Posted in Song of the Day, tagged cover version, Cyndi Lauper, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Iaadeedaa, Starfucker, sxsw on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Starfucker – Iaadeedaa
Fun-fuelled dance-pop from Portland’s Badman label: so catchy it had IBM writing a cheque out for use of “Holly” from their self-titled debut album and so energetic that the group impressed all at SXSW last week. Next month the band will release Jupiter, an EP highlighting their ’80s-inspired live shows, which will contain a cover of Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (below).
Posted in Song of the Day, tagged Alex Scally, beach house, cover version, Dark Was the Night, freddie mercury, play the game, queen, Victoria Legrand on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Beach House – Play the Game (Queen cover)
When filtered through Beach House’s characteristic aesthetic, this song sounds like it was written for them. According to GvsB, it was left off the recent Dark Was the Knight compilation, which surprises me. Not just because it’s a quality trac, but because my main quibble with the release was that it seemed like they didn’t leave off anything. For the time being, you can download this as a bonus track on iTunes and watch the video for the original below.
Posted in Song of the Day, tagged cover version, joanna newsom, Payam Bavafa, Sholi, Sprout and the Bean, sxsw on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sholi – Sprout and the Bean (Joanna Newsom cover)
San Francisco trio breathe new life into Newsom’s 2004 classic with a brilliant interpretation so loose that it veers wrecklessy from lounge jazz to psych-rock. It’s an approach that probably owes something to singer Payam Bavafa’s stint as an engineer in an experimental neuroscience lab, spending a year and a half processing brain-waves and analyzing data from studies on sleep and memory while coming up ways to apply his findings to songwriting. Sholi’s debut album is out today on Quarterstick/Touch and Go records and they will also be appearing at the upcoming SXSW festival.
Posted in Song of the Day, Video, tagged animal collective, cover version, download, ed droste, grizzly bear, Leak, listen, panda bear, pre-order, ruby weapon, stream, twitter, two weeks, Veckatimest, youtube on February 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ruby Weapon – Two Weeks (Grizzly Bear cover)
This song may just save your day. It surfaced on the net as the soundtrack to a slideshow of party pictures on YouTube. I extracted the audio and haven’t been able to stop listening to it since – it’s mesmeric. From what I can gather, it’s by a virtual unknown from Australia going by the name of Ruby Weapon, who has uploaded a batch of Animal Collective/Panda bear cover versions, but there’s little else in the way of information. Which is too bad, because I’m absolutely smitten with this. Best thing I’ve heard all week.
A few hours ago we had about 45 minutes to film and edit a little ‘about me’ segment, which was hastily put together…but with this song. I will take it down shortly, out of embarrassment, but for now – rare footage of me:
Posted in Video, tagged blue tilip, Bon Iver, cover version, okkervil river, Video on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At first I was thinking: “that guy flipping idly through a magazine is kind of killing the moment – he obviously has too much Bon Iver in his life”…but when the camera eventually pans out, it’s his touring bandmates…who join in nicely.
Posted in Video, tagged cover version, Daniel Johnston, m. ward, music video, Story of an artist on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Song of the Day, tagged cover version, heart to matter, Jimi Hendrix, joanna newsom, new song on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Joanna Newsom – Heart to Task
Joanna Newsom – Angel
Quite a treat here: a live take of a new Joanna Newsom song (which surfaced yesterday on No Words, but bandwidth demands saw it disappear) along with a suitably unorthodox take on the Jimi Hendrix number, ‘Angel’. Unfurl, indulge and enjoy. (more…)
Posted in Song of the Day, tagged cover version, grizzly bear, Mother and Child Reunion, paul simon on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Grizzly Bear – Mother and Child Reunion
This is a live cover of a Paul Simon track and only underlines the impression that Grizzly Bear have been (and continue to be) on a roll. These magic moments just keep whetting the appetite for that album next year…
Photo by artpunk
Posted in Song of the Day, tagged cover songs, cover version, People Are Strange, Stina Nordenstam, the doors on March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Stina Nordenstam – ‘People Are Strange’
One of my favourite cover versions ever…And not an easy one to do.
