#WhatchaListeningTo Wednesday - 3/4/13

Here's what I'm listening to this week.  Missed a few weeks, oops! Getting into the swing of things with a new job and a new commute, which means sometimes I'm in the car and sometimes I'm on the train.  Different music in different places, which I'm not mad about!  

• Imagine Dragons - Demons - This comes on my car radio and I can't help but turn it up.  I love it.
• Wyclef Jean - Gone Till November - I didn't realize how much of the lyrics I remembered!  Hey 1997, you had some good beats.  Wyclef, you ain't so bad yourself.
• Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Magick
• U2 - Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World - Can Bono do any wrong?
• Ryan Lewis and Macklemore - Can't Hold Us - Perfect song choice for a commercial (it's been used in at least 1 or 2).

BONUS: 

• Bad Rabbits - Doin' It - Congrats to these local boys on the success of this track and of their new record!  They're getting all kinds of great publicity - MTV Buzzworthy has written about them here.  Check 'em out! 

So, #WhatchaListeningTo?

As always, I'm always looking for new suggestions for music to listen to on my commute and otherwise!  Tweet me @joannab or leave a comment here!

Whatcha Listening To? Wednesdays

Here's What I'm Listening To this week (yep, a day late, oops!):

• Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
• Dawes - Time Spent In Los Angeles
• Washed Out - Amor Fati
• U2 - In God's Country (I know that this is an old one, but I've heard it on the radio lately and it makes me think of the movie Three Kings, which I love. David O. Russell is a directoral genius.)
• Chadwick Stokes - Back To The Races

  

So, now the question is, #WhatchaListeningTo?  (That's right, I'm starting a #hashtag. What!)

VH1's Top 20 Most Anticipated Albums of 2012

VH1's newest email included a link to their "Top 20 Most Anticipated Albums of 2012."  I was curious to see what VH1 is excited about for this new year.

1. "With the reign of Adele perhaps taking a brief hiatus..."  Oh, Adele.  I have nothin' but love for ya. However, anytime "Rolling In The Deep" comes on the radio, I switch to a different station.  It's just sadly become an instinctual behavior.  Sorry, girlfriend.

2. Lana Del Rey - she's scheduled to be on SNL on January 14, and I've seen her video for 'Video Games'  and am really digging the older style of her sound and the Super 8 style video.  I'm definitely interested to see how she performs live, and to hear more from her.

3. No Doubt is supposedly scheduled to release their first album 11 years?  Whoa. I didn't even know they were even still together.  I definitely played the hell out of the Tragic Kingdom album back in '95-'97ish.  I'm curious to hear what they have going on now.

4. Robbie Williams – for serious?  Where's he been?

... no, really?  Where's he been?

5. U2 is also working on some new material - but "sessions have reportedly not necessarily been going so well."  Come on, guys, let's see whatcha got.

6. The XX – "It’s can be said that it’s fairly rare for a band to follow through with their sophomore release after a cosmic debut, but we have high hopes for the XX and think that they just might deliver on our expectations."  I'm actually pretty psyched to hear that they've got something new coming out soonish.  "Heart Skipped a Beat" is a favorite of mine, check it out if you're not familiar with The xx.

P.S. VH1, the band spells it with lowercase x's.  You also spelled Kanye's name wrong. #justsayin

Anyone have thoughts about these or other anticipated 2012 releases?