Finally She's back! After 3 long years, NY's Laura Cantrell is back with a digital release of her new album Trains and Boats and Planes due out mid-April! But that's not the only rad news; Laura recently had a child! Her new album is an awesome collection of covers that are themed on travel. I personally love travel songs, great for roadtrips...I love the open road (or more open than usual). Also Cantrell's got 3 of her own joints on this album as well. We got the New Order cover off the new album and two previously released tracks!

Love Vigilantes
Bees
Do You Ever Think Of Me?

Trains and Boats and Planes Tracklist:
Trains and Boats and Planes [Burt Bacharach-Hal David]
Train of Life [Roger Miller]
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald [Gordon Lightfoot]
Howard Huges Blues [John Hartford]
Love Vigilantes [Gilian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner]
Silver Wings [Merle Haggard] Roll Truck Roll [from Hello Recordings EP]
Big Wheel [from Not The Tremblin' Kind]
Yonder Comes a Freight Train [From When The Roses Bloom Again]

Labels: Country, Covers, Folk

If you haven't heard about Bjorkestra, today's Case Of The Mondays is for you! Alto Saxophonist Travis Sullivan is the brains behind Bjorkestra and it's exactly what it sounds like; Bjork + Orchestra. Well Not exactly. Bjork isn't actually in New York's 18-piece orchestra but her songs definitely are. Bjorkestra has an extremely talented line-up including jazz vocalist Becca Stevens and they've even done projects with The Arcade Fire and Dr. Dre?! You can hear hints of electronics which adds well to their awesome experiments. They dropped a very special debut album called Enjoy in early January last year via Koch and I highly recommend pickin' that stuff up. It's only $7.99 via iTunes!!! What?!

Bottom line, Bjork covers done right. Okay Okay without further adieu, we got some mp3s for you! Listen and then go buy that album! More here and here. Anyone else think this stuff rocks?

Hyperballad
Who Is It

Happy Monday!

Labels: Covers

This over year old album is an interesting collection of Radiohead songs covered by popular Japanese pop and rock bands. Some are redone with more rock, some are more subtle and some replace electronics with drums/pianos. It's a pretty neat album. I think you can get it here. We have some of the tracks for you to enjoy/wonder about. I particularly like the Just cover by L-LuLu.

Tracklist:
1. Black Star / TSUBAKI
2. Just / I-lulu
3. Fake Plastic Trees / THE LOCAL ART
4. Let Down / sacra
5. Everything In Its Right Place / LITE
6. Karma Police / audio active
7. IDIOTEQUE / The Thai Sato
8. Creep / LUNKHEAD
9. HIGH AND DRY / sonic line
10. No Surprises / TRICERATOPS
11. The National Anthem / SUGIURUMN

Labels: Covers, radiohead

Labels: Covers, live, Various

When I was in high school, I loved covers, specially Punk covers. Everyone makes posts about covers and rightfully so, they are awesome. This week I asked bunches of people to tell me what their favorite cover songs are. I got a lot of interesting feedback. Now just because it is a cover doesn't mean it is great, infact lots of covers suck! Hopefully you won't hear those here. I know there are lots of awesome ones and I'm sure you are gunna email me asking me why I didn't include this song and that band, lo siento seriousness. But hopefully you can extend your musical ear love for a new one! (Note: covers are generally a song sung by another person who didn't originally write/sing/released it, otherwise it's more than likely a remix)

This first one was suggested my Surrah. It's a old punk cover. I've had this song since I was a sophomore in high school.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Build Me Up Buttercup

Ever since we heard Ms. Emma cover this song, couldn't get it out of our heads.
Sixpence None the Richer - Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House)

The Shins - We Will Become Silhouettes (The Postal Service)

Suggested by Hailey Potter, they sing it cause they love the show. oh cute.
Mates of State - California (Phantom Planet)

Cover of one of my fav Bjork songs, acoustic style! Recognize the vocal?
Ben Gibbard - Joga (Bjork)

He says the F word. haha.
Cake - I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)

Indie rocky + slower + female vocals = perfect!
The Detroit Cobras - Last Night (The Strokes)

Easy Star All-Stars - Paranoid Android (Radiohead)

Leela James - Don't Speak (No Doubt)

Acoustic Live with Bjork's serious emotions. Ahh!
Bjork - So Broken (NIN)

Ellis Regina and Tom's beautiful duet song was discovered on the same day!
Cibo Matto - Águas de Março (Antonio Carlos Jobim)

I love her voice in this cover. Check out the video!
KT Tunstall - I Want You Back (Jackson 5)

This acoustic version is done well, and with an accent!
Jonna Lee - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Postal Service)

Live Acoustic version, good move.
Nelly Furtado - Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)

I love Psapp and pretty much anything Galia Durant puts on a record.
Psapp - The Year of the Cat (Al Stewart)

More Pop and doo doo doos!
Goldspot - Float On (Modest Mouse)

Damien's song is great, but this is duet style, acoustic, and Portuguese! Definitely watch the video if you like the song, it's beautiful.
Ana Carolina & Seu Jorge - É isso ai (Damien Rice)

If I made a mistake on crediting please e-mail me to correct. Otherwise Enjoy!
Also check out this site! SuperSizedMeals.com. Look at the Luther Burger...I want to try one soooo bad! Also if you need a fix of electronopopodiscotechnodance machine-ness, check out Chinese Restaurant in the Forest for psycho mixes.

Labels: Covers

Above: Duk Bok Ki w/ Hope friends! Two really silly people; Aldo, Nicole. Monday Night boys eating. Biking to downtown; one of the stops. I just have to point out one piece in the news: Michael Jordan got fined for mentioning freshmen Kevin Durant. 15G's from Mike please!

Labels: Covers, MIX, Music, News, videos