Over the summer, I lived with my friend Evander. Evander has weird taste in music.
By weird, I mean he listens to a lot of jazz. And video game music. And N*Sync. And Christmas music. Oh, and choral pieces. As I said, weird - or, at least, unexpected.
Anyway, he and I usually end up either reminiscing about 90s one-hit-wonder alt-rock bands or giving each other new CDs to listen to.
I introduced him to piano-rock group Mae. He introduced me to Regina Spektor.
He let me borrow her first CD, and I listened to it at least every day for two weeks. So now, I pass this musical addiction on to you:
This is her song "Samson"
And this is one of my favorite music videos ever, "Us"
Rock on.
Post Script: I was going to write about a artist I discovered on NPR's Echoes about a month a go. The artist's name is Alu, and while she was introduced to me as "Alice in Wonderland in hell", she manages to avoid YouTube - an impressive feat. Anyway, check her out at www.alumusic.com
