Check Out: Emily Rodgers "Hurricane"

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Top 10 Covers

    Ahh yes. Whats better than a good (or bad) song that gets redone only to sound better? I'm sure you could thing of a slew of things that are better, but well just say "nothing" at this point. It is quite a bold move to cover someone else's work. Sometimes it can be flattering and in some ways offending. 

However they may be taken, there have been some absolutely ground-breaking covers. There has been instances where people thing the cover is the original and are totally oblivious to the original. Funny huh?. 

    Here are 10 of my favorite covers. There are bands in this list that I absolutely can't stand, but I have to give credit to their covers.

Snag the MP3 of them (if provided). Hope you enjoy them! 

    Drop a comment and lemme know some of your favorite covers!

 

(In no particular order)

1. "Take On Me" - Reel Big Fish (as made famous by: Aha)

2. "Kid A" - John Mayer (....Radiohead)

3. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Squarepusher (......Joy Division)

4. "Land of Confusion" - Disturbed (.....Genesis)

5. "99 Red Balloons" - Goldfinger (......Nena)

6. "All Along The Watchtower" – Jemi Hendrix (……Bob Dylan)

7. "Daily Routine" – Phaseone (…..Animal Collective)

8. "Rave On" – M. Ward (……Buddy Holly)

9. "To Go Home" – M. Ward (…..Daniel Johnson)

10. "Superstar" – Sonic Youth (…..The Carpenters)

 

Check Out: The Walkmen "Seven Years of Holiday"

My absolute favorite song by The Walkmen (probably my favorite band).The song begins in-your-face with wildly strummed guitars until they slow down and pick back up. All while Leithauser wails "and I've lived in a suitcase....for too long". The band rises and falls with Leithauser's vocals like a giant wave rolling towards the shore. This persists throughout the song until about two minutes in, when the songs flattens out for a breather. This is were the songs' climax comes in with a magnificent spine-tingling crescendo then flattens out again for the end. 
Might take a couple of listens to get into, but OH MAN....what a reward you get.
Hope you guys enjoy it!

OH! I almost forgot!! 
Listen to this song AS LOUD AS YOU CAN!

MP3 Mash Up!

Yes, yes my friends. An array of musical goodies for you faithful readers. Pick and choose, or snag all of them perhaps! 

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"Orange Marmalade" - Mellowdrone 

"Fake Empire" - The National

"People Got A Lot Of Nerve" - Neko Case

"Me And The Devil" - Gil Scott-Heron

"Blood" - The Middle East 

"Shade" - Portugal, The Man

"Dead Sound" - The Raveonettes

"Red River" - The Walkmen

Download them all at once here>> Zip File

2010 Albums to Snag (So Far)

1. Beach House - "Teen Dream" 

    - A beautiful album compiled of tear-jerking but shameless enjoyment. Each song is poignant, chilly, and compelling. So far my favorite album of 2010. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 
"Norway" - Free MP3

2. Surfer Blood - "Astro Coast"

   - Do you enjoy Real Estate but find yourself craving something similar but with a little more...."rock"? Surfer Blood is more the competent.Astro Coast is a straight-up, loose, beach rock album.
"Swim (To Reach The End)" - Free MP3

    

 3. Larrks - "An Exaltation of Laarks"

   - This is a more than exceptional debut album from Laarks. Its lit with energy and sentiment but capable of avoiding sappiness. Very fun and easily accessible album.

 4. Vampire Weekend - "Contra"

    - Vampire Weekends' follow up to their self-titled breakthrough album. Contra sticks to the bands' roots but throws some interesting new things to the mix.

"Horchata" - Free MP3

Check Out: Three Mile Pilot "Longest Day"

Check Out: Beck "The Golden Age"

Check Out: The Zookeepers

    "You'd like this more if it were Lady Gaga", proclaims the...uh....lead singer...of......this....band on the song "Lady Gaga", the intro song to their latest album "Good Looking Out". Unlike Gaga, this band reeks "whit", "humor" and "fun". But don't be misled, these guys dish out solid enjoyable songs while incorporating all of these things into their music. 

    I can't honestly reveal why these guys kept me listening, because I still dont know why. Maybe its the various moments where I literally laughed out loud (lykeomglol!) while simultaneously bumping my head to the their sloppy yet crisp music. Or maybe it's because I never knew what was coming. For example on "Spooky Treat", they begin with an scratchy distant sounding guitar while the.....lead........singer..... hilariously sings, "I'm gonna kill myself for Halloween, won't that be a spooky treat, I don't know if I want to go alone, or in front of children in the street" and just when you think WTF? thats twisted... they blare into this skippy chorus of "HE'S GONNA DO IT, HE'S GONNA DO IT ON HALL-O-WEEEEEN". They are seriously all over the place. One minute they're rapping on "Custardy Battle" then the next they're jammin on "Radioactive", which sounds relatively like Cake/Pavement. However, my favorite moment is "RPG Theme" which starts off with a little tune that sounds, well, like one of those old SNES RPG games, then introduces this sick drum beat until they whole band wails "But I Don't Know, So I Won't Go!!!". Pretty sick.

    I guarantee you will have a smile and/or "wtf face" on the whole time you listen to these guys.  Dont take them seriously and don't expect anything, because if you do you'll probably miss out.

Definitely check these guys ouuuut.

Show em some love at: www.myspace.com/thezookeepers 

                              or: twitter.com/TheZookeepers

Download: 

 (a) "Lady Gaga" Free MP3

 (b) Good Looking Out Download/Stream album for free or make donation (min. of $200)

 (c) Download both. A+B=C

Check Out: Black Heart Procession "It's A Crime I Never Told You About"

Check Out: Moving Units

     "Moving Units is a dance-punk trio from Los Angeles." That's according to Wikipedia. Don't get me wrong, this is a 100% truthful statement. But, gosh, what little justice it does to the band. It does not mention anything about their ability to deliver straight-forward original punk music. Nor does it mention how they create a volume that reminisces that of the hazy 80's zeitgeist. I could imagine a young kid hearing about them, googling them, winding up on this wiki page and reading in the "Bueller....Bueller.....Bueller" monotone voice that: "Moving Units is a dance-punk trio from Los Angele". Kid becomes thoroughly disinterested. 

    Maybe this is actually a.....!Yes! of course....a plan by Moving Units to show listeners otherwise, that they do not deliver boring lackadaisical music. But then again, if you were to ask them what they thought about it.....they could probably care less about the Wiki page.

Check em out.

Lemmeknowwhatyathinkthanks.

Moving Units-"Dark Walls" Free MP3 (my favorite MU song)

Moving Units - Between Us and Them