When it comes to covering songsGreg Dulli and the Afghan Whigs are definitely one of the best in the business at doing so, usually
adding some trademark melancholy to the tune in question. During the recording
of their latest LP, Do to the Beast, they toyed around with the Police’s “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic,” but it didn’t make the final cut. “We sort of
made a demo of the song and forgot about it,” says frontman Greg Dulli. Well after
a quick re-recording of the vocals the band decided to share the tune today.
Brisbane, Australia’s Vancouver Sleep Clinic the project created by 17 year-old Tim Bettinson has been killing it as of late and his latest partnership with GXNXVS for a memorable cover of Drake’s “Hold On We’re Going Home” from the Nothing Was the Same LP is no exception.
While your at it you should check out “Collapse’ from last year’s EP which is sure to please Bon Iver fans.
Last October I premiered a new feature called the Onomatopoeia Playlist Series, you can still grab the first oneHERE. Pedophilia is the second in the series and what better time to share it with you all as we enter 2014. Once again the mix includes three and a half hours of music from the past, present and future spanning a wide range of genera’s along side a healthy dose of remixes, bootlegs and covers. Many of the tunes have not been featured here before.
I will not be posting any of the track information here or in the metadata normally attached to the mp3 files. If you would like a copy of the full track list you can contact us via email and we will gladly send it your way.
I usually find this type of releases gimmicky by nature,
take a popular rock song and essentially turn it into some easy listening
experience where fans of the original can wink and nod at each other in some
sort of irony based approval; but uncovered project seems to be a little more
sincere in its execution and even features some Onomatopoeia favorites. Producer Olivier Libaux’s (Nouvelle Vague) concept
behind the record is to take choice tracks from across Queens Of the Stone Age‘s
discography and turn them into female vocal-driven bossanova renditions. Take a
look at the video for "No One Knows", as sang by Inara George to get a taste as
well as an album preview and if you like what you hear you can order the
limited edition lP which features Alela Diane, Rosmary Standley, Katherine
Whalen, Youn Sun Nah and many more HERE.
Purity Ring decided to release a free studio recording of
their cover of Soulja Boy’s “Grammy.” perhaps to coincide with the 55th Grammy Awards that took place last night? Whatever the case it’s free music and a fun
cover that the band have been performing live on their most recent tour, check
it below…
Dirty Projectors stopped by triple j tv for the
“Like a Version” series and took on Usher’s “Climax”. Chamberland and I were pretty
obsessed with this song trying to find the vocals a good home in a mashup, we
found that nothing did it justice so we just let it be. The Dirty Projectors don’t really do much to
change the tune either but they are known for their vocals and harmonies so it
makes for an alright cover, I think a studio version handled by Amber could be something
I could get behind. There is also a quick Q&A about Coffman's collaboration
with Major Lazer on their stellar “Get Free,” which of course made our year end best of.
Lots of Bat For Lashes posts
as we draw closer to the official release of LP number 3, The Haunted Man. In
promotion of the event Natasha Khanstopped by Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show the other night to drop off this cover
of Rihanna’s smash-hit “We Found Love” putting her own touch on it. If you
missed our six-song preview of the Haunted Man you can check it out HERE.
Toronto, post-bop, instrumental hip hop jazz trio, BADBADNOTGOOD,
spent their weekend at home playing MadDecent Block Party, during their set, the band performed an absolutely fantastic cover of TNGHT‘s recently released single, "Bugg’n" which you can check out below….
Mastodon and Feist have released an
interactive video for their Record Store day split single. The “Feistodon” clip was
directed by Vice Cooler, and utilizes an HTML5 video app, enabling users to
crossfade between Feist and Mastodon’s versions of “A Commotion”. The video see’s
Feist enthusiastically destroying anything she can get her hands on and can be viewed below or HERE.
The Afghan Whigs have been covering Frank Ocean’s “Lovecrimes” on the regular during their ongoing reunion tour (as can be seen below). Now, much to our delight, the band has decided to release a studio version of the cover, making it their second release of the year. There is no better band to cover this tune, the Whigs always come correct with their interpretations and make no secret of their love for R&B. Stream the tune now below courtesy of FADER, and grab the free download through the band’s website beginning at Noon EST today.
Faith No Morealways
lay out some unique covers and they more often than not do them very well. The
band recently took on Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Niggas in Paris”, and you can add
this one to the list of success’cause that shit cray, Watch fan footage below….
To help celebrate Mr. Bob Moog's birthday I thought we should post something some what fitting. Recently Marty Marquis of Blitzen Trapper recreated SF-based Ty Segall's kickass album Goodbye Bread using "Moog Taurus 3 and Voyager XL plus Moogerfooger array”.
Enjoy!!!
On Friday we heard Mastodon cover Feist for a Record Store Day 7″. Now we’ve got the Atlanta bands take on the Flaming Lips’ Soft Bulletin classic “A Spoonful Weighs A Ton.” It was also released as an Record Store Day exclusive, and is available on pink vinyl with the Flaming Lips original version on the flipside. The song remains very true to the original almost giving us a different side of the metal band. Listen below…
Feistodon is the 7″ split EP that’s being released for Record Store
Day which features Mastodon covering Fiest’s “A Commotion” from here 2012
release Metals and Feist covering Mastodon’s “Black Tongue” from their
2011 release The Hunter. Listen to both covers below and take note
of the rad cover art.
Here is something fun from another 2011 favorite of ours, Fleet Foxes. The Seattle based band recently covered Robyn's "Dancing On My Own", the results are what you would expect from the folk group which is good. On another note does anyone else find it weird that Morgan Henderson went from playing bass in the Blood Brothers to the mellow styling of the Fleet Foxes?Check it below…
If you were to come to me with the proposition of covering Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” I would tell you that it was the worst idea ever and would have to imagine the result’s probably sounding like a big pile of steaming poop so it goes without saying that I was absolutely shocked on how good this cover of the classic turned out. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' are setting up to release their latest soundtrack for David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, digitally next week (Dec. 9th) and physically on December 27th. The 3 hour score is set to be released in several formats and is currently up for pre-order on iTunes which includes an instant download of Reznor & Ross' cover of the Led Zep classicfeaturing Yeah Yeah Yeah's front woman Karen O. Listen below …
During a stop at BBC’s Live Lounge, Florence & The Machine covered Drake’s “Take Care.” In a scenario that could only be described as a Charlie Kaufman like screenplay in its layers “I’ll Take Care of You” was originally done by Gil Scott-Heron, then Jamie xx remixed it. Then Drake remixed that, and now Florence covers Drake’s version. So here is where we are now…
Connecticut indie-pop act the Philistines Jr. have recruited an eclectic lineup of bands to record covers and remixes of their 2010 album If a Band Plays in the Woods...?. The resulting compilation, If a Lot of Bands Play in the Woods..., is available November 1 via Tarquin Records/Beverly Martel. The National offered their cover of “Twelve Miles to NH (Part 2)" below as a behind-the-scenes video of what goes on in the studio during the making of an album. Enjoy and check out the rest of the track listing from the forthcoming lp.
If a Lot of Bands Play in the Woods...
01 The Kissaway Trail: "(Set List Title: Cableguy)"
02 Locas in Love: "Bushaltestelle (The Bus Stop Song)"
03 Jónsi & Alex: "B"
04 Mates of State: "Tarquin’s Half-Assed Mission Statement"
05 Dazzled Kid: "If I Did Nothing but Train for Two Years, I Bet I Could Be in the Olympics"
06 We Were Promised Jetpacks: "Hell, No! We Won’t Go!"
07 Frightened Rabbit: "My Brother Tom, The Green Beret"
08 Dewanatron: "Twenty Miles To NH (Part 1)"
09 The National: "Twenty Miles To NH (Part 2)"
10 Nico Muhly: "Working Title: The Mob Song"
11 Tapes 'N Tapes: "If a Band Plays in the Woods...?"
12 Mice Parade: "A Trip Down the Rooster River"
13 Mercury Rev: "The End of the World, Again"
14 The Mommyheads: "(Set List Title: Cableguy)"
15 Joames Kochalka Superstar: "The Bus Stop Song"
16 Oneida: "B"
17 Golden Bloom: "Working Title: The Mob Song"
18 Tokyo Police Club: "(Set List Title: Cableguy)"
19 Doveman: "The End of the World, Again"
YES! Something you should know about me, I absolutely love the LA noise band HEALTH so it was with great pleasure to get this cover of Pictureplane’s “Goth Star”. Those familiar with both bands might recall that production duties for Pictureplanes latest LP Thee Physical was done by Jupiter Keyes who along with the rest of the band have taken the Fleetwood Mac-sampling beat-jam also used in the original and made it into a drum-driven piece of their own.
