ad hoc.

Another good cover song that drags me out of my misery:

Asobi Seksu; “And Then He Kissed Me”

because it makes my crappy little life just a little more bearable.

It’s Lily Allen covering ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky”.
01-mr-blue-sky.mp3

death-cab-for-cutie-little-boxes.mp3 (DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE covering the Weeds theme song)

01-lloyd-im-ready-to-be-heartbroken.mp3 (CAMERA OBSCURA)

10-let-me-sleep-next-to-the-mirr.mp3 (IDLEWILD)

You can either right click and save as, but wordpress also has a cool feature where if you put your cursor over the link, a window will pop up where you can play the song automatically. If you like anything, I can get you the whole album. Maybe.

04-silas-knife.mp3 (THE APPLESEED CAST)

06-dont-let-me-get-me.mp3 (PINK)(UMMMM YOU KNOW YOU LIKE IT)

01-kissing-families.mp3 (SILVERSUN PICKUPS)

03-dj-dj.mp3 (TRANSPLANTS)

totem-on-the-timeline.mp3 (THE KLAXONS)

01-genesis.mp3 (JUSTICE)

04-for-reverend-green.mp3 (ANIMAL COLLECTIVE)

01-french-disko-stereolab-cover.mp3 (EDITORS DOING A STEREOLAB COVER)

04-exit-music-for-a-film.mp3 (VAMPIRE WEEKEND CONVERING RADIOHEAD)

10-cold-hands.mp3 (THE BLACK LIPS)

03-kelsey.mp3 (METRO STATION)

You know how much I love cover songs. I especially am in love with this cover of Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good” done by the Arctic Monkeys. It’s way better than anything the AM have done.

Also, Echo & the Bunnymen do a monotone cover of “All You Need is Love“.

Uuuummm, I am kind of embarassed that I am obsessed with the new Mark Ronson album, Version. He is a producer/DJ and he made this album basically to brag about all his famous friends. He’s kind of like DJ AM, minus the gastric bypass. He produced this album of indie rock covers, all featuring some pretty notable people. I’m not gonna lie, it’s all I’ve been listening to. His first compilation, Here Comes the Fuzz, is pretty good too. Here’s my favorite tracks.

05-valerie-feat-amy-winehouse.mp3

11-the-only-one-i-know-feat-robbie.mp3

02-oh-my-god-feat-lily-allen.mp3

05-i-suck-feat-rivers-cuomo.mp3

Another bonus? He’s pretty smokin’ hot. Although he moved fron London when he was like three, so what’s with the accent?

I’m now hosting music right on my blog server! This should make it easier for you to get. Just right-click-and-save-as.

Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley) featuring Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab for Cutie) and Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes) covers The Traveling Wilburys’ “Handle With Care“. What an indiie supergroup! My head is spinning! (the streaming audio should be working now)

Brand New, “Flying at Tree Level“

Feeling some 90s nostalgia- Sneaker Pimps, “Low Place Like Home“

I’ve been neglecting my own lists, so here are some that have kept me fascinated.

Vintage creepy advertisements. SCARY!

World’s top futuristic hotels. AMAZING!

Worst Cover songs ever. WITH VIDEO!

Just when Fall Out Boy was starting to irk me, they go and do a cool cover of “Beat It”. Sears, why does Pete Wentz get all the glory?

Ted Leo, “Dancing in the Dark” (Bruce Springsteen)

Grizzly Bear, “He Hit Me (and it Felt Like a Kiss)” (The Crystals)

The Killers, “Romeo and Juliet” (Dire Straits)

Fiona Apple, “Sally’s Song” (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Damien Rice, “When Doves Cry” (Prince)

Bloc Party, “Say It Right” (Nelly Furtado)

Added some interesting tracks to my cover song playlist.

Dancing in the Dark; Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
Free Fallin’ ; Ben Gibbard
Supersonic; Elliott Smith
When Doves Cry; Damien Rice

I want to direct your attention to my cover songs playlist, where I’ve added some more stuff.

• Save Ferris, “Build Me Up Buttercup” Long live ska!
• Rogue Wave, “Debaser” (the Pixies)
• Midtown, “You Love” (the Outfield)

Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab For Cutie, duh) is so desperate to be in mainstream, I guess. No judgement. First he appears on The O.C. Now he is starring in an upcoming indie film. He also likes to “ironically” cover pop songs on his solo tour, which is pretty cool, because he has a great voice. Here’s “Complicated” and “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun“.  While you’re at it, go listen to Something About Airplanes.

I am home safe and sound, but can’t muster up the energy to update a lot. Instead, here is an album I listened to on repeat all week. Read more about the Dirtbombs here.

[THE DIRTBOMBS; If You Don't Already Have A Look]

I’ve compiled many of my favorite cover songs. My current favorites: Matt Nathanson covers James’ “Laid”. Deadsy’s “Fox on the Run” and Giant Drag’s “God Only Knows”.

Oh my god. How awesome is this. An album of Clay Aiken covering the best songs ever, like Richard Marx’s “Right Here Waiting”, Chicago’s “I Want to Know What Love Is” and the grand finale, Mr. Misters’ “Broken Wings”.

And by awesome I mean it sounds like it was recorded at one of those booths at Six Flags.

[ Clay Aiken; A Thousand Different Ways ]

1. Right Here Waiting

2. Lonely No More
3. Without You
4. Every Time You Go Away
5. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
6. When I See You Smile
7. A Thousand Days
8. Everything I Do (I Do It For You)
9. Because You Loved Me
10. I Want To Know What Love Is
11. These Open Arms
12. Here You Come Again
13. Everything I Have
14. Broken Wings

20, 000 songs and I listed to the same six on repeat.

THE LILLINGTONS, I Need Some Brain Damage

THE STROKES, 12:51 (my current ringtone)

THE LIBERTINES, Up the Bracet

LILY ALLEN, LDN

THE BRAVERY, Tyrant

Lily Allen covers Keane’s “Everybody’s Changing“. Fantastic!

Cansei Der Ser Sexy- Meeting Paris Hilton
Ratatat- Tacobel Canon

UB40- I Can’t Help Falling in Love (great cover of an Elvis song)

Ah, the mid-nineties. When Soul Asylum ruled my pink boombox. Here’s a fantastic cover of “Sexual Healing”.

Oh my god. How could I not know that the cover of “All You Need is Love” on the Chase bank commercials is performed by Nada Surf? How could I not recognize probably my favorite band in the whole world?

On the one hand, it sounds amazing, almost as good as the original. On the other hand, they made a song for a fucking credit card company! And the ad is basically saying you can use your credit card to buy love! I don’t know how I feel about them contributing to this. Not like I a, going to stop buying their albums or anything.

Did anyone else know that Jessica Simpson does a cover of “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” on her new album? Well here it is, and it is terrible. Funny and terrible. I have to balance that out with one of the best covers ever, Muse covering Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good“.

Muse covering Nina Simone = liquid awesomeness

Muse; “Feeling Good”

The Pet Shop Boys covering Willie Nelson = crack in music form

Pet Shop Boys; “Always On My Mind”

“Oh my god, you have to listen to the Shins. They will change your life.” - Nat Port in Garden State. Ugh.

The Shins; “New Slang“

I would move to the West Coast simply because of this song.

Everclear; “Santa Monica“

Nada Surf can make anything sound great. Matthew Caws has one of the greatest voices in indie rock.

Nada Surf covers “If You Leave”

This is a mega-soundtrack post. It includes the best clips from the most recent Six Feet Under Soundtrack.

Sia, “Breathe Me“, the fantastic song played during the finale.

Caesars, “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” is actually a cover of the classic Blue Oyster Cult song. This was played during one of my favorite episodes, when Nate is debating leaving Lisa and they host the biker’s funeral and the widow lends him the bike.

Radiohead, “Lucky” is probably one of the best singles of the 90s and was used when the family has the yard sale and ends up burning the rest of the possesions.