Fall is here. (Actually, it's beginning to feel a bit more like winter, but who cares?) With fall always comes a wonderful assortment of new music. Some of the new music is super fantastic and you can't wait to share it with everybody. And, of course, a majority of the music makes you wanna cry because it's so horrible, so you learn to appreciate the wonderful music that's already existed for a while. I'd like to share with you some songs that have constantly been on replay in my ears lately. Here's the latest edition of Taste Some Jams...

Everyone knows I have a soft spot for
Justin Timberlake. Earlier this year, he "brought sexy back" again, putting out a new album called "The 20/20 Experience". Well, at the end of September, he released a Part 2 of The 20/20 Experience. It is fantastic! JT is just flat-out good at everything he does. The particular song from Part 2 that I've been really enjoying lately is
Drink You Away. It's a tune that I often find stuck in my head all day long. It's a great song, and very relatable (minus the whole alcohol theme throughout the entire song). Basically the song tells the story of a person who just can't get someone out of their head. That person is stuck in their head, just like this song is gonna be the moment you listen to it.
If you haven't heard of
Daughter, go to YouTube or iTunes right now and check them out. Why? Because they are amazing! [Seriously, go! I'll wait here...] The main singer, Elena, has such a beautifully haunting voice. The song I'm going to mention here is
Human. It's so beautiful and so wonderfully written. It's written in a way that everyone could really interpret the lyrics to put against their lives. I'm not sure yet how I would interpret the lyrics to this song, it'll take a bit more thinking on my part. But I do really encourage you to listen to this song and the band because they are awesome.

I believe almost everyone has heard of
Sara Bareilles. I've always loved her, from the beginning of her career. Every album she's put out has been fantastic. Earlier this year, she put out her latest album called "The Blessed Unrest". Every single song from this album is incredible, but the song I wish to share with you is
Islands. Honestly, I have to admit that I didn't like this song that much when I first heard it. But it has grown on me immensely. I almost wrote an entire post just about this song and what it means to me, then I decided against it for various reasons. I think this song talks about the fragility of relationships in so many ways. It tells the story of a girl who has been hurt and is hanging on for dear life to the end of her rope. That's just such a beautiful image for what humanity is. Aren't we all, in one way or another, just hanging on for dear life hoping we don't fall? This song actually reminds me of how much I need Christ. Because Christ is the rope I'm hanging onto. The main hook of this song goes like this: "The water will only rise / when you realize / you must become an island (3x) / and see for yourself / the horizon is all we have". The horizon is all we have. The hope planted somewhere in the future is all we have. Christ is all we have. Maybe it's a bit of a stretch, I don't know.
Imagine Dragons is a band that I've noticed as become increasingly popular in the last couple months. It makes perfect sense to me, considering that they are incredible. And have very deep lyrics. I was originally only going to share
Monster with you guys, but I'm going to mention
Demons as well because I find they go very hand in hand. Monster was just recently released as part of a movie soundtrack I believe, whereas Demons was on their "Night Visions" album. Has anyone heard of the song Monster by Skillet? (Another incredible song by another incredible band.) The concept of that song is very similar to these two ID songs. I won't even talk about it much, I'll just give you lyrics and let you muse over them. "I wanna hide the truth / I wanna shelter you / But with the beast inside / There's nowhere we can hide / No matter what we breed / We still are made of greed / This is my kingdom come (2x) / When you feel my heat / Look into my eyes / It's where my demons hide (2x) / Don't get too close" [Demons] "If I told you what I was / would you turn your back on me? // I'm only a man with a candle to guide me / I'm taking a stand to escape what's inside me / A monster, a monster / I've turned into a monster / A monster, a monster / And it keeps getting stronger" [Monster] Incredible. Check it out!

I first heard this next song on a movie. I don't remember which one it was, but I heard the song, looked it up, and totally fell in love with it. The artist is
Hugo, I don't know much about him (except that he's British and signed to Jay-Z's record label in New York). The song is a folk cover of Jay-Z's
99 Problems. I don't like rap terribly much, so the original version of this song doesn't do much for me, but Hugo's rendition of it is awesome! So listen to it. Now! That's really all I have to say about that one.

The last song comes from one of my favourite people in the entire world...
Hugh Laurie. Yes, you are correct, that is the guy that plays House. That's why he's one of my favourite people. And yes, he does also make music. He plays piano blues. And he's incredible. The song I'm sharing:
Kiss of Fire. It's half Spanish half English, I believe. And it's beautiful. Another song you're bound to have stuck in your head all day if you listen to it. This is a song that I'd love to sing sometime. It's a duet between a male and female and it just seems like it would be a super fun song to sing.
There you have it. Everything from pop to folk to indie to blues!
It's nice to know that there's some good music out there, eh? No naked girls swinging on balls or licking sledgehammers or twerking... what a relief!