What I think Regina's trying to say in "Laughing With" is that no one laughs at god. Because she says it a lot of times. The somber piano ballad doesn't tackle theological ontology with quite the…   Read Story »

After we posted the Jeff Lynne-sweetened "Blue Lips" a commentor said he was "dismayed" that the song -- along with "Laughing With" -- was "massively overproduced for my taste." When Spektor…   Read Story »

A little over a week ago Regina Spektor was "Laughing With" us via fart jokes and a bummer of a song: "No one laughs at God in a hospital / No one laughs at God in a war / ... No one laughs at God…   Read Story »

I never would've taken Regina Spektor for someone to revel in fart jokes, but I suppose she is the one who told us we don't know her at all (that's really bad). But over at her MySpace, in a post…   Read Story »

For the third year in a row, we've turned to master bootlegger team9 to take some of our favorite songs of the year and mash them together. On Stereogum & team9 Present... MySplice III you'll hear…   Read Story »

Last night, while you were resting up from all those winks in the Vice Presidential debate, Regina Spektor joined Ben Folds for a playful version of "You Don't Know Me" on Conan O'Brien. As tipster…   Read Story »

Internet trickster Ben Folds has joined forces with Adult Swim absurdists Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim on a video for "You Don't Know Me." Regina Spektor's not in it, but Eric cross-dresses so…   Read Story »

This weekend San Francisco hosted the first-ever Outside Lands Festival. We're still nursing hangovers from a long summer of fests, so in our stead we sent Heather of I Am Fuel You Are Friends to…   Read Story »

When's the last time you want to an actual record store? Like where you have to walk through a door and can't just click "download"? Yes, we live inside a blog, but record stores are pretty great.…   Read Story »

Regina's ACL set was remarkable, mostly for the deafening screams, cheers, and marriage proposals coming from the first, oh, 50 rows-or-so of Zilker Park side-stage loons during Ms. Spektor's a…   Read Story »