Video: Solange- Stillness is the Move

solange - stillness is the move ( dirty projectors cover) [this cover came out last year, but thanks to a wonderful piece on new york magazine about solange's upcoming r&b meets indie transformation, i finally got a chance to hear this AMAZING version. i always thought the dirty projectors wrote killer soul songs, guess i wasn't the only one thinking it. brilliant!] check out the live performance WITH the dirty projectors in which solange comes out a tad too early... oops! http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wo ngiesMusicWorld

Filed under: Clash of the Cover Songs The Rules for Battle: Each week, we pit versions of the same song by two different artists in a head-to-head death match for musical supremacy. (Sometimes it will be the original recording vs. a cover version; other times it will be two different covers.) Then it's up to you to decide: Listen to and vote on which version you think should emerge victorious and which should be sent packing. May the best band win! [...]

Listen to Solange covering the Dirty Projectors' definitive track, "Stillness Is the Move", from the lauded Bitte Orca. Solange's version is more mellow than the band's signature herky-jerky rhythm, but it's still a respectable nod to Dirty Projectors' awesome-beyond-awesomeness in 2009. And the original...