"Impossible" clearly does not rhyme with "incredible"

The first time I heard The Bird & The Bee's cover of Rihanna's Don't Stop the Music, it made me think of The Cardigans and their cover of Black Sabbath's Iron Man. Both covers completely transform the song into something new. They both take the frenetic energy out of the original songs all together and replace it with dreamy, jazzy pop. TB&TB's Don't Stop The Music is actually a superior song than the original in my opinion, taking a cookie-cutter radio r&b dance song and making it a hazy, flirty come-on.

The Bird & The Bee - Don't Stop The Music (Rihanna cover)

Also, here's the aforementioned Cardigans cover, for comparison's sake and because t is awesome.

The Cardigans - Iron Man (Black Sabbath cover)

Inside - A Heart Of Summer Soul

It was a beautiful day today, and it resulted in this shorter mix.

01. You! Me! Dancing! - Los Campesinos! (2006)
02. Miracle Drug - A.C. Newman (2004)
03. Love Burns - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (2001)
04. Words - Doves (2002)
05. I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You - Black Kids (2007)
06. Need Your Needs - Georgie James (2007)
07. Wake Up - Arcade Fire (2004)
08. Lolita - Stereophonics (2005)
09. On The Bus Mall - The Decemberists (2005)
10. Cherry Tulips - Headlights (2008)
11. Rhinemaidens - The Envy Corps (2007)
12. Middle Of Nowhere - Hot Hot Heat (2005)

Inside: A Heart Of Summer Soul

A note about mp3 players

I tend to use Windows Media Player as my default program for listening to mp3s on my computer as well as burning cds. I don't know what anyone else might use. If at any point you are unable to get a track to play that you downloaded from here, please give VLC Media player a try. It's free, it's open source, and it will play damn near anything, video or audio.

Link - VLC

Poor Josie

I just got back from a brief two-day jaunt and as such haven't had the time to finish the slightly more substantial material I plan on posting here in the next few days. So in the meantime:

This has actually been floating around since late last year, but I recently re-discovered it. I've been binging on covers lately. The original version of this song (by The Outfield) is rather upbeat. Considering the subject matter of the song, I think Bon Iver's more-intimate treatment changes the vibe of the song to something more suitable.



Despite the fact that this video doesn't contain the complete performance, I think it has the best sound of any of the other versions floating around on youtube.

Also, if you need the original for reference, here it is, complete with horribly-out-of-sync sound:

The Dead Weather

Vocals: Alison Mosshart (The Kills)
Guitar: Dean Fertita (Queens Of The Stone Age)
Bass: Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs)
Drums: Jack White (The Raconteurs, The White Stripes)


Hang You From The Heavens

Stricken City - Lost Art (Video)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs meets Talking Heads-ish, maybe?

Tiptoe Through Our Shiny City

First post, blah blah blah. Might as well get the party started with a recent mix. It's a pretty down-tempo affair (even with James Brown). Download link is at the bottom. This is all very new to me, so please let me know if you experience any problems.

Here's how it reads: Track #, song title, artist.

01. Futures - Zero 7 (feat. Jose Gonzalez)
02. Lust - The Raveonettes
03. Leave Me Alone - Chappaquiddick Skyline
04. Fake Empire - The National
05. Ah. Ah. Ah. - The Coral Sea
06. Wisconsin - Bon Iver
07. Glory Box - Portishead
08. House Of The Rising Sun (Live) - Nina Simone
09. In The Middle (Pt. 1) - James Brown
10. Let's Dance (David Bowie cover) - M. Ward
11. Soft Shock (Acoustic) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
12. Leif Erikson - Interpol
13. Far From Grace - Doves
14. Cocoon - The Decemberists
15. Creep (Radiohead cover, and perhaps the greatest cover version of any song ever) - Scala & Kolacny Brothers

Tiptoe Through Our Shiny City