I can hear it...in the air...

There's something exciting about knowing that good/great music is being instilled on the general public.  I heard someone caddy corner of my house listening to "Fireflies" by Owl City while waiting for their car to warm up a couple winters ago.  I caught a whiff of someone listening to one of the 10 gems from WHAT SEPARATES ME FROM YOU by A Day To Remember (don't remember which one) while walking by their house, don't remember where...and you know a song is making an impression on folks when you keep hearing it on TV ads - "How To Save A Life" by The Fray.  "Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon is still one of the greatest songs ever and it was all over radio and TV etc. for at least a year.  Of course, The Fray and Vertical Horizon are both history.  And A Day To Remember and Owl City are recent, but not new.  As for 2013, nothing is coming to mind.  I'm sure there's good music that's making waves, but I'm totally clueless as I am now freed from annoying 5 minute car advertisements inserted between 15 minutes of music (much of which is varying degrees of pretty good but is rendered useless after 20 plays daily times however many days the song(s) have been recent enough to be considered "new"). [This radio slam courtesy of the good vibes coming from my computer courtesy of Pandora Internet Radio]
So...uh...hmm...I think I'm finished here...not sure what I'm talking about...idk...

Albums That Are Freakin' Awesome+++ and some that I don't disagree with their status as uber-definitive

1. American Football - s/t
2. Boston - s/t
3. Chicago - Greatest Hits 1982-1989
4. Collins, Phil - Both Sides
5. Genesis - Invisible Touch
6. Hidden In Plain View - Resolution
7. Last Winter - The Heart And The Broken Compass
8. Lavigne, Avril - Let Go
9. Oingo Boingo - Skeletons In The Closet: The Best Of
10. Duncan Sheik - s/t
11. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
12. Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends
13. Toto - Toto IV
14. The Who - Who's Next

Songs You Might Have Almost Forgotten but probably would be better off not cutting yourself off entirely...

1. Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
2. If You Could Only See - Tonic
3. The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
4. Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
5. Crazy - Aerosmith
6. Everlong - Foo Fighters
7. The Sound Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
8. Hold On Loosely - .38 Special
9. Caught Up In You - .38 Special
10. Rikki Don't Lose My Number - Steely Dan
11. These Eyes - The Guess Who
12. Don't Stop Believing - Journey