Archive for February, 2009

Video: Andrew Bird with Mucca Pazza – Fitz & The Dizzyspells

admin on Feb 28th 2009

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Song of the Day: David Porteous – Electric Feel

admin on Feb 26th 2009

cover version of MGMTs electric feel

Cover version of MGMT's Electric Feel

David Porteous – Electric Feel (MGMT)

Another unusual cover: here, Canadian songwriter David Porteous makesthe MGMT hit into something slow and serious, using just a grungey blues guitar sound a la The Black Keys. Although the lyrics don’t really stand up without MGMT’s falsetto, this works surprisingly well.

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Johnny Cash – I Walk the Line (Live on Jools Holland)

admin on Feb 26th 2009

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Chris Thile – Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

admin on Feb 26th 2009

Chris Thile – Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground (The White Stripes)

Chris Thile (formerly of Nickel Creek) gives this White Stripes classic the bluegrass treatment, rendering it almost uncrecognisable by replacing guitar and drums with mandolin and violin, racing away with hootenanny-like excess. Check out Thile’s current project, Punch Brothers, at MySpace.

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Video: Sly Stone – If You Want Me To Stay

admin on Feb 25th 2009

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