In Rainbows

Huzzah for Radiohead! The English rock band formed all the way back in '86 have finally released their new album after Hail to the Thief was released back in 2003. What have they come up with in their 4 year break? An album that many critics say rival Radiohead's best work OK Computer, which was one of the most widely acclaimed albums way back when.

And after finally finishing their 6 album contract with EMI, they've decided to do something pretty damn cool. They're letting you pay whatever you want; that is, however much you think they deserve. Up till now, around 62% paid nothing (me included) for this new album; but with downloads already exceeding 1 million and ALL the money going straight to the band's pockets instead of a record company, they must be pretty happy with themselves. Radiohead must be filthy rich anyways.

You can get the album digitally on http://www.inrainbows.com/. Right now the song stuck in my head is this one. It reminds me of fancy swimming pools and colorful fishes.

Everyone Needs Dance Music

Song: Love (ft. T-Pain)
Artist: Flo Rida
Genre: Hippity Hop

I <3 this song. When I hear this song I start bouncing and bobbing out of reflex. Its already at spot number one for popularity of download in the iTunes store. Which is where I bought it coincidentally. Which tells you that its REALLY worth it because lets face it I'm Chinese and I'm stingy. It has all the necessary elements of a rap/hip hop song: some hAwt "shorti", degrading comments toward women, sex sex sex [appeal], grillz, a club, dirty dancing, and of course "that big booty". Another song that instantly got #1 in iTunes was Crank Dat by Soulja Boy. And this is infinitely better.

Watch the official music video.


"apple bottom jeans... boots with the fur (WITH THE FUURRR!!)... the whole club lookin' at her. she hit the flo, next thing you know, shorty got low low low low lowwwww..." haha yes.

"Storm" by José González

I should be studying, but I've got a streak going here.

Song: Storm
Artist: José González
Album: Crosses (2003)

Despite his name and how he sounds, José González is actually SWEDISH, born to Argentinian parents. If you watch as much tv as I have, you probably heard "Heartbeats", the cover song that made José González semi-famous, in the Sony Bravia commercial that had a million bouncy balls going through San Francisco (Side note: bouncy balls are amazing). José González's music has a very quiet sound to it which I like -- it's just him and his guitar. Acoustic guitar, complicated rhythms, soft voice, what more do you want? His new CD "In Our Nature" is definately on my ever-growing list of cds to buy. "Storm" is just one of those short and sweet songs that you just need after a long day/week/month/year. I know I can use one of those right now.

This way to the music.

One more side note: I really fucking hate "Hey There Delilah". I'm sorry Plain White T's, but that's one TERRIBLE song.

"Raindrops From The Sun" by Imani Coppola

I'm at office hours where I know no one will come. Oh, boredom is me. Song of the Day! Yeah!

Song: Raindrops From The Sun

Artist: Imani Coppola
Album: The Black & White Album (2007)

So who watched last week's Grey's Anatomy? I did. I don't like to admit it, but I totally marathoned Grey's Anatomy last Tuesday and didn't sleep until 6am. That was stupid. Not to mention, Grey's managed to get it's nasty soap-y hooks into me and I'm addicted again. Like One Tree Hill, Grey's Anatomy has a knack of choosing good songs in their episode soundtracks, and that was exactly what stuck out to me in the beginning of episode 406. In fact, it's one of the few things that I liked about that episode. Unfortunately you only hear it for a little more than a minute (Yes, I actually went back and timed it --- it's playing for exactly 1:16 minutes and it's behind dialogue for about 1:14 of it). Of course, I sped immediately to Grey's Anatomy radio to find the song.

Imani Coppola hails from NYC and guys, get this: she plays the violin! Like she went to SUNY Purchase and studied violin performance, and does both the violin thing and the singing thing. She has her own label, and writes, produces and records all her music by herself. She's like a superwoman or something. As for the song itself, it's such a bright, I'm-waking-up-happy song. Like those Saturdays where you naturally wake up at 9:30 am all refreshed (instead of those Saturdays where you have to wake up at 6:30 am to push a little girl in a buggy up a hill) and you HAVE NO WORK to do! I love those days. :] Do you love those days? I really truly do. The beats in the back have that kind of 90s hip-hop feel to them, and Imani's music style and voice reminds me a lot of Esthero (Another sorely underappreciated singer. One day I will do a post about Esthero, I promise.)

Grab the song here.

"Sort Of A Protest Song" by Matthew Good Band

I'm locked out of my room and waiting for my roommates to show up. So time for another song of the day before my laptop batteries run out!

Song: Sort Of A Protest Song
Artist: Matthew Good Band
Album: The Audio Of Being (2002)

Very quick short description (only 14 minutes left on battery!). A late 90s/early 2000s Canadian Alt-Rock band fronted by (who else?) Matthew Good. Apparently, Matthew Good was very dissatisfied with The Audio Of Being album on the whole, but considered "Sort Of A Protest Song" one of the few good songs. At the very least I like it. (It should also be noted that since the band's disbanding in 2002, Matthew Good has become pretty active politically. Suits the song, no?) AHHH. Low Battery warning!

Here's the song. Check it out. Another good song by him is "Weapon". It was in Alias. Pretty good. I'll upload it some other time. Gotta go now! BYE!