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Black Francis – All in My Mind

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MP3: Black Francis – “All in My Mind” (Love and Rockets cover from New Tales To Tell – A Tribute To Love And Rockets, out now.

Bauhaus never did it for me, but I liked Love and Rockets from the first time I heard “Lazy” on a mixtape. Earth * Sun * Moon was stuck in my Cutlass Supreme’s tape deck for an entire summer. Tribute albums are notoriously dodgy affairs, but on this one the Dandy Warhols and Flaming Lips pay homage to the dark and scary popsters. This Black Francis cover isn’t as good as the original, but how could it be?

Check out the original after the jump…

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Rivers Cuomo asks: What If God Was One of Us?

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Video: Rivers and Rainn – “One of Us” (Joan Osborne cover, featuring the guy from Six Feet Under who everybody calls the guy from The Office, on bongos.)

This is, of course, an absolutely terrible song. As trite and insipid as any late-night conversation with a drunk sorority girl. But Cuomo sings it straight, and it ends up sounding pretty. Rainn Wilson‘s bongos don’t hurt the vibe. Who knew he was the John Bonham of bongos?

Big nerdy thanks to mathowie for showing me how to link directly to a specific time in a YouTube video, so I could cut out the pointless first four minutes of this video.

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M. Ward Raves On with Zooey Deschanel and Buddy Holly

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Video: M. Ward – “Rave On” (Featuring Zooey Deschanel)

The second single from Hold Time, “Rave On” is a breezy cover of the Buddy Holly classic (first recorded by Sonny West). Had Holly been neutered and forced at gunpoint into the studio with Phil Spector the results might sound similar to this. But as with most of M. Ward‘s stuff, it grows on you and you get more out of it the more you listen. The animated video was directed by Mike Please.

MP3: M. Ward – “Rave On” (Featuring Zooey Deschanel)

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51 Live Covers by Elliott Smith

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Rawkblog posts his 51-track compilation of Elliott Smith‘s complete live cover recordings:

The below tracks have been culled from years of research and dozens of live shows. Not every song has the greatest recording fidelity, but as much as possible, I chose the tapes with the best combination of performance and sound for this collection. […] It should be noted that Elliott was really a fan of the bands he covered — most of these were not one-offs, but songs he performed regularly.

Lots of Beatles, Kinks, Dylan, as you might expect, but his suprisingly faithful version of Blue Oyster Cult‘s “Don’t Fear The Reaper” (mp3) is better than anybody has any right to expect. “Come on, baby. Baby, take my hand. We’ll be able to fly…” And yes, assholes, it features plenty of cowbell. If you can’t get past a silly Saturday Night Live sketch to see that this badass invitation to suicide is truly a great song, you’re not a real music fan.

The “Walk Away, Renee” cover (mp3) will break your heart. Smith shares a lot of qualities with the Left Banke. Look them up if you’re not familiar. They’re more than just a one-hit wonder.

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Glen Campbell – Times Like These

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MP3: Glen Campbell – “Times Like These” (Foo Fighters cover) from Meet Glen Campbell, out now on Capitol.

Campbell played guitar on some of the best records of all time as a member of the Wrecking Crew, he toured and recorded with the Beach Boys, and he sang the definitive versions of two of my favorite songs from my childhood: “Rhinestone Cowboy” and “Southern Nights.” His latest album has him covering the Replacements and the Velvet Underground, among others.

Five years ago today, he was arrested on drunken driving, hit and run, and assault charges. In jail, Campbell attempted to knee a police sergeant in the nards, but the cop turned and took it in his “upper right thigh.”

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Under the Influence Vinyl Singles

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Mustard Plug vs. FugaziSuburban Home/Vinyl Collective has announced its new Under The Influence Series where they’ve asked several bands to record cover songs that have influenced their songwriting. They’re being released as split 7″ singles that will include coupons to download mp3s. Cool idea.

So far they’ve got Mustard Plug covering Fugazi, Bomb the Music Industry! doing Pavement, Whiskey and Company covering the Pogues, and more. Upcoming releases will include Two Cow Garage, Minus The Bear, and several more. You can stream the first three releases, and they sound good.

Via punknews.

Also, just for fun, here’s Mustard Plug’s shit-eating cover of their homeboys’ biggest hit:

MP3: Mustard Plug – “The Freshman” (Verve Poop cover)