One of the most highly anticipated albums of the year has got to be Feist's Metals.

After a few samples posted on her YouTube page, we now have the first proper song. While I was hoping for the harder sound that was in her first preview, "How Come You Never Go There" serves as a nice reminder of Feist's knack for gorgeous melodies and evocative lyrics. 

Think of this as an amuse-bouche to open up your palette, because this promises to be an album that features bolder and stronger sounds from Feist.

<span>How Come You Never Go There by Feist</span> 

iPhones are amazing. But, they're even more amazing when they're humanized. 

Gay Australian singer Brett Every's single "Man Walks Into a Bar", from his latest album, Menu, is a ballad about a hypothetical scenario where a 40-year-old encounters his 20-year-old self in a bar.

What grabs your attention is that the video is a stop-motion animated video uses iPhones as the two main characters, in a bar populated by other cell phones. Points for using the older model iPhone as the older man. 

But, my favourite has got to be the stripper phone at 1:15. Hilarious!

I know "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" was originally recorded by Rose Royce, but it's Madonna's version that I, obviously, am more familiar with.

Canadian folk singer has now covered the song and he make the sad song even sadder. You can listen to it here.

And then watch Madonna at her most melodramtic below. Cuz I said so.

City and Colour is about to release his third album Little Hell, and it seems that frontman Dallas Green is taking things in a whole new direction.

The singer-songwriter has become a bit known for his acoustic brand of folk-rock. But, if the first single "Fragile Bird" is any indication, it seems that Dallas is bringing a bit more rock and funk to the table. The track has got some fuzzy guitars and slinky bass and sounds, dare I say, downright upbeat.

At the center of it all is Dallas' solid voice and great lyrics.

Little Hell is dropping June 7th, so in the mean time, check out Fragile Bird below.

Okay, I'm one of the many who was obsessed with this little girl singing with her dad. Part of me wished my cousins and I did that...cuz we could have been on ELLEN! 

Anyway, that girl led me to discover the real band behind that stellar song "Home", Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. 

Fronted by Alex Ebert, this is a 10-piece band that sounds like early Arcade Fire infused a whole lot of grassroots folk influences. 

One of the things that struck me after listening to them was how this band really does sound like they are just jamming out and having fun as they record their songs. And that joy really translates to me as a listener. It's very authentic and that's lacking these days.

Check out my new favourite song, "Home" below!

<p>Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros "Home" from Edward Sharpe on Vimeo.</p>