The Cult of Youth

Check out Sia’s performance of Buttons at the SXSW music fest is Austin, TX. It is a fun mix of Kanye West’s glow-in-the-dark stuff and Sia’s fun goofy side.

In honor of 3.14 and Pi Day, here’s a little Don McLean. Such a classic. I think my favorite line is “while moss grows fat on a rolling stone.”

Vampire Weekend channeled Paul Simon in a big way with this tune.  The lead singer’s voice is reminiscent to Paul’s.

Compare to Simon’s “You Can Call me Al”

 ”When someone great is gone.” 

I listened to this song while driving down Main St. on a Sunday morning. It made me think of friends that I haven’t spoken to in awhile. Beautiful song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi5op_zOqzg

Stevie Nicks is an amazing woman. Watch this video until the end and witness the tension between her and Lindsey Buckingham. Honestly, she puts more emotion into her sung words than most musical artists. Her words are emotional daggers. Goddess!

This song makes me want to put black lights up in my room, drink special Kool-Aid and dance around for hours.

Some people might say that you can’t polish a turd, but French singer Yael Naim put in the elbow grease to make this old Britney Spears song shine. Somehow she added a sophitsication and beauty to a trashy-pop-club song.  A better version is available on Yael’s Myspace page.

You might recognize her voice from the Apple commercials and her song “New Soul” -which, I am obsessed with. 

Her album is set for a US release on March 18th, and I predict that it is going to blow up like Christina Aguilera’s biggle titties. “New Soul” is rocking the itunes charts, and the rest of the album sounds amazing as well. The French tracks might not be commercially popular in the States, but I dig ‘em -they make for great-bathtime listening.