Kristian Matsson, better known as the Tallest Man on Earth, has released a second full-length album that has garnered him comparisons to the legendary Bob Dylan. The Wild Hunt features elements of ragged melodies and engaging lyricism that highlight the striking similarities.

On Mar. 30, Vallejo’s very own E-40 released Revenue Retrievin,’ which features two separate albums whose songs relate through their titles and cover shots. The first album, Day Shift, contains a plethora of interesting sounds to cruise or dance to, while Night Shift is more club-oriented and relaxed. E-40 is well-known for his ‘hyphy’ Bay Area music, involving lyrics that speak mainly about the urban lifestyle. These albums only add to his incredible reputation, featuring artists such as Snoop Dogg, Gucci Mane, B-Legit, Too $hort, The Mob Figaz, Mistah F.A.B. and more.

An album dedicated to misery and emotional stasis isn’t what we’d expect to see from an artist like Erykah Badu, whose repertoire is founded on a persona of a self-empowered neo-soul earth mother. In New Amerykah Part 2 (Return of the Ankh), Badu all but abandoned the politics and revolutionary drive of Part 1 and opts instead for a sound that is atmospheric and intimate – dripping with pathos and melancholy.

In the massive move toward computer-based sound, it is easy for soul to escape most electronic music. Yet there is something incredibly raw, affecting and organic about Pretty Lights. Pretty Lights is producer Derek Vincent Smith, and his new EP continues and furthers his use of complex sampling but includes a more defined, funky edge. Whereas musicians like Girl Talk and the Hood Internet make mash ups out of just a few songs, Smith layers many different individual music samples and voice clips to create a whole new sound.

Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Irvine Records: Aggies, 16-16 (2-4); Anteaters, 20-13 (5-4) Where: Dobbins Stadium

MUSIC Dead Western Trio, Cole Moldy, Poppet, Ghost to Falco Today, 7 p.m., donations to KDVS encouraged 802 Villanova Ave. Support campus radio station KDVS 90.3 FM and be there for Dead Western Trio’s album release party and performances by Cole Moldy and Ghost to Falco. Visit the bands’ Myspaces for previews. Jib Kidder, Megazord, Grandmother Ham Today, 8 p.m., $5 Technocultural Studies Building

Stu Cook, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer for his bass playing with Creedence Clearwater Revival, turns 65 this Saturday. And he’s still rocking. Cook and fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Doug “Cosmo” Clifford are on tour with Creedence Clearwater Revisited – the original band’s reincarnation project. The Aggie had a chance to chat with Cook before the band plays in Dixon on Saturday, May 8.

There’s no better place to celebrate Arbor Day festivities than at the Arboretum, UC Davis’ gem of a gorgeous plant and tree garden collection. On May 2, UC Davis and the City of Davis will be co-hosting Oak Discovery Day at the Shield’s Oak Grove. The event, funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, will be unveiling the Art/Science Fusion projects as well as the newly installed Oak Discovery Trail.

TODAY Spring Internship and Career Fair 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pavilion Spring into success by meeting with over 120 employers and find your next job or internship! ASUCD Club Fair 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Quad Join the EPPC Commission for a club fair for Earth Week! Biomedical Engineering Seminar 4 p.m.

You walk out the south exit of the CoHo after your second coffee of the day. You’ve had two classes, a bagel and an argument with your TA, and it’s only 11:30. It’s at this point when you realize the firestorm of youthful advocacy that is about to be unleashed upon you.