"It's not as good as the previous one" whispered the girl with the headphones, afraid of sounding cliché.

Why? - Even the Good Wood Gone

Why? - Berkeley by Hearseback

Okay, so it's not Alopecia. What did you expect?

Other People's Songs

So we haven't done a covers post in quite a long time and were feeling quite guilty so we're gonna make up for it. And our timing is perfect because...

The Sarcastic Dharma Society
...happen to have a new covers album out. I have good news and even better news and amazing news about it, which one do you want to hear first? The good news is that we're talking covers of such artists as Julie Doiron, Why?, Mount Eerie, and Pedro the Lion. Even better news is the fact that you can download the whole thing over at cllct.com. How about I tell you the best news about the album then? Here goes: It's good.

Bad Bad Things (Andrew Jackson Jihad Cover)
"And then I grabbed the knife and I let the blood out of your throat
And I smashed those tiny mirrors inside of your skull
And I got to thinking: if I don't go to hell when I die I might go to heaven"

Simeon's Dilemma (Why? Cover)
"But I still hear your name in wedding bells
Will I look better or will I look the same rotting in hell?
You're the only proper noun I need; hurry."

First Day of My Life (Bright Eyes Cover)
"This is the first day of my life
Glad I didn't die before I met you
Now I don't care, I could go anywhere with you and I'd probably be happy"

Other cool covers that either are or will soon be embarking on a 'round the blog in 80 days mission:


Little Pictures - Buddy Holly (Weezer Cover)

We Are Scientists - Hoppipolla (Sigur Ros Cover)

Dawn Landes - Young Folks (Peter, Bjorn and John Cover)

Zooey - Father to a Sister of Thought (Pavement Cover)

The Twilight Sad - Half a Person (The Smiths Cover)

Emiliana Torrini - Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)

Ian McGlynn - Mistaken for Strangers (The National Cover)

First Aid Kit - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song (Fleet Foxes)

Winter Gloves - Someone Great (LCD Soundsystem Cover)



*illustrations on the left by Maxwell Loren Holyoke Hirsch (yes, I know, with that name how can you not be talented?)

"Cover My Ass!" or "Amongst the thousands of idioms, proverbs and cliches that come with the word 'cover' I went and picked this one"

Some covers I'm really enjoying at the moment:

• Lisa Li-Lund - Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake Cover)
• Why? - Close to Me (The Cure Cover)
• Florence and The Machine - Galaxy of the Lost (Lightspeed Champion Cover)
• Maritime - Boy From School (Hot Chip Cover)
• Page France - Girl From the North Country(Bob Dylan Cover)
• Thos Henley - Bleeding Love (Leona Lewis Cover)
  
• The Watson Twins - Just Like Heaven (The Cure Cover)
• Helena Noguerra - Can't Get You Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue Cover)

And btw.
Little Fish vs. Big Fish = 15-0

Binoculars, butterfly nets and tell-tale ...er... hearts

**photo taken by Steven, in Paris, 2007**

 

Some song lyrics that have put a smile upon my face during the past week…

Giant Bear – Devil On the Wall (If you like: folk)

“There was blood on your wrist
And a bible on your reading list”

Slow Club – Slow Club Summer Shakedown (If you like: The Lisps if they were British; handclaps; summer songs)

“I’m looking for someone with binoculars so I don’t have to get so close because that’s when the most casualties arise”

Bishop Allen – Butterfly Nets (If you like: sweet female vocals; butterflies in or out of your stomach)

“Still surprised to catch you every time…
Armed with this small butterfly net only
I will face the world alone and never be lonely”

cLOUDDEAD – Pop Song (If you like: Why? or Odd Nosdam; anticon; experimental hip-hop)

“How can I be your lover when you sport a head of rubber?
Sucker... you can't take applause to bed with you.
I've got my own blood and a decent depression line.
…And then we say "fuck" in our pop song.”

Kanye West – Homecoming ft. Chris Martin (If you like: Kanye West)

“I met this girl when I was three years old
And what I loved most she had so much soul
She said ‘excuse me little homie, I know you don’t know me but
My name is Wendy and I like to blow trees’ ”

Joan of Arc – A Tell-Tale Penis (If you like: literary references; Owls; weird relationships; melancholy)

“You can end things with your boyfriend
I'll quit chasing you around
But how long will the echo of the tell-tale penis sound?”

And speaking of tell-tale things, if you're a fan of Poe, be sure to watch the A-M-A-Z-I-N-G UPA 1953 animated short based on A Tell-Tale Heart! (or else, download and listen to the short story - yes, on mp3 because we're computer geeks)