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Cover Me Monday: Pumped Up Kicks

Derek

Pumped Up Kicks is a snazzy little tune that tends to get stuck in my head for days on end every time I hear. Well now I am going to have to make the mental decision of which version I will be hearing…the original Foster The people song or the Usher cover that he did during an appearance on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. Usher add some very usher like flourishes to it that did nothing to ruin the song but instead made it just different enough to be interesting. There is nothing worse than a beat for beat copy … Continue reading Cover Me Monday: Pumped Up Kicks

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Shuffling On My iPod: Three Artists, One Song

Derek

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