Covers

Ok, so here’s what I think happened. The Postmarks were sitting around one day, writing a new album, discussing whether they’d ever sell more than 8 records, and whether anyone would ever listen to anything but ‘Goodbye’. And just then, as if by magic, a Nouvelle Vague song came on the radio. “Damn” they...
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photograph by Bettina Rheims Sara Lov – My Body Is a Cage (Arcade Fire Cover)
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 I wake up in a start on the floor of a rented apartment in West Berlin, a song audible from the next door apartment. I had a dream in which I was thirsty. I went to the fridge, only to find it completely full of expired milk, litres and litres of it… I came...
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* Deftones – Please, please, please, let me get what I want (Smiths) Morrissey – That’s Entertainment (The Jam) Dr Dog – Heart It Races (Architecture in Helsinki) Bright Eyes - Devil Town (Daniel Johnston) Sia – Paranoid Android (Radiohead)
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Lykke Li ft El Perro Del Mar – After Laughter come Tears (Wendy Rene) If you have a brother or sister, you’ll probably remember hearing the following warning when growing up, usually spoken by your mother: ‘someone will get hurt’. I don’t know how she knew it (well, probably from the fact that it...
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‘Do you think when I die I’ll be alone in the room with the yellow walls?’ Ravens & Chimes – This Is Where We Are Ravens & Chimes – Archways Ravens & Chimes – So Long Marianne (Leonard Cohen Cover) Let the Arcade Fire comparisons stop, please.
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Love is All – Nothing to be Done (The Pastels Cover) Love is All – Felt Tip + Love is All – New Beginnings (Demo 2008)
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******************************* The Brooke, A Tiny Ocean: “Jamie” (Weezer) from the ‘Roaring Nineties‘ compilation - download it for free from cllct! Bonnie Prince Billy: “World`s Greatest” (R Kelly) from his 2007 album “Ask Forgiveness“ Emmy the Great: “Where Is My Mind?” (Pixies) Existential Hero: “If Winter Ends” (Bright Eyes) from his cover album “Barely Covered”...
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by Dave McKean Last week I saw Batman Begins which reminded me I have a borrowed copy of Arkham Asylum somewhere on a shelf which has beautiful albeit creepy illustrations by Dave Mckean which brought to memory the picture above which in turn made me think of this song. Nirvana – They Hung Him...
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Of Montreal – Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up (Love is all) CSS – Knife (Grizzly Bear) British Sea Power – Caribou (Pixies) Ladytron – Open your heart (Human League) Pavement – Something (Beatles) Final fantasy – Peach, Plum, Pear (Joanna Newsom) The Postal Service – Against all odds (Phil Collins) Lou Barlow –...
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The Accidental – Knock Knock The Accidental – Wolves I first heard The Accidental in February, when Nothing But Green Lights featured the beautiful ‘Illuminated Red‘. I fell in love with the song, but (having downloaded it without taking the time to read the article) the band was a total mystery to me. They...
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What can you expect when you first visit a site with a slogan like “The Collective Family would rather have their music heard, not sold”? Well: *227 Artists *32 Labels & *333 Releases all waiting to be discovered! For today we picked two bands from their vast catalog, but no doubt there will be...
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Some covers I’m really enjoying at the moment: Lisa Li-Lund – Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake Cover) Why? – Close to Me (The Cure Cover) Florence and The Machine – Galaxy of the Lost (Lightspeed Champion Cover) Maritime – Boy From School (Hot Chip Cover) Page France – Girl From the North Country(Bob...
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Some things are best left unsaid. Parenthetical Girls – Love Connection Pt. I – from ‘Grrrls’, which you could buy here but it’s currently sold out! Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Love Connection Pt. I (Cover) – from Etiquette
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21 Love Songs 1. Yeah Oh Yeah! – monica y carlos 2. Busby Berkeley Dreams – the american icons of rebellion 3. Time Enough For Rocking When We’re Old – evripidis and his tragedies 4. When The Open Road Is Closing In – iji 5. I Think I Need A New Heart – steinbeck...
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