Shawn is still sick with his mysterious "bacon flu" and I'm busy at work, so to tide you over, here are some cool YouTube videos of cover songs. Enjoy! Owen Pallet (Final Fantasy/Arcade Fire) - No Cars Go ( Arcade Fire cover) This song might have the best melody of the decade and this version is just plain magical in its restrained beauty. See more videos after the jump... Jose Gonzalez - Love Will [...]

Ruby Isle Genre: Classic Rock / Electronica From: Athens/Minneapolis, United States Although Mark Mallman and Dan Geller met at high school it took 10 years and the experience of setting up a label Kindercore and forming the band I Am The World Trade Centre (Geller) and performing Marathon 2 the "longest song in the history of rock" (Mallman) before they joined forces to form Ruby Isle. [...]
(via STNNNG's MySpace Page ) Even though the flier at the top of the post is for one specific show only, the name of it seems apt for all of the Minnesota bands headed to SXSW this week. In order to help SXSW patrons decide which Minnesotan groups they want to see whilst in town for the four-day fest, we've decided to put together a little playlist of all the bands we know of (if we missed any, feel free to name them off in the comment section). Note: the times listed are for when the Minnesotan [...]
If you're in the mood for an interesting story that's more than a little depressing then I would recommend seeing Before The Devil Knows You're Dead. On the other hand, if you think you would rather spend Friday busting a move or two then feel free to stick it out here with Ruby Isle. They're currently working on their full length debut for Kindercore Records, and to break things up a bit the trio have begun covering whatever the number one song on Elbo is. It started last week with a cover of Hello, Blue Roses' Shadows [...]
Σε κανένα δεν αρέσουν οι ταμπέλες, πόσο μάλλον σε ένα καινούργιο συγκρότημα, που προσπαθεί να πεισει ότι ο ήχος του είναι μοναδικός στο σύμπαν, και ότι δεν μιμούνται και δε θυμίζουν κανέναν και τίποτε. Το myspace παρέχει βέβαια αρκετές κατηγορίες για να περιγράψει όποιος θέλει να ανεβάσει εκεί τη μουσική του, το που αυτή μπορεί να ενταχθεί ως είδος, σίγουρα όμως αυτές δεν είναι αρκετές [ακούς εκεί να απουσιάζουν είδη όπως η tweepop , noisepop , pustronica , i-pop etc..]. Οπότε δε μένει παρά το πεδίο 'sounds like' για να περιγράψει κάποιος με [...]