with me?" It's like a weary white flag or cry for help. It isn't a cry for help in the sense that he is doing something crazy to get attention-- it's more silent than that. When he says, "damn near strangled by my appetite" I could really relate. Sometimes the things we think we love are the worst for us. We just hang on to it because it's all we know. This was a very brave song for him to write. I am sold 1000% on Jason Isbell.



My second song of the day has a similar theme. Call me crazy if you want, but I love Demi Lovato. When I heard that she struggled with eating disorders and bipolar disorder, I did a little more research on her. I watched her MTV documentary on YouTube, and I cried a lot (see, I wasn't lying about the crying thing). She is very honest, and has worked hard to beat her problems instead of letting them beat her. I respect her a lot for that. Long story short, my song of the day is her song "Skyscraper" off of her album Unbroken. As someone who has struggled with some stuff, this song builds me up a little bit. I don't usually like pop music, but she has talent and a real story to back her up. I know that she knows what it means to struggle. Watch her performance on Ellen and tell me it doesn't make you get a little teary-eyed. Go ahead.


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