Music Of July 2013!

This month in music, I've found quite a few songs that I like. It's easy to say that some songs definitely stand out more than others. Some of my absolute favourite this month include Burn and Hurricane. As always, I definitely recommend checking out all of these songs. I'm really disappointed by the amount of reviews I've done though. I hope to improve next month. If there are any songs that I should listen too, drop them in the comments. Today, because I'm super lazy, I'm ordering songs randomly because I can't be bothered to make them alphabetical.

Xiah Junsu - Incredible

New To My Playlist:
Ooh La La - Britney Spears
Falling In Love - 2NE1
11am - Xiah Junsu
Incredible - Xiah Junsu
Burn - Ellie Goulding
Made In The USA - Demi Lovato
Shadow - BEAST
Take Back The Night - Justin Timberlake
Me & My Girls - Fifth Harmony
I Like 2 Party - Jay Park
Hurricane - B.A.P
Acapella - Karmin
NoNoNo - Ailee
Counting Stars - One Republic
Baby I - Ariana Grande
Best Song Ever - One Direction
Go To War For Ya - Chris Brown
Rum Pum Pum Pum - f(x)
Unbreakable - Kim Hyun Joong
Kill Bill - Brown Eyed Girls

Songs I've Done Reviews Of:
Kill Bill
Baby I
Me & My Girls
Burn

Sit Tight Sundays:
City of Bones Soundtrack
Shadow by BEAST
Baby I by Ariana Grande
Illusion by ZE:A

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Music Of June 2013!

This month, I haven't found and awful lot of music. I'm pretty happy with my selection though. These are all songs that I've discovered, loved and listened to this month. I would recommend them all and will continue listening too them. I've had a hectic month with books and haven't had much time to focus on music but I'm happy with all the reviews I've managed to do. As always, I have links to a playlist so that you can listen to all these songs. And of course, leave me your recommendations because I'm always up for more music.

MBLAQ - Sexy Beat

New To My Playlist:
First Love - After School
Wake Me Up - Avicii
Coffee Shop - B.A.P
Heart Hypnotic - Delta Goodrem
Female President - Girl's Day
Trap - Henry
Smoky Girl - MBLAQ
We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus
Come With Me - Ricky Martin
Firestarter - Samantha Jade
Slow Down - Selena Gomez
Give It To Me - SISTAR
Parachute - Timomatic
Is It Poppin? - 4MINUTE

Songs I've Done Reviews Of:
Firestarter
Female President 여자대통령
Heart Hypnotic
Come With Me
Slow Down
Trap
We Can't Stop

SoundCloud
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Review: Slow Down by Selena Gomez

 

Genres: Pop, Dance
Released: July 23, 2013
℗ 2013 Hollywood Records, Inc.

My review is a week late but by now, everyone's probably used to my late reviews. Slow Down is the second song released from Selena Gomez's upcoming album, Stars Down. I absolutely loved Come & Get It after it grew on me so I had high hopes for this song. Luckily, it met my expectations. I really liked this song and a fell in love the first time I heard it. I can't wait to listen to the rest of her album once it comes out.
Song:
Slow Down was produced by The Cataracs so obviously, it was spectacularly wonderful. The beat was awesome. The perfect timing with Selena's voice made the song even better. I loved the varying tempos throughout the song. All in all, it evoked that side of me that just wants to dance and sing and doesn't care about a thing. There are also parts of the song where Selena whispers a line and then sings something loudly. That was a nice edition to the already awesome song.
Lyrics:
I particularly liked this song because the lyrics weren't too overly stupid. They were only a little bit dirty but it's not hard to ignore. The simple rhyming worked effortlessly in this song. My favourite part was the part where I said it goes from a whisper to normal singer and back and forth.
"Breathe me in, breathe me out
The music's got me going
Breathe me in, breathe me out
No stop until the morning
Breathe me in, breathe me out
You know I'm ready for it
For it, for it
Yeah"
Summary:
Well I got to say, this was an epic listen. I highly suggest you go listen to it because most likely, you'll fall in love just like I did.


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Review: The Other Side by Jason Derulo

Genres: Pop, Music, R&B/Soul, Rock
Released: 16 April 2013
℗ 2013 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Yay for another music review! Today, I'm going to tell you why I absolutely love The Other Side by Jason Derulo. I know that this song has been out for quite awhile but it didn't capture my attention until the music video was released yesterday. I'd downloaded the song when it came out and I listened to it once and kind of just forgot to add to it to my playlist. When the music video came out I was like OMG this song is actually really good! 

Song:

I don't always rate songs but this one definitely gets a 5 STARS from me. It has a very uplifting beat that makes you want to party. The dance vibe accompanied Jason Derulo's voice amazingly. I think that the song is very catchy and easy to listen too. I still remember when I used to listen to In My Head and Watcha Say. I also liked Breathing which came out in 2011 but I haven't really liked a Jason Derulo song in quite a long time. Now, I remember why I loved his songs so much all those years ago. 

Lyrics:

Though the song has a party feel, it doesn't have many things that you'd normally associate with those kinds of songs. Most of the lyrics are very cute, sweet and romantic. The only line that I'd personally change is "Tonight we’ll just get drunk". I think that without that, everything else is wonderful. The lyrics have an urgent tone but it's really beautiful at the same time. Lines like "Kiss me like it’s do or die" are what really make me love the song. It also makes me wish that I wasn't forever alone. 

Summary:

As you probably expected, overall, this song was absolutely mind blowing. I love love loved it! I definitely recommend checking it out if you haven't already, although most people probably already have. I could listen to this song over and over all day. My neighbours might be a little annoyed at my non-stop singing but The Other Side is just one of the songs where you can't listen to it without that urge to start singing. The music video is just a tad bit raunchy though, alright, a lot raunchy.

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Giveaway: 100 Followers

Thank you so much to everyone who has followed me. I now have over one hundred followers but I made sure to capture the moment. I hit 100 on the 25th of April 2013 at approximately 10:45pm Sydney time. I'm grateful for all my GFC followers and also my Bloglovin' followers. I hope that the numbers will continue to grow as my audience gets bigger. Thank you for everyone's support along the way. Blogging has been a big journey for me. Though I've had my blog since September 2012, I didn't really put my blog out there until this year. I started to gain more and more followers and to this day, I still get excited each time I gain one new follower or get an email saying that I have one new comment that I can reply too.

I know it's cheesy but THANK YOU SO MUCH!
It was hard trying to figure out what to giveaway for this giveaway but I decided to just go with something simple. My blog is Music Plus Books so I decided to have one music giveaway and one book giveaway. You get your choice of any album/single etc. and your choice of any book (electronic format). There will be two winners and they will get both. Good luck and I hope you win because this giveaway is for you.
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