Shazam that shit.

Tweet I've been wanting to post for the past few days but I haven't gotten around to it... until now. 

This last week I've found so many great new songs that I wasn't even sure which ones I was going to share, so there may be a few here. 

First, I can not begin to explain how much I love Shazam. It's amazing, and since I got my new phone about a month ago I haven't stopped using it. Seriously, any time, anywhere... if there's a great song, I shazam that shit. 

So, the first song I'm recommending is 'Be What You Want' by Robin Loxley and Oliver Jackson. Nope, I'd never heard of them before either but this song was featured on an advert for House and ER on one of the Sky channels. 

I shazam'd that shizzle straight away. It's a seriously great tune in my opinion and clearly from the comments on Youtube it's a song that has been used in several advertisements around the world. 


Next up is 'Demons' by Sleigh Bells. I've not been super into Sleigh Bells, but every now and again I hear a song by them and it makes me want to listen to them more. This track is off their album Reign of Terror which was released this year. I'm pretty sure the first time I heard them was on a trailer for a movie and their song 'Kids' was used in an ad for a phone I think, and other things, so you've probably, definitely heard that one. So they get around a bit in the sync department, and this particular track I heard in an episode of Vampire Diaries but they've since released it as a single.


Enjoy. 


I'll make this next one the last one and save the other tracks I'm obsessed with for the next post.


So this one was a toss up between The Civil Wars and The Fray. They're both just as sad as each other but ultimately I went with The Fray. 


So, when I had a power cut at the house the other day, I made a crack on Twitter that I thought I might end up getting killed, and that I wanted The Fray to be played at my funeral. It was a joke.. sort of, but actually, not really. Seriously, this song needs to be played at my funeral. (any RL friends reading right now - take note.) The Fray - 'Be Still'




Again, it looks like this song has been used on a couple of TV shows. I'm a huge fan of the band and I have their albums but this song in particular I heard, again, on Vampire Diaries. I'm seriously in love with the shows Music Supervisor right now. He has amazing taste and is on twitter here if you like. 


Anyway, that'll do for now because I've been listening to far too many depressing tracks lately and I'm pretty sure if I write any more we'll be diving down into some deep territory that we don't want to go.


Hope everyone's having a great weekend! 


~HL