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Showing posts with label covers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label covers. Show all posts
Monday, April 1, 2013
Monday, November 14, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
A Complete King of Limbs Cover Already Happened, and I'm Even a Little Late With It.
Apparently there's already a cover of Radiohead's less than week-old King of Limbs album. It's the work of Robotanists who challenged themselves to put together the entire eight-song effort within 24 hours of the album release. It's a fun project, if a clear publicity stunt. But consider this: I am in Moscow, you are wherever you are, and suddenly we're both listening to this band from LA. So points for efficiency. And I have to say it's not half bad, given the timeframe.
You can download the whole thing free from bandcamp.
Boss Stuff on the Interwebs: Wednesday Links 23/02/11
- Working to create what can only be described as an indie music canon, Neon Filler has begun their list of the top 100 indie/alternative albums of all time. This week: 90-81.
- You know what you've probably never seen? 1970's classic kids' film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory sampled to create an entire rap album then edited to make it even more of an acid-trip than it was before. Darwin Deez thinks it's time someone did that. (Tree Swingers)
- For the anglophiles who know you can never get enough cheeky British music videos: Andrew Evans Talks At You likes the new Frankie and the Heartstrings.
- As the music industry bitches and moans that things aren't fair because they're only making millions, artists search for new ways of getting things done. Listen Dammit takes a look at Broken Cities' creative and sensible distribution model for their new album Flux. Better yet, it seems to be working. Unless you're a record company, obviously, in which case this is bullshit.
- Architecture in Helsinki sounds different. Synthier, and Princier, and with crack-like powers to addict. Hyperbole has it.
- Electric Comic Book dug around a vintage record shop (in Brooklyn, of course) and came up with this early, pre-international EP from The Hives. It might not be what you expect.
- And finally, Yeasayer does a nifty cover of Crazy at Stereogum. You know, when I was about 10, my older sister bought a Cindy Crawford exercise video that prominently featured the Seal original. To this day, I can't hear that song without getting vivid images of a twenty-something Cindy Crawford doing lunges. It's like an awesome superpower.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Obituary: Captain Beefheart
The iclonoclastic front man (with or without his Magic Band) inspired going on three generations of musicians, with heavyweights like The Pixies, Nirvana, Tom Waits, Slash, and Beck citing him as influence. His signature combination of funk, blues, rock, and absurdist humour has been covered in the studio by the likes of The Black Keys, The White Stripes, Sonic Youth and XTC. The band he fronted also inspired another of the greatest psychedelic-rock outfits in history: Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem.
| And if you've inspired Muppetry, you've led a full life. |
Captain Beefheart will forever be an icon of a too-brief golden age when rockstars were eclectic, otherworldly showmen and never worried about being grounded or accessible.
Rest In Peace, Captain. I hope you and Frank Zappa are dropping acid and writing music in rock-and-roll heaven.
Since Monday is cover day around these parts, we'll do two from Captain Beefheart and cover versions from the bands he inspired:
Monday, December 13, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
And Yet She Chose Tick Tock
You know Ke$ha, right? That pop(?) star who looks like she never bathes?
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| It's like she knew we'd need a picture to go with that statement. |
Even if you've heard her songs(?) it's possible you don't-- the passion with which she uses autotune may have led you to believe C-3PO had put out an album. So this is going to surprise the bejeezus out of you:
Not only does she sound good, but she does a nice cover of the song in general. My brain is working way too hard on a Saturday to figure out why she's never used this voice.
We are in a musical twilight zone here, people. Everyone be on the lookout for Rob Zombie's cover of Party in the USA.
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