My New Best Friend, Regina Spektor
June 26th, 2004
Okay. I’m smitten.
I recently came across a Russian-born NYC-based singer named Regina Spektor who is sort of a mix between Sarah McLachlan and Bjork (but more than that). And even that doesn’t do justice to her amazing vocals, awesome musical ability and great songwriting talent.
Within minutes of hearing her song Us, off her album Soviet Kitsch, I had already purchased two of her CD’s.
Strangely, her CD’s cannot be found on mainstream sites like CDNow or Amazon.com, you have to purchase it from an Oregon based independent CD distributer called CD Baby. Whatever it takes, baby. Whatever it takes.
Did I mention I want to be her best friend? No? Oh, okay.
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Update 6/28/04: Per Regina Spektor’s management, the album Soviet Kitsch (which is now permanently sold out at CD Baby) will be officially released on August 3rd by Sire Records at stores everywhere. FYI.
AWESOME!! I think I’m going to have to buy the CD. Your link to the mp3 “Us” isn’t working, but I picked up the previews directly from CD Baby. I think she’s more like Bjork (who also has a new disc, I hear) than Sarah. Good call, Pauly D.
Comment by Andrea — June 26, 2004 @ 11:03 am
cd baby says the cd is out of stock forever. the song is great, i’d love to hear more. maybe we can get an email to someone and they can get it up on a download service.
Comment by marc — June 27, 2004 @ 8:40 am
Wow. Could my post caused them to run out of stock? I wonder.
I’ll look into making more of the tracks available.
Comment by Pauly D — June 27, 2004 @ 9:29 am
It has been said by others that she’s a cross between Sarah McLachlan and Bjork.
I audaciously object, she’s more a style between Fiona Apple and Bjork.
Comment by ConradKilroy — January 28, 2005 @ 6:31 pm
So is Regina Spektor your musical BFF? Because, if so, I might want to retract my comment from todays post. Regina Spektor. Eck!
Or should I sing “eck eck eck eck eck eck eck eh eh eh eh eh eh eck”
Comment by jacquie — April 12, 2007 @ 6:15 am
If you think that’s a discovery check this girl out. The girl is a genius.
http://www.myspace.com/themusicofamandabloom
Comment by Aida Khoury — May 26, 2008 @ 12:34 pm