Recent Posts Tagged With 'covers'

• Lykke Li covers The Shirelles

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 22:55 in covers, the four seasons, roberta flack, dusty springfield, bryan ferry, the shirelles, lykke li, lesley gore

  Swedish indie pop star + 60s girl group goodness = unexpected delight. I don’t want to say it’s better than the original – surely that’s blasphemy – but gosh darnit, I’m feeling inclined to say just that. Lykke ha...

• Sweet Jane – Festive Treat

  Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 11:59 in covers, sweet jane

  Sweet Jane are totally one of my favourite bands, hailing from Ireland I first discovered them through the brilliant E.P. Blackboots & Blackhearts. I still love my first description of them “Think Raveonettes, throw in a little Jesus & ...

• Sia – Under The Milky Way

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 19:11 in covers, the church, sia

  Yeah, I know we aren’t supposed to like the music in commercials (the horror, the horror), but darnit, you can’t help it if they use catchy tunes, can ya? I’d say a cover of one of The Church’s most popular tracks would quali...

• Imogen Heap ‘Thriller’

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 11:00 in covers, michael jackson, imogen heap

  I’m loathe to reference anything having any association with Michael Jackson at this point, as it seemed we’d finally reached a point where people had stopped feeling it necessary to eulogize him at every opportunity (or active camera fe...

• John Hughes

  Posted on Friday August 21st, 2009 at 16:49 in covers, The Psychedelic Furs, nada surf, omd, the national, pretty in pink, john hughes, music 101

  I haven’t had much to say about the passing of 80s teen movie legend John Hughes. For one reason, it seemed like so many other people had so much to say that I didn’t feel there was much I could add. For another, it was starting to feel b...