My new favorite human being is Regina Spektor.
I was listening to NPR on the drive to Champaign on Sunday, and on The Next Big Thing, Dean interviewed Regina Spektor and she played some new songs. My socks were knocked so far off, they cracked the windshield.
The song I liked the most is really new, and didn’t have a name. I couldn’t find it on Acquisition when I went to illegally download everything else I could find on her.
Sometimes she sounds too much like Fiona Apple, but when she doesn’t, she makes me really happy. Go, listen. The audio of the interview is on the Next Big Thing website, although I have to use stupid Real Player, and the file it downloads is a .py or something random, and I renamed it .ra. Just so you know.
I’ve been in love with her since, oh, 2003… and you know I have major issues with when I discover things versus when others discover mostly because I’m totally insecure and think no one will respect my music taste unless I say “heard it first” which in actuality is just a hyper-annoying thing to throw out there. But yes, she rocks. Download everything now, especially Baobobs and December (which are not on Soviet Kitsch)