MUSIC

So I must deviate a bit from my norm.  Although I really don't have a norm, but still.  I have to share a very important part of my life:  MUSIC

Using a new site I just found:   TasteKid I have found some new-to-me bands that I have to share, because the music is awesome--

Meiko
 Info from Tastekid/Picture from Amazon (clicky clicky)

 

Meiko (pronounced MAY-koh), is an American singer/songwriter, born and raised in Roberta, Georgia and currently residing in Los Angeles, California. She independently released a self-titled album on September 1, 2007. All of the tracks from the LP have been featured in major network TV shows. Her sophomore full-length, titled The Bright Side, was released through Fantasy Records on May 15, 2012.

Biography

Raised by her father in the small town of Roberta, Georgia, Meiko first stepped in front of an audience at the age of eight, singing “White Christmas” for parishioners of a Southern Baptist church. In the years that followed she performed everywhere from talent shows to Little League baseball parks. When she was not performing, she was practicing - spending countless hours singing into the family's clothes dryer.

Imagine Dragons
info pulled from Tastekid/Picture from Amazon (clicky clicky)
~ is an alternative rock band based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

 

Band history
Imagine Dragons is a four-piece rock band based in Las Vegas, Nevada; they formed in 2008. After winning several battle of the band competitions, the band entered the studio for the first time in 2009. They released two EPs titled Imagine Dragons EP and Hell and Silence EP in 2010, both recorded at Battle Born Studios.
Imagine Dragons signed to major label Interscope Records in November 2011. They are working closely with producer Alex Da Kid with whom they recorded their first major label release at Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California. The EP is entitled Continued Silence and it was released on Valentine's Day (February 14, 2012) digitally.

Walk the Moon  
info nabbed from TasteKid/Picture from Amazon (clicky clicky)
 

  
(stylized as WALK THE MOON) is an indie rock band based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lead singer and Ohio native, Nicholas Petricca, started the band in 2008 and went through several member changes before finally coming together with current members, Kevin Ray, Sean Waugaman, and Eli Maiman sometime in 2010 . The band derives their name from a record by The Police. The group independently released their debut album, i want! i want!, in November 2010, receiving airplay for the track "Anna Sun" on WCRD, WFPK, WKNH, and WTMD. In February 2011, Walk the Moon signed with Mick Management. They signed to RCA Records and released their first official album, Walk the Moon in June 2012. Their self-titled debut is composed of many of their original tracks from i want! i want! in addition to new tracks that were written specifically for the album and were meant to reflect the kind of energy the band produced in their live shows.

This next one didn't come from taste kid, instead it came from a teaser trailer for one of my favorite games- Assassin's Creed-

Woodkid
Info snagged from Tastekid/Picture from Amazon (clicky clicky)

Yoann Lemoine (born 16 May 1983) is a Frenchmusic video director, graphic designer, and musician. His most notable works include his music video direction for Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream", Taylor Swift's single "Back to December", Lana Del Rey's 'Born to Die" and Mystery Jets' "Dreaming of Another World".
Lemoine is also an alternative indie musician, going by the stage name Woodkid. On March 28, 2011, Woodkid released his first EP Iron EP.

Life and career

Yoann Lemoine, born in Lyon, studied illustration and animation at the Emile Cohl School, where he completed his diploma with honours. He left for London to follow a silk screen printing process course at the Swindon College. In 2004 Yoann moved to Paris. After a brief experience at H5, he joined Luc Besson's crew and worked on the project Arthur and the Invisibles for a year.


There are TONS more, like seriously TONS more but these specifics are what have been dominating my playlists and my brain as of late, and throw in piano versions of a ton of Anime and Game soundtracks and then the sound tracks themselves.

I am such a nerd.
Because this is soo cool!!!!!