Mother nature did not cooperate on the last day of the Ottawa Folk Festival . So there was alot of rescheduling of the music workshops that was suppose to happened on the Sunday afternoon. Mostly spent being inside the Bowie Theatre all day. But overall with the chaos that happened, things went pretty smoothly. The workshop that I saw were: Sunny Side Up with Robyn Dell'Unto , The Musettes and Ladies of the Canyon [...]
Here are photos from the various singer/songwriter's workshop that happened on Day 2 at the Ottawa Folk Festival . I Spit On Your Rave with Lau, Godknowswhat, Hoots & Hellmouth It's Indie-Lovely with The Acorn, Bahamas and Adian Knight Unholy Alliance with Calexico, Rock Plaza Central and Jim Bryson and the Weakerthans band. Folk the '80s! with Bahamas, Krista Muir, Craig Cardiff, Peter Katz, Aidan Knight and [...]
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Here are some kickass covers. Some are even better than the originals! Dr. Dog - “Heart is Race (Architecture in Helsinki cover)” Ben Lee - “Kids (MGMT cover)” Gareth Pearson - Time To Pretend (MGMT cover) Bat For Lashes - “Use Somebody (Kings of Leon cover)” Discovery - I Want You Back (Jackson 5 cover) José González [...]
Train: Sweet hat Axel... Axel: Well, I thought I'd get in the holiday spirit and share some of my favorite covers that we posted in 2009 with everyone. Train: I'm picking up what you're putting down my man, let's get our cover on! Bat For Lashes - Use Somebody (Kings of Leon cover) [audio: http://mp3muffin.com/train/use some.mp3] Dr. ...
Wow I've just seen how long it is since I last posted and it's ages. Trouble is towards the end of the month I start concentrating on the end of month playlist and what with a new baby and new job I have less free time to listen to music never mind blog about it. I've been thinking about putting one of these covers on the end of the playlist for a while and they just keep mounting up. So I thought I'd let you all listen to the four, yes four covers of Time To Pretend by MGMT. Vote [...]
I'm not quite sure where I first heard Gareth's cover of the now classic MGMT track Time To Pretend, but I stumbled upon it yet again today and I thought I would share it with anyone out there that has yet to hear it. The first time through the song I kept waiting for a voice to start singing, I almost needed to hear the lyrics. A strange thing happened to me though, the more I've heard this song since then the more I think it sounds just right without any lyrics whatsoever. mp3 : Gareth Pearson [...]
woooo. lungs laced with peaches & cream dry shampoo. tasty tasty. Change - Daniel Merriweather ft. Wale. Givin' Up (Don Diablo Remix) - One eskimO. Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire. Paranoid Android (Radiohead Cover) - Gareth Pearson.
Left: Two Unidentified Persons, Gareth Pearson Gareth Pearson is a 20 year old finger style guitarist from Cwmbran, South Wales (UK), and he has receiving a respectable amount of attention for his wonderful arrangement of MGMT's "Time To Pretend." And now he's back with another stunning arrangement. This time his subject is as dramatic as it is melancholy - Radiohead's "Paranoid Android." His "Paranoid Android" arrangement is nothing short of breathtaking. This is the kind of thing I'd want to watch and listen to on a brisk summer night in a [...]
I feel like my plug for Gareth Pearson 's sensitive treatment of MGMT's "Time To Pretend" a few weeks back came off as something of a lark, due largely to the fact that A: it was, and B: the press release had simply caught me in a shit mood. But Pearson is well worth revisiting, this week transforming a Radiohead classic into the most pastoral job security panic anthem ever. And I'm going to stick with the job metaphor thing, because otherwise this cover makes me think of some Leon Redbone looking motherfucker poisoning his [...]
Some of these you will already know, some of them you might only recognize parts, and others you may not know at all. Check them out... Pharcyde VS Led Zeppelin - Dyer Passin Me By ( Fidelski ) Pharcyde - Passin Me By ( Hot Chip remix) Here are a two different artists' remixes of Radiohead's "Nude" and " two [...]
Axel: What the.....hey Train, is that my Detroit Lions jacket you're wearing? Train: Why yes it is, this thing looks hella pimp on me. Axel: I'm gonna need that back ASA humanly P. Train: No way man, I'm keeping this bad boy...there must be something of my mine you want? Axel: You know what ...
If spending a tired, rain soaked day in a city office building wasn't reason enough to wish I were in a blanket nest with a mug of tomato soup right now, South Wales' Gareth Pearson just drove the desire home in a big way. Gareth Pearson - Time To Pretend (MGMT Cover)
Wrangler passes on a remix of Lil Mama's Lip Gloss that had seemingly slipped under my radar. Real stripped back to begin with, then building into an irresistible biting, bump n' grind... Lip Gloss (Dave Wrangler Remix) - Lil Mama / YSI Electro/house artist [...]
Thought you liked this smash hit from last summer? Think again. Kaiser Chiefs - Average, they give it the good old britpop sound. Little Boots - Starts off okay, but her voice isn't quite suitable. The electronica is interesting though. Gareth Pearson - A beautiful, acoustic, instrumental version of the song. Amazing to listen to. Knatterjak - A commercial sounding piano cover backed by an irritating male vocalist. MGMT - Never heard of these guys, [...]
This here is an automated, pre-written post as I'm currently away on one of my spy missions to the USof until the 21st January. Not only does my welcome absence afford TWoTH some much needed 'down time' from my giddy ninnying, she also has about 2 weeks of having to only worry about the DCHQ cats dropping half-chewed food on the duvet, leaving suspect puddles on the floor & jumping all over her head at 3am because they can't sleep & want attention. This week, then, in a further installment of the Drunk [...]
An absolutely beautiful cover of MGMT's Time To Pretend. It's just instrumental and really quite amazing to listen to. Thanks to Music Slut for the mp3! Official Site , MySpace Time To Pretend - Gareth Pearson Time To Pretend - MGMT Posted in Gareth Pearson, MGMT
Gareth Pearson - Time To Pretend A vocal-less, acoustic & surprisingly fabulous take on the MGMT fave. Visit the UK based artist on MySpace. MP3: Gareth Pearson - Time To Pretend
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