Portugal. The Man’s show in Cincinnati was even better than I expected. They covered two of my all-time favorite bands (David Bowie and Harry Nilsson) and rounded it all out with this cover of the Kinks’ “Strangers” — another favorite! MP3: Portugal the Man, the Dig + Port O’Brien – Strangers (the Kinks) You can [...]

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Thanks to CoS for pointing out this pleasant bit of news. The tribute alum Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein will feature contributions from My Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird, Dr Dog and a host of other great bands. I’m kind of bummed that Dr Dog aren’t tackling “Cover of [...]

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Man, am I the last blogger to to run his own record label? It’s just as well, though; I don’t have the organizational or business skills to do anything more involved than sell tshirts. Dodge, however, does. That’s why he’s started his label Roaring Colonel with this 7″ release from Burnt Ones. MP3: Burnt Ones [...]

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“> Thanks to Stereogum for pointing us to this video of the Dirty Projectors playing a new song live in Massachusetts. Right now we’re working with the title “Scrappy Nephew,” but who knows what it’ll wind up being. Truthfully I wasn’t even 1/5th as into the songs from Bitte Orca when I heard them live [...]

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No solid word on when De Novo Dahl’s new record is coming out, but we can enjoy another new track right now. And you can also download De Novo Dahl’s “Bobby Thompson Reels, Vol. 1″ EP for free from their Bandcamp. Stream De Novo Dahl’s new song “Love is the Healer”

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Image by not me P4K just posted this new Deerhoof cover. It comes to us from the children’s book “Rules to Rock By” and accompanying soundtrack. The book is about a 12-year-old girl who is inspired by Deerhoof to start her own band. Deerhoof’s cover of LiLiPUT’s “Hitch Hike” is from the soundtrack that accompanies [...]

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yvynyl just shared these demos by Gauntlet Hair the other day and I’ve been digging them in the short time since. Fingers crossed that their eventual record manages to recapture more of this magic. [also sort of via Chris] MP3: Gauntlet Hair – Our Scenery (demo) MP3: Gauntlet Hair – I Was Thinking… (demo) The [...]

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Now that it’s official that the Arcade Fire will be making their return to the stage, I figured it’d be fun to add them to the long list of covers archives I’ve put together. So sure, everyone knows the Arcade Fire used to do a mean cover of the Talking Heads, but did you know [...]

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This is the latest installment of Beck’s Record Club series — this time featuring a lineup consisting of Os Mutantes, Liars and St Vincent. This cover’s so good that it makes me want to go out and listen to INXS’ Kick from start to finish for the first time in… ever.

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