Travis - The Humpty Dumpty Love Song

All of the kings horses & all of the kings men

Couldn't pull my heart back together again

So this is going to be a bit of a cop-out of an entry due to the fact that I had a busy day and was out for the most of it. It is now nearing midnight and I just want to knock out. So here goes ...

"The Humpty Dumpty Love Song " by Travis is not a joke. I know the title is odd but it's a cute song. Seriously. Instead of an egg it's about someone's heart. Lead singer Fran Healy wears his heart on his sleeve in this song off their 3rd LP--The Invisible Band. I was actually surprised to discover that the group of four from Glasgow have 6 albums to their discography. Unfortunately I have no clue if they're any good. I just like this song and a handful of others.

Favourite Part: The chorus and the string arrangement in the background.

I also just remembered this great live cover of Britney's "Baby One More Time." Check it out:

Hm. That wasn't so bad after all. Good night!

Eddie Vedder - Society

You think you have to want more than you need

Until you have it all you won't be free

Let me start off by saying that I hope you've seen Into the Wild. If you have, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. If not, then watch it!! And don't worry, there aren't any spoilers in this entry. I fucking hate spoilers!! Moving on ...

The Into the Wild OST is one of my favourite soundtracks. I like every single song on it and the bare acoustic guitar and vocals by Eddie Vedder, who wrote all the songs save for two covers, is a perfect match for the movie. What I love about "Society" is that you don't need to hear it in the context of the movie to fully understand it. Sure, it might make more sense and be extremely relevant to the movie and the life of Chris McCandless, but it's great as a stand-alone track as well.

Favourite Part: Vedder's vocals. I mean, I love everything about this song but his voice just makes this song so much more emotional and I think he sounds beautiful.

Society - Eddie Vedder

Tegan & Sara - Are You Ten Years Ago

The pressure of this life is so

You can't be held accountable

If you go, you go

Tegan & Sara are one of those artists I quickly got into. I received The Con (produced by Christopher Walla of Death Cab for Cutie) while interning at Warner Bros. Records during the summer of 2007. At the time I had no clue who they were other than the twins whose faces I kept seeing all around the building. Along with the LP I received a copy of a compilation of their older material--"A Brief History." It was this that I liked more than the album at first. The Con eventually grew on me thanks to listening to "Are You Ten Years Ago" constantly, followed by other random tracks from the album.

What I like about the twins is that they mix pop with elements of punk and folk. As weird as that may sound--it works! For those who have no clue who they are, the girls were born and raised in Canada where they started playing guitar at the age of 15, entered some "garage band competition" and won. Fast forward some 5+ years and they're touring with Neil Young after signing to his label--Vapor Records. They love Bruce Springsteen.

Spinner recently asked them to blog on their site. They took turns writing about one of three themes: laugh, rage or cry. You can read their entries here. You should also check out their sweet live cover of Rihanna's "Umbrella," which seems to be a popular choice for a cover song.