(A SPECIAL POLITICAL EPISODE) The RNC has come to NYC, and on Wompedy Day no less! What better way to celebrate than with A special political episode of Tthe Sounds in My Head? With the Republicans spewing their sanitized-for-prime-time bile out of our fare city, and with the 8th anniversary of Wompedy Day (a sanctioned day for the activist club with which Daniel is affiliated) it seems like a good week to devote an episode to political songs. So first up from the brand new compilation The Future Soundtrack for America (all proceeds of the disc go to progressive causes) we heard OK Go's cover of the Zombies song "This Will Be Our Year" (iTunes, Amazon, MoveOn.org, McSweeny's). This disc also includes songs by David Byrne, Death Cab for Cutie, R.E.M., Elliott Smith, They Might Be Giants, Tom Waits, Blink 182, Laura Cantrell, Ben Kweller, The Flaming Lips, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and The Old 97's among others. As you can see, this is a MUST BUY. Then Billy Bragg and Wilco paired up for the RNC appropriate song "All You Fascists" from their Woody Guthrie covers album Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2 (iTunes, Amazon, Other Music). This song is heard nightly on The Majority Report with Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seder on Air America Radio, which you can listen to at your leisure by downloading mp3s from Air America Place. Next we heard the awesome feminist indie greatness that is Le Tigre with their song "Get Off the Internet" (a fitting tune for this week of protesting) from their EP From the Desk of Mr. Lady (iTunes, Amazon (new & used), Other Music). And finally Ben Folds' from his new-but-not-quite-newest EP Sunny 16 with his most political song to date "All U Can Eat" about, among other things, republicans (iTunes).