This charming, woozy little daydream of a song, the title track from French singer Soko's debut album, is the musical equivalent of a tiny patch of blue sky on a cold, grey day. Haunted by birdsong and ethereal slide guitar, its combination of clever production and deceptively simple songwriting enable it to be both lush and lo-fi at the same time, which shouldn't really work but does. Soko's quirky croon and odd lyrics – 'You look at me as if I was a freak, but you said you like freaky people, so I thought you might like me a little [...]
5 Songs is a weekly series where we point out the strange, the grand, and the unique connections between our favorite songs. Let's get weird. Words by Chris A great cover in my opinion is one that alters the meaning of the song via the covering-band's performance. A really great cover is one that takes the place of the original in your mind. There are more than 5 examples of this for sure. Below [...]
No, don't leave. You are in the right place. Yes, this is still Doklands, and yes this is Bat For Lashes. I know you've come to expect difficult and often unpleasant music from us, but that's not all we do. Back in the day we had a Travis track on here. Think on that. Travis. And no, we're not sorry. Anyway, here's Ms. For Lashes singing Wild is the Wind , which you all know from the David Bowie version, although it was apparently originally by Johnny Mathis. Dodgy, [...]
Además de haber debutado una nueva canción allá por junio y de reversionar a Depeche Mode , es sabido que la crew de Natasha Khan se encuentra trabajando en el sucesor de Two Suns (2009) . Así y todo, la cantante inglesa se las ingenió de participar de un proyecto no musical. En este sentido, Khan auspició de narradora/traductora de las historias en español que aparecen en Mothers of the Disappeared , un corto de veintitrés minutos de su amiga [...]
Bat for Lashes' Natasha Khan Narrates 'Mothers of the Disappeared' Aside from a new song debuted live over the summer and a faithful cover of Depeche Mode's "Strangelove," 2011 was a quiet year for Bat for Lashes. In addition to working behind the scenes on a follow-up to Two Suns , however, Natasha Khan has kept busy with an interesting non-musical project: Mothers of the Disappeared , a short film that "explores the devastating cumulative impact of violent crime, injustice, and social and gender inequality on [...]
Truthfully and solipsistically, I wish you cared about me and the rest of the writers at Consequence of Sound so much that you'd want to hear our most personal thoughts on music, because you'd make our jobs way easier. I wish that I could just tell you that the new Atlas Sound album was "awesome, man. So good!" and that Lulu was "just sad, you know?" It's what I tell my friends, and it's probably what you tell your friends, too, and it's the absolute pith and genesis of every word written on music - that first impulse you say [...]
Truthfully and solipsistically, I wish you cared about me and the rest of the writers at Consequence of Sound so much that you'd want to hear our most personal thoughts on music, because you'd make our jobs way easier. I wish that I could just tell you that the new Atlas Sound album was "awesome, man. So good!" and that Lulu was "just sad, you know?" It's what I tell my friends, and it's probably what you tell your friends, too, and it's the absolute pith and genesis of every word written on music - that first impulse you say [...]
Brett Anderson , líder de los recién reformados Suede , enlistó sus discos favoritos de los últimos 15 años para una entrevista en la NME, y claro, hay algunas sorpresas. Te dejamos con el arte de cada disco...¿tú qué opinas, le faltaron algunos discos o cuáles quitarías? 1. Interpol - 'Turn On The Bright Lights' 2. Björk – 'Homogenic' 3. Midlake – 'The Trials of Van Occupanther' [...]
Click image to download track Sounds like: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Kills, The Ravonettes "Lykke Li - Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers Cover)" What's so good? Oh, how my tenuous heartstrings are pulled by this beautiful, stripped down cover! Lykke Li, who sultrily snarled her way through a pack of sex-laden tracks on her most recent album Wounded Rhymes [...]
The Recommender has been invited to be part of a yet another global music blog collective. Talks are going on in the background to discuss the eventual site and relationships are being forged between all the bloggers. It's a hugely rewarding experience, particularly when we all join up for a natter on a Google Plus 'Hang Out' - a form of webcam conference call on the new social network. Through this we've been planning a CMJ showcase using the brand of the new collective, which will act as an introduction and a teaser for the collective's plans. The [...]
Ever since this May's Paul Simon cover songs collection, a follow-up starring Bruce Springsteen — a figure similarly oft-cited as inspiration to our favorite indie acts — has been in the works. The hard part, though, has been that there are dozens of versions of the Boss floating around, some brilliant and others falling a bit short despite showing plenty of reverence for their hero. Given Frightened Rabbit's recent tribute to the blue-collar icon and Kurt Vile's forthcoming studio take on "Downbound Train," now feels like a good time to compile the best or [...]
Click image to download full album Sounds like: Cults, Bat for Lashes, Sleigh Bells "Lykke Li - Jerome" What's so good? Perfectly suited to the dark shadows and grayscale contrasts of the video below, Lykke Li's acoustic session of "Jerome" (off Wounded Rhymes ) is heartbreakingly beautiful. Lykke Li, do you want to come cuddle with me and my cats? It sounds like you need a cup of hot chocolate and some chick flicks. In all [...]
A lot of covers have been happening these past few weeks and we wanted to catch our breath sorta speak and catch everyone up on the goods.... We made them all downloadable for you today, Happy Lazy Sunday, enjoy the treats! Art vs Science - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Daft Punk Cover) by fromgotowhoa.com
Emma-Louise can make anyone's knees weaken with her fluctuating voice; it's on powerful display between deeply sobering narratives and near-falsetto gasps, alternating with genius precision in accordance with her stirring arrangements. On her new four-song release, Full Hearts & Empty Rooms, the 19-year-old Aussie shows a surprising range of approaches in guiding her efforts to [...]
If you fancy winning a rather fetching looking limited vinyl release of Friendly Fires' cover of Depeche Mode's 'Strangelove', then head on over to Gucci Guilty's Facebook to enter their competition. The song featured in Gucci's recent campaign and is now a bonus track on Pala . The competition closes Thursday. Here's the song: FRIENDLY FIRES – STRANGELOVE by Gucci Guilty Bat For Lashes also recorded a version of the song this year: [...]
SIDE A 1. Sharon Van Etten - Like A Diamond (Glass Ghost Cover).mp3 2. Rock Plaza Central - I Want You (Bob Dylan Cover).mp3 3. Bon Iver & Feist - Train Song (Vashti Bunyan Cover).mp3 4. Strand Of Oaks - The Golden Age (Beck Cover).mp3 5. Of Montreal - Harvest Moon (Neil Young Cover).mp3 6. Coma Cinema - I Wanna Be Adored (The Stone Roses Cover).mp3 7. Sparklehorse - Galveston (Jimmy Webb [...]
Bat For Lashes has released a live cover of the 1957 Johnny Mathis classic 'Wild Is The Wild'.
As we head into the tail end of the first leg of Phish's summer tour, we're sure there are plenty of people out there that are beginning to make travel arrangements for the band's west coast swing, which kicks off with a two-night stand at The Gorge in George, WA on August 5 and 6. If you're looking to take all the fuss out of finding yourself lodging and getting yourself to and from the shows each night we'd like to point you in the direction of our newest advertiser - the recently launched Bobby D-Tour . [...]
For some reason everywhere we've turned recently has brought us into contact with cover songs, so we figured we ought to do our duty and collect the best of them together in one convenient place just for you. So here you'll find Deer Tick's surprisingly faithful cover of an Eddie Cochran classic, Okkervil River taking on the White Stripes , Bat For Lashes doing The Eurythmics , Middle Brothers Daytrotter version of one of their album standouts, the wonderful Portland (as originally done by The Replacements ). [...]
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