Don't Stop the Music

A quick blurb of songs that I'm completely fixated on at the moment:

Lil Wayne - Lollipop
When I first heard this, his first solo single in forever, I seriously was far from impressed. It barely even sounded like him! But then, after hearing it just once more, I became more addicted than Tyrone Biggums. Every time it comes on the radio, I start squealing. I love him. I really think he's amazingly talented. Sure, he's hideous, but who needs good looks when you've got a showstopping voice? (Marc Anthony's comparably fugly, and he impregnated JLo!) I'm going to be so sad next week when this song gets killed by radio overplay. Listen to this unique, irresistible jam on my "Feeling Frisky?" playlist on the right, or check out the music video on Youtube.

M83 - Kim & Jessie
I love this song! Besides my name being in the title, I also really think it's gorgeously fun, and quite different from their other moodily beautiful pieces. It has this 80's vibe, but the lush singing and lyrics add this magical quality to it. The CD just came out, and someone on Youtube made a video for it with scenes from Donnie Darko, so I'm going to provide it here.


Sun Kil Moon - Lost Verses
GOD. My favorite band ever, and Mark's back, baby. The last album was all covers of Modest Mouse songs (my favorite is the first one on my "Feeling Wistful" playlist, Neverending Math Equation), and while it was lovely, nothing compares to original Mark Kozelek lyrics:
'I see you well and clear
Deep in the moonlight, dear
Your radiant august eyes
They are the suns that rise
They are the light that guides
They are these lost verses'
This song, the opening track of their new CD, is absolutely stunning. This is classic Kozelek: haunting, hapless, and heartbreaking. I could only find it on their Myspace (it's the first song), since they never do music videos. But you have to be in the right mood to listen, and the right time. I'd say around midnight, surrounded by fog, while forlornly clutching a distant memory.