YOUR ENLIGHTENMENT: Ah, culture! Out April 1 on Blue Note Records is what seems to be a lil’ bit of what us true intellects in the student newsie music blog biz like to call Oh-Wow-Like-Totally-Visceral-Inner-Conflict-Self-Discovery music. As in: get ready to get some major hotpants kids that still think Garden State was relevant – there’s a new outlet for your simultaneously romantic and depressing inner conflict in town! Lads and ladies, allow me to introduce the soundtrack “My Blueberry Nights” – set for release in accordance with the upcoming film by Wong Kar Wai. The film marks the acting debut of Norah Jones (re: that piano chick who stole everyone’s Grammys one time), and also stars Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman (re: um, biting my tongue, this might be good).

“My Blueberry Nights” will include an upcoming track by Norah Jones, titled “The Story.” It also includes music from jazz legend and royalty rights champion Ruth Brown, your boy Otis Redding and indie darling Cat Power.

Oh-Wow-Like-Totally-Visceral-Inner-Conflict-Self-Discovery Tracklisting:

Norah Jones, “The Story”
Cat Power, “Living Proof”
Ry Cooder, “Ely Nevada”
Otis Redding, “Try A Little Tenderness”
Ruth Brown, “Looking Back”
Ry Cooder, “Long Ride”
Mavis Staples, “Eyes on the Prize”
Chikara Tsuzuki, “Yumeji’s Theme”
Amos Lee, “Skipping Stone”
Ry Cooder, “Bus Ride”
Cassandra Wilson, “Harvest Moon”
Hello Stranger, “Devil’s Highway”
Gustavo Santaolalla, “Pajaros”
Cat Power, “The Greatest”