I have mixed feelings towards this song, mainly because I have mixed feelings towards the original. I kind of laughed at Brooke White's breezy piano cover of Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody" the first time I heard it, but it's been growing on me as time has gone on. What do you think?

Bit of a quiet week. I'm headed down to explore a new neighborhood on Friday for a house concert with Antje Duvekot and Lucy Wainwright Roche. I love house concerts, I just wish they weren't so far away from my little north side cocoon.

How is it October already?  Time flies, having fun, etc. etc.This month's mix goes all the way from folk to socially conscious hip-hop to quirky covers and back again.

Apparently this is my time for Discovering Music I Shamefully Missed Out On. "Road Regrets" is a strong opener to Dan Mangan's 2009 album, Nice, Nice, Very Nice, and it just gets better from there. Also, I'm a sucker for animated videos of any sort.

Excited to see the Retribution Gospel Choir on Friday. Still haven't figured out how I'm getting to/from the Hideout in the middle of the night, but such is life.

Add fun.'s Aim and Ignite to the list of albums I really should have listened to earlier. Not sure how I missed out on hearing this when it was released, but I've rectified that situation now, and am fully in love.

I am super excited about Chris Pureka's show at SPACE on Wednesday. How I Learned to See in the Dark is one of my favorite albums of 2010 so far, and I'm sure the live show will be great.

If you missed Andrew Bird's residency of cozy concerts last year, either in Chicago or Minneapolis, don't despair! You'll have another chance this holiday season. Five more so-called Gezelligheid concerts have been announced, to keep you warm and cozy and creatively satisfied this year:

Sometimes, I feel like I'm the only person on the internet who doesn't care about Pavement.