Tag Archive for the term: cover song

Thanks to the always amazing i guess i’m floating for their Levek coverage, they’ve got free mp3s for you, and now this great cover song video with a hauting, gorgeous, hello i love you, acapella version of Grizzly Bear.

Love, in October released a new music video and free download combo to celebrate their namesake. The release is an acoustic indie folk country cover of Tokyo Police Club’s “Nature of the Experiment” minimized to its barebones, chimming strings and melodica sunshine make the empty spaces all the weightier and the vocals sound like a [...]

FYI: We’ve written about Desktop’s web collabs once before…
Desktop have a new free online EP to celebrate the physical release of our other free online EP. The DESKTOP EP is available today in physical form (12 inch vinyl with floppy disk), and also available for purchase via online retailers (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3, etc).
To mark [...]

Have you seen this lovely video of little kids and their New School teachers and parents performing David Bowie’s Changes? Uplifting thinger of the day:

So about a week ago Sony called me, which was funny, little at home indie that I am, and asked if I’d like to speak with Imogen Heap. I said, heck yes please.

Imogen Heap is beloved by me for her ressonant, disarming music, and for this Mia Michaels routine on So You Think you [...]

Toronto electro-duo Woodhands is back! The band has started into a set of tour dates in the US armed with a new remix of Peter Bjorn & John’s song “Nothing To Worry About”. They are also looking forward to performing at this year’s Monolith Festival at Red Rocks. Woodhands is currently working on the follow-up [...]

Greg Laswell To Release Covers EP
October 6 on Vanguard Records
New Recording Features Unique Interpretations Of Songs
By Echo & The Bunnymen, Morphine, Mazzy Star, Kate Bush & Kristin Hersh
“He feeds depression and dejection into his tune‐making mill and out come melodic marvels that lift the spirit…”
- Los Angeles Times

Laswell released his first solo album [...]

If you read this blog with studious thoroughness you’ve seen author Sean Dixon read from his great novel, “The Girls Who Saw Everything”, published by great Canadian indie publishers COACH HOUSE Anansi before (Apologies for my mistake – both presses are awe inspiring and great!) If not, well, that’s shocking, but ok, here’s a refresher. [...]

Here’s the latest installment in the Kinks Tribute series. This time we’ve got answers from YsaeL, the bass player from Chocolat. Have a listen to their track “Sois Belle” from Piano Elegant:
Sois Belle by Chocolat

-Why are YOU doing a Kinks tribute?
I work with chantale (drums in sunday sinners) and she told me about the [...]

Bionic, founded by the wry and intense Jonathan Cummins, are bringing their catchy, lovely, earloud, hardhit pain to The Kinks tribute May 10 at Les Saints, a most thunderous local basement venue…
Black Blood by Bionic

-Hi Bionic, why are YOU doing a Kinks tribute?
I guess like anybody we love The Kinks and think Ray Davies is [...]