KYDS Songs

Songs I've heard recently:

Long Beach, CA-based The Mars Volta's "Drunkship of Lanterns," from their 2003 album De-Loused in the Comatorium on the Universal Music label. Studio take. Live video. The Mars Volta crafted the album around a fictional story of someone going through a drug-induced coma.

Victoria, British Columbia-native Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right," from her 2006 album Loose on the Mosley Music/Geffen labels. Video. I hated her breakout single I'm Like A Bird (written in 20 minutes, and it shows) so I felt surprise when I learned she sang this song. Ms. Furtado is Portuguese-Canadian. :)