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 Last night I discovered that I have three very different and totally awesome versions of The Beatles’ harmonica-pop gem from A Hard Day’s Night – “I Should Have Known Better.” It should go without saying that version 1 is, of course, the original. Version 2 is a great duet, by She & Him, who will be performing at the 2010 Lou Fest on August 29th in St. Louis. M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel alternate vocal lines over a laid-back, galloping beat with Hawaiian-inspired guitar slides. Totally different take on a classic track. My favorite is version 3, by Continue reading You should have known better, rude boy!…
 When you decide to cover a classic track there’s always a huge risk of serious suckage, but some bands just have the gift. Easy Star All Stars are freaking pros (Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band, Dub Side of the Moon…. blablabla etc etc etc.), and it has has recently come to my attention that Beck is also a cover virtuoso. If you haven’t heard it yet, check out Beck’s Record Club – it’s a gold mine of some soon-to-be classic interpretations of already classic recordings. Beck gathers an all-star cast of musicians and records an entire album Continue reading Dirty Projectors do Black Flag, Beck does Cohen & Spence…
 So somebody sent me this a couple weeks ago and I’ve heard some mixed criticism – people either don’t like this chick’s voice, get pissed because they “destroyed” a Cock Sparrer song, or totally love it (like I do). I was having some drama and this shit kinda brought me to tears. Maybe it isn’t as good as I think it is and I was just in a “mood” if you will – I’ve listened to it since then and I still kinda like it but I’m interested in your opinion. What do you think? Continue reading Cunt Sparrer – ‘Because You’re Young’…
 Nada Surf bring their trademark sense of harmony and musical craftsmanship to 12 of their favorite songs with their latest release, if i had a hi-fi, their first album of covers. Only a group with their wide-ranging and eclectic taste could bring songs from such artists as Kate Bush, Dwight Twilley and the Go-Betweens together into a coherent, intelligent record. hi-fi also includes some intriguingly obscure numbers like Spanish band Mecromina’s “Evolution” and Bill Fox’s power-pop “Electrocution.” Continue reading Nada Surf Tour & Album Of Cover Songs…
 The search for a new mixtape service (among other things) continues. 8tracks.com works, but it’s not the greatest. Enter mixtape.me, which ALMOST does the job, but I sorta hate the way it looks. Anyway, this playlist isn’t full of Halloween songs – just covers. You know, disguises. Like costumes. HIGHLIGHTS David Yow of Jesus Lizard with Shellac as the Sex Pistols, from a show on Halloween in 1998. Hairdresser on Fire featuring the vocal stylings of Durutti Column’s Vini Reilly. Yeah, he’s kind of a shitty singer but it’s still pretty rad. Marilyn Manson’s version of Rock N Roll Continue reading Cover songs mixtape – Halloween 2009…
 The Jazz Butcher, also known as The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy and The Jazz Butcher And His Sikkorskis From Hell, are a British musical group founded by Pat Fish. Their oeuvre is blackly humorous with such topics as Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49, an unrequited crush on Shirley Maclaine, and an ode to SF writer Harlan Ellison. The song “Sister Death” is not about the comic book character Continue reading THE JAZZ BUTCHER IS PLAYING PTP FEST 2…
 Every cover this band pick just seems to get better than the last. Or, better than the last one i found, and since I already blasted your brains with VU covers twice today, Let’s go for PTV covering the fucking Beach Boys. Awesome. DOWNLOADS Psychic TV – Good Vibrations Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
 Psychic TV performs “Foggy Notion” by The Velvet Underground. Filmed by Howard Wuelfing at WXPN at The University of Pennsylvania for NPR’s “World Cafe” with David Dye on February 21, 2008. Engineered and recorded by Chris Williams. Full audio version available on Psychic TV / PTV3′s “Mr. Alien Brain Vs. The Skinwalkers” on Cargo/Sweet Nothing Records.
Continue reading Psychic TV Cover ‘Foggy Notion’…
 Dude, The Jesus Lizard are touring again! I mean, obviously they’ve already played Pitchfork fest and a couple other shows but that’s all the way over THERE and I’m all the way over HERE. Howcome I’m always like, the LAST to find out everything? You wanna see the reason I’m so stoked??? (Among other things) It’s (mostly) cause of this right here: Continue reading The Jesus Lizard in LA – October 2009…
 Beck’s website is pretty bitchen. Back in June he launched a section called “Record Club” that features weekly videos of Beck and his friends re-recording entire albums. The first one is The Velvet Underground & Nico. Here’s what he has to say about it:
Continue reading Beck’s Record Club – Sunday Morning…
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