I love covers of songs, and I especially love covers of songs that I love. I thought I'd introduce this new feature with one of my favourite songs: The Wind - Cat Stevens.
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I leave for school on Monday, and I'm not going to get into Ohio until Friday night, so I have a long trip ahead of me. I'm flying up to Seattle to stay with a friend of mine, and then I'm going to drive across the country with him. Right now, I'm packing all my clothes into two suitcases, and then I have to make a 36 hour play list to keep us entertained while we're driving. As such, posts might be few and far between, between now and then, but I'll try keep the updates rolling [...]
I grew up living and breathing jazz. To see Max Roach pass away is another one of those sad days for the jazz world. A lot of the greats are gone, and of the few who remain, their old and withering. The young jazz players of today are few and far between, but they're out there (Brad Mehldau). The sad thing is to hear people talk about jazz, and think about Kenny G. For those that knew of Max Roach, well, kudos! Others can write better obituaries than I [...]
Imagine if Bob Dylan and Nick Drake, vocally, were smashed together. Maybe throw in a sprinkle of Johnny Cash. They play basic folk music, but, with some obvious punk influences. However, if this album had been released in 1962, you might not know any better. According to Matador Records, their label, the Cave Singers, "never listened to much folk music, they never intended to play folk music, and more importantly, their guitarist never picked up the instrument until recently." Despite all of this, [...]
Brightblack Morning Light is a band out of New Mexico. They've toured with Will Oldham, aka, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. It's sort of a mix between psychedelic music and folk rolk, featuring bluesy guitar chords, and drugged-up atmospherics, all while being played in slow motion. The featured song sounds like an opening to a movie, full of black and white landscape shots. Blackbright Morning Light is the project of Rachel Hughes and Nathan Shineywater. (who has one of the best last names) One of their albums was created entirely under the moon and stars, [...]
R. Kelly has finally started to release the next section of Trapped In The Closet. IFC has teamed up with Kelly to release Chapters 13-22. The 10 new chapters are released over the next 10 days. Chapter 13 came out today. It's not nearly as epic as Chapters 1-12, but perhaps we won't get into the real "oh shits" until Wednesday or Thursday. The Rawking Refuses to Stop! posted a great article about the Beatles Rooftop Concert. [...]
A funny spoof commercial for Red Bull:
[mp3] Ryan Adams - Like A Virgin (11/20/2002) Ryan Adam's cover of Like A Virgin is simply hilarious. He makes up most of his own lyrics, but keeps the chorus. The verses about mostly nonsense, and have nothing to do with Madonna's original lyrics. [mp3] The Band Cover Band Band - King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (05/20/06) The Band Cover Band Band has a great name. They also only cover one of my favourite bands ever: The [...]
Somebody Still Loves Boris Yeltsin went nuts on the blog scene a year or so ago. They deserved it; Broom was really good. They sorta came out of nowhere, and they are super low tech. Not in the musical sense, the music is great. They're low tech in that their website doesn't have flash, doesn't have any sort of "wow" graphics. It doesn't have a lot of information about the band. In order to find out anything about them you have to go to their record label's website . Even [...]
If you haven't heard of Mitch Hedberg , skip everything I write here and just watch the video. If you have heard of Mitch Hedberg, you're probably not going to read what I write here, and just watch the video. Regardless, Mitch Hedberg is incredible. He's entire routine is based mostly on non sequitur and one line jokes. However, his delivery is so unusual that it actually makes everything he says funny, including "I used to drugs. I still do, but I used to [...]
These one man, record all the tracks at home bands have really got it going on. Throw Me The Statue is one of them. Hailing from Seattle, the land of musical ingenuity and creation, comes Throw Me The Statue: the project of Scott Reitherman. His newly released album Moonbeams appeals to people who listen to all different genres. (Well, maybe not reggaeton, but, oh well). Some of the songs are upbeat and pop-y, some are reflective and are on the slow side. [...]
One of my favourite finds so far this year/summer are the Broken West ? (Is the Broken West?). I love Down in the Valley, and I love So It Goes. (I also love Kurt Vonnegut) The Broken West was formed in 2004 as "The Brokedown", but then were forced to change their name because of a punk band out of Chicago with the same name that sued them. Recently the band signed the Merge Records , which is super exciting, because Merge is also home to popular bands [...]
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This is one of the silliest covers I've ever heard. This is also one of the silliest music videos I've seen. I just find it weird that someone choose to use an Iron & Wine song about cremation and death, but then just have a weird story about love. Sachal Vasandani: Naked As We Came (Iron & Wine Cover)
Saturdays I'm going to dedicate to promoting music from Live Shows. I'm always a big fan of covers, so the majority of the songs will be covers, however, if there's a particularly good version of a song I like, it might show up too. [mp3] Spoon - Johnathan Fisk/Goodnight (2003-07-08) Spoon played this song to close a show in July 2003. Johnathan Fisk happens to be one of my favourite songs, but the addition of a cover of The Beatles' 'Goodnight' just makes [...]
I can't say that I wasn't excited about The Broken String, the new album from Bishop Allen . Although I was a big fan of the EP project, I didn't really like that many songs on the EPs. The idea of having a full studio length album excited me, to say the least, because I believed that more production would create a fabulous album, and, I don't think I was wrong about that. The Broken String is fabulous. Go buy it . I do hope you enjoy it [...]
I thought I'd dedicate Thursdays to Comedy. Stand up comedy is one of the things I truly enjoy when I'm not listening to music. With good comics, it's usually clever, usually funny, and very enjoyable. Zach Galifianakis is hilarious. He used to have a TV show on VH1 called "The Late World with Zach", but it got canceled because there weren't enough viewers. He hasn't been horribly successful until recently, but, he's really talented. He's one of those non-sequitur comics (almost on the line [...]
I think I'm partial to bands and artists from California. I think I'm also partial to anyone signed to Sub Pop. Kelley Stoltz is another one of those home recorders who plays a whole bunch of different instruments. There are plenty of those these days, but, he's actually really good. The first record he finished, Antique Glow, was completed in 2001, but Stoltz was lacking a label, so he went out and pressed a couple hundred vinyl records of the album, and did the artwork himself, [...]
The Bridges Smell Like Chocolate
The Shins: “September” (b-side of “Simple Song” 7”)
St. Vincent - 'Cheerleader'
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
Ladyhawke - Black White & Blue
First Aid Kit – Emmylou
Childish Gambino - "Heartbeat" (Official Music Video)
Hardwell Bootleg Pack 2012
James Blake – Live Album
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