Donita Sparks and 2 soundtracks are the only music I'll ever need.

Damn good I say, DAMN GOOD!

The latter in this case is Transmiticate, Donita Spark's first solo record with the Stellar Moments. I'm a sucker for crunchy guitar riffs and catchy lyrics so really, this album can do no wrong. Even NPR says it's good! Donita is the lead singer of the band L7 (my most favoritest band of ALL TIME) and is currently working with Kristin Hersh on CASH Music, a Coalition of Artists and Stake Holders. She also has a blog at Firedoglake titled "The Spin I'm In", and she recently hosted a podcasted listening party for Transmiticate that can be found at the previous link. Yes, Donita Sparks is a busy little beaver and I love her for it.

Record #2? The Juno soundtrack. I was mainly excited about the Kimya Dawson songs, being into the Moldy Peaches and all, but boy was I surprised when I found myself putting it on repeat. I even like the Belle and Sebastian tracks! It's very mellow and perfect for zoning out on the train. There's a great interview with Kimya at Music Snobbery on how her involvement with Juno came about. Good stuff! One more thing...Kimya will be playing at Maxwell's in Hoboken on April 4th and at Webster Hall in NYC on April 6th. Yay!

Album #3 is probably the most shocking of them all. I don't know how many of you actually saw Across the Universe because I don't know many people that did. You should probably check it out though - moreso if you're a Beatles fan and less so if you loathe musicals. I'm not big on musicals. Generally I get irritated when actors suddenly burst out into song. At first, this movie was no exception BUT by around song 3 I was totally into it. It started slow and progressively got more and more interesting. The versions of "Come Together" and "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" blew me away. That is why I cannot stop listening to this soundtrack. When I'm staring off into space I imagine scenes from the movie and I'm taken into my own self-induced acid trip. Fun fun.