"Love is such a nice and shitty thing." -- Sounds like a Coco Chanel quote, but actually my best friend.

Music for 2012

Just the beginning of a music list for 2012. Varied (and excellent, in my opinion)--some of these artists are definitely worth further exploration, especially the ones in bold! Enjoy : ) and revisit for updates

"I wanna have your babies" -- Natasha Bedingfield

"Geografia" -- Oreja de Van Gogh (Spanish)

"We are the people" -- Empire of the Sun

"Please don't go" -- Mike Posner

"Time to Pretend" -- MGMT

"Ocean Breathes Salty" --Modest Mouse

"You are a Tourist" -- Death Cab

"This Land is Mine"-- Dido (Life for Rent album is pretty great)

"See the Sun"

"Little Lion Man" -- Mumford & Sons

"The Cave"

"World on Fire" -- Sarah McLachlan

"A Sorta Fairytale"

"Jilted Lovers & Broken Hearts" -- Brandon Flowers

"Was it something I said?"

"Technicolor Phase" -- Owl City

"Dangerous & Sweet" -- Lenka (Two album is great)

"Heart Skips a Beat"

"Roll with the Punches"

"Got it all wrong" --Wakey! Wakey!

"Time After Time" -- Quietdrive

"Welcome to the Black Parade" -- My Chemical Romance

"Changing" -- Airborne Toxic Event

"Into the Night" -- Santana ft. Chad Kroeger

"Islands"-- The XX

"When did your heart go missing?"--Rooney

"Loca" -- Shakira (Spanish)

"Sympathique" -- Pink Martini (French)

"Red Solo Cup" -- for some American party culture, very funny (video is even better)

"Shake it Out"-- Florence & The Machine (especially the Lungs album)

"Howl"

"I'm not calling you a liar"

"Rabbit Heart"

"Gotta Have You" -- The Weepies

"Not your year"

"1973" -- James Blunt

"Starlight" -- Muse

"Supermassive Black Hole" --> excellent

"Lay Me Down" -- O.A.R.

"Swimming" -- Jack's Mannequin

An old favorite: "View from Heaven" -- Yellowcard