#WhatchaListeningTo Wednesday

Here's what I'm listening to this week:

• Mumford and Sons - I Will Wait - This is their new single, released on local radio yesterday, and I'm loving it.  That banjo really drives this song, and I love that this track is accompanied by video of a birds-eye-view journey down a road.  The video ends with 'Road To Red Rocks' - boy oh boy, do I want to get on the road to Red Rocks one day!
• Guster - Careful - I've gotten to see Guster a few times, and have met them twice.  They've got a fun attitude during their shows and cover some great songs.   And how does Brian Rosenworcel (from my hometown!) still have his hands attached to his body after all these years? Crazy.
• Josh Ritter - Change of Time - "I had a dream last night..."
• Arcade Fire - The Suburbs - This is an incredible album all around, and I was so excited when this album won the Grammy for Album Of the Year in 2011.  A great driving album.
• James Morrison - Wonderful World - Beautiful song, and I love the Ray Lamontagne-ness that his voice has.  Yes, that's right, I just made up a word. "Well I thought that I was doing well/ But I just want to cry now/ Well I know that it's a wonderful world/ From the sky down to the sea/ But I can only see it when you're here, here with me..."

So, #WhatchaListeningTo?

#MusicMyFriendsGotMeInto: Of Monsters and Men

I love when my friends introduce me to music I've never heard before, especially when they're passionate about it.  I'm lucky to have friends, connected to the music industry and otherwise, who have shared incredible new music with me over the years. 


Today's #MusicMyFriendsGotMeInto moment (I'm stuck on creating new hashtags, don't judge me!) is brought to you by Courtney, one of my best friends from college. She introduced me to Of Monsters and Men:

As she says, this indie/folk/ska band is definitely a bit like an Icelandic Mumford and Sons, who I also enjoy. 

"Little Talks" - Of Monsters and Men

The male lead singer's reminds me so much of Torquil Campbell from Stars (Canadian indie pop band), it was hard to listen to this song and not expect a Stars song to follow.  I have read that Rolling Stone has called Of Monsters and Men a "new Arcade Fire" in addition to being the "Icelandic Mumford and Sons". 

I also found this - "Your Bones"(audio only)

So, what do you think?  Like 'em? Leave 'em? Get Courtney to make more music recommendations? ;-)