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Cover Me Monday: Just

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Mark Ronson does what Mark Ronson does best on his cover of the Radiohead tune “Just“. Ronson takes this song, that admittedly is one of the best rock songs of the 1990s but is also not the happiest song in existence either, and turns it into a bombastic mix of oldschool (I love his use of the horn section)  with just the right pinch of newness thrown in. Ronson’s version (with vocals by Phantom Planet‘s Alex Greenwald) makes you want to get up and dance…Radiohead’s version makes you want to write depressing poetry. Mark Ronson feat. Alex Greenwald – Just … Continue reading Cover Me Monday: Just

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Shuffling On My iPod: Three Artists, One Song

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Converse (yep the sneaker company) has this little project they are doing called “Three Artists, One Song” that does just what the title says: takes three artists and throws them together on one brand new song. The company already has done this with “Do Ya Thing” featuring Damon Albarn of Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy  and OutKast’s Andre 3000. The second song from the project features Foster the People frontman Mark Foster, Kimbra, and Canadian turntable impresario A-Trak.  It is quite the tits in my humble opinion. Mark Foster, A-Trak and Kimbra – Warrior Continue reading Shuffling On My iPod: Three Artists, One Song

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Cover Me Monday: Try A Little Tenderness

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Performed during an upcoming appearance on MTV UNPLUGGED, Florence + The Machine’s version of the Otis Redding classic “Try A Little Tenderness” exhibits the trademark ethereal nature that is commonplace on any song that Florence Welch sings without losing any of the ache and heartfelt emotion that is necessary to make the song sound true to its core. The Florence + The Machine episode of Unplugged airs on April 21 on MTV or you can see it now at MTV’s Unplugged site. Continue reading Cover Me Monday: Try A Little Tenderness

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Cover Me Monday: Electric Feel

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I’m not the biggest Katy Perry fan on the planet…I appreciate her place in the world of today’s current crop of pop princesses and I recognize that she is capable of writing catchy little tunes. So while I am not a fan I also don’t have a distaste for her or anything, I just don’t like much of what she puts out. So with that in mind it kinda shocked me that I found myself enjoying her rendition of MGMT’s “Electric Feel”. I think what I dig about it is the rawness of the vocal…Perry performed it as part of … Continue reading Cover Me Monday: Electric Feel