Thursday, November 09, 2006

A god-awful small affair.

Wow, the week got away from me for a sec. Here is a mish-mash of foreign (in more than one sense of the word) or folky covers that have made me smile for whatever reason this week. Sorry I don't have more time (or inclination, more accurately) to write more right now. (I used the word more three times in that sentence. That's how guilty I feel for neglecting you all!)

  • Mummy the Peepshow "Fairytale in the Supermarket" (Raincoats cover)

  • Absurd Minds "Let the Music Play" (Shannon cover)

  • Kate Rogers "Here Comes Your Man" (Pixies cover)

  • Hanne Hukkelberg "Break My Body" (Pixies cover)

  • Frida (Anni-Frid Lyngstad of Abba) "Liv pa Mars" (Swedish David Bowie cover)

  • Hitomi Shimatani "Papillon" (aka "Doesn't Really Matter") (Japanese Janet Jackson cover)

  • David Kitt "Teenage Riot" (Sonic Youth cover)

  • Joshua Radin "Only You" (Yaz/Yazoo cover)

  • Neena Foundry "Indiana Wants Me" (R. Dean Taylor cover)
    Now-defunct Bloomington, IN band. (Members went on to bands such as Old Pike, The Brand Plastic and Pony Boy, among others, I'm sure.)

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    And the three following songs are from what is currently my favorite Depeche Mode tribute album, DMDK: A Danish Celebration of Depeche Mode:
  • Sterling "Nyt Liv (New Life)" (Danish Depeche Mode cover)

  • CPH Jet "Just Can't Get Enough" (Depeche Mode cover)

  • Mikael Simpson "Det er Ligemeget (It Doesn't Matter Two)" (Danish Depeche Mode cover)

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    Also check out local band The Grackles' cover of Billy Bragg's "A New England" here, which was mixed by Carl Saff, formerly of Bloomington, IN band Pencil.

    Likewise, there are a handful of pretty covers available for download on Liz Durrett's MP3 page, my favorite of which is the Vic Chesnutt duet of "Somewhere" from West Side Story.
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