The Home Stretch Playlist: Thursday, Jan. 29

It's Thursday morning and you've only got one more wake-up ahead of you before the weekend—that is unless your college revelry begins tonight, in which case jam along even louder. To celebrate the conclusion of this week (and special ones in the future) I've put together a short list of songs to get you through these last few days. Enjoy.

1) The irresistible melodies of Kyle Andrew's pop masterpiece

 2) A sampling from Common Market's through-composed hip-hop release, Tobacco Road

3) Danish indie rockers Grand Avenue channel Snow Patrol...in the best possible way

4) Paul McCartney merges Beatles magic and his never-ending ebullience into a radio-ready tune 
[30 second sample only]