Tag Archives: Covers

Underneath the Covers

By Jessie | Published: November 20, 2009 Comments closed
Songs to keep you warm. Beck – All Tomorrow’s Parties (Velvet Underground) Kings of Convenience – Free Falling (Tom Petty) Good Books – Only You (Yaz) Bon Iver – The Park (Feist) Ellie Goulding – Wolves (Bon Iver) Bon Iver – I Feel Like Going Home (Yo La Tengo) Phoenix – Love Like A Sunset (Animal Collective) Four Tet – Iron Man (Black [...]
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Where the Wild Things Are

By Jessie | Published: October 9, 2009 Leave a comment
I know I’m not the only one who is excited to see this film. For the hardcore fanatics, there is now a free Where the Wild Things Are iPhone Application. On a related note, this is a pretty amazing effort at a fairly uncoverable song. Smoky and sleepy, like waking between the sheets, lazing in [...]
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First Aid Kit

By Jessie | Published: July 22, 2009 Leave a comment
First Aid Kit, two adorable Swedish girls who covered Fleet Foxes last year, are at it again. They are asking people via their Twitter profile for suggestions for songs to cover. This is the first one, a cover of Buffy-Sainte Marie and it’s pretty stunning. Their Drunken Trees EP is out now and is quite good.
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Covers

By Jessie | Published: February 12, 2009 Leave a comment
Some amazing covers I’ve been listening to lately:
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Ocean of Noise

By Jessie | Published: December 8, 2008 Leave a comment
Some months ago I wandered over to the gallery openings in Chelsea on a wet, humid, early summer evening.  On the way back, I stumbled upon a small opening where a band was playing.  The light was dim, the wine was red and warm, and as they began to play a mysterious cover of this [...]
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The Tough Alliance

By Jessie | Published: June 4, 2008 Leave a comment
Sometimes the aim for reality feels too unrealistic. Sometimes you have to indulge in sweet distractions, gentle escapes and beautiful illusions to be able to stand this excuse for an existence. Sometimes you’re just too young. Those are some of the lyrics accompanying the attached track from The Tough Alliance, the Swedish electro-pop soccer-loving swingers, which [...]
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