I remember the first time I heard Never the Strangers. No, it wasn't from the Close-Up commercial (although Moving Closer was a cute song); it was actually from a Facebook friend who's close friends with someone in the band. Anyway, she shared the video of Alive and me, being naturally curious, clicked it. And can I just say that I loved it?

Muse is probably one of the bands that not many of my peers can appreciate (to be fair, they're all for mainstream pop and alternative). I can name around 4 or 5 people of my age who like them as much as I do. Most of the time, when they ask me what's playing on my iPhone and they hear "Bliss" blaring out of my earphones, I go on and on and on about the band.

The first time I saw (and heard) Conor Maynard was in MTV Push, around June or July of last year. Clips of "Can't Say No" and "Vegas Girl" were shown, and being a self-proclaimed sucker for urban beats, I was hooked. In that same month, his debut album "Contrast" came out.