monday wake up call

Canadian Commander Chris Hadfield covers David Bowie's "Space Oddity" while on board the International Space Station! ... absolutely incredible!



Have a safe return back home!

tuesday wake up call

The Gaslight Anthem covers "Baba O'Riley" by The Who during their holiday show in Asbury Park, NJ back on December 9, 2011.

monday wake up call

This is pretty incredible—five musicians (Walk off the Earth and Sarah Blackwood) on one guitar covering Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know".

saturday wake up call

Happy Christmas Eve! — Check out The Front Bottoms' cover of "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses:

cover song of the moment

Here's a new one from Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells covering Bananarama's "Cruel Summer". This track will appear on the duo's upcoming EP entitled Cruel Summer, out on October 17th through Chemikal Underground.

great words won't cover ugly actions and good frames won't save bad paintings

I actually really enjoy The Bloody Beetroots' remix to one of my favourite songs of all time—"New Noise" by Refused. Check out the remix below:

cover song of the moment

Jack Conte of Pomplamoose has released an awesome video of himself covering the Mario theme song... Love it!

cover song of the moment

This is fucking brilliant: How to Dress Well covers "I Wish" by R. Kelly!

How to Dress Well: Waking Up To Life Sometimes Seems Worse [wicked-cool song]

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Hot Chip recently covered Shakira’s "She Wolf" (WTF/OMG!) I actually just heard/saw the song/video for the first time the other day—it is pretty amazing... in that funny kind of way. Hot Chip’s version is pretty spectacular, hear it over at Abeano.

cover song of the moment

Patrick Wolf recorded a cover of Kate Bush's "Army Dreamers" for Peace: By Amnesty & Buffetlibre—an ambitious project/compilation featuring more than 100 new songs by artists from 50 countries. You can stream a handful of songs over at Buffetlibre's site.

Patrick Wolf: Army Dreamers (Kate Bush cover) (web-rip)

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Suckers recently released a cover of The Raveonettes' "Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed)". The Brooklyn four-piece have a handful of appearances at this year's SXSW and their new album, Wild Smile is set for release on June 8th. Visit Suckers' MySpace for more details.

Suckers: Boys Who Rape (The Raveonettes cover)

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The more I listen to Grammatics’ remarkable S/T debut, the more I hear Cursive/Tim Kasher’s influence on the band. Their non-LP 7” single Double Negative (out since October 26th via Dance To The Radio) sounds more Cursive inspired than anything the band have ever done; in fact, the other track on the 7” is a cover of Notes In His Pockets by The Good Life (Kasher’s other band.)

Grammatics: Notes In His Pockets (The Good Life cover) [wicked-cool song]
[bonus] The Good Life: Notes In His Pockets (Acoustic) from Album Of The Year Acoustic Demos [wicked-cool song]

visit Grammatics MySpace here
buy Double Negative 7" here

cover song of the moment

Here's a lovely cover of Daniel Johnston's "Worried Shoes" by Karen O and the Kids from the equally lovely soundtrack for Where the Wild Things Are. The original song was from Johnston's 1983 classis, Yip/Jump Music.

Karen O and the Kids: Worried Shoes (Daniel Johnston cover) [wicked-cool song]
Daniel Johnston: Worried Shoes [wicked-cool song]

buy Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack here
buy Daniel Johnston's Yip/Jump Music here

song of the moment: mbv cover by the antlers

OMG—The Antlers are playing for FREE at Criminal Records today at 6pm!!!!!!!

To celebrate this wicked day, check out this dreamy cover of My Bloody Valentine's "When You Sleep" by The Antlers via the band's MySpace page (you can download old EPs and songs for free as well).

The Antlers: When You Sleep (My Bloody Valentine cover)

cover song of the moment

Head over to deerhunter/atlas sound/lotus plaza blog to download Atlas Sound's cover of "Walk A Thin Line" by Fleetwood Mac!

lots of free songs + mercury prize shortlist

Last week, Fader released an exclusive premiere of "Walkabout"—the brand new Atlas Sound track featuring Noah Lennox, you can hear/download it here.

You can hear Cancer Bats’ cover of "So Jealous" by Tegan and Sara over at their MySpace page.

Wavves posted an awesome new demo entitled "Mickey Mouse" on his blog.

Finally, the track "Say Please" by the indie folk supergroup, Monsters of Folk is available for free here.


The Mercury Prize shortlist was announced today, it is slightly (just slightly) less disappointing than the Polaris Music Prize shortlist.

I really hope The Horrors win with their brilliant sophomore Primary Colours; however, I think it will either go to Bat For Lashes or Florence + The Machine... well, in that case, I am cheering for Bat!

If I were to pick the shortlist, I would’ve chosen the following:
Bat For Lashes: Two Suns
Bibio: Vignetting The Compost
Dananananaykroyd: Hey Everyone!
Emmy The Great: First Love
Gallows: Grey Britain
Glasvegas: Glasvegas
Grammatics: Grammatics
The Horrors: Primary Colours (...and I would still pick this as the winner!)
The Maccabees: Wall Of Arms
Micachu: Jewellery
The Shitty Limits: Beware the Limits
Patrick Wolf: The Bachelor

cover song of the moment

So I had a folder of music by Florence and The Machine on my desktop for a good 3+ months now. I finally upload it onto my iTunes a few days ago and I am completely blown away!

Florence’s debut single, "Kiss With A Fist", released back in June of last year is just an incredible song; but what makes the single even more brilliant is the b-side: a cover of "Hospital Beds" by Cold War Kids!

Hospital Beds (Cold War Kids cover) [wicked-cool song]

Here are some other covers by Florence and The Machine:
You've Got the Love (The Source cover) from Dog Days Are Over Single
Postcards From Italy (Beirut cover) [wicked-cool song]
Galaxy Of The Lost (Lightspeed Champion cover)
***all files expire in 7 days or until bandwidth reaches its limit

visit Florence and The Machine's MySpace here

cover song of the moment

Woodhands covered Eddy Grant's classic, "Electric Avenue". The duo from Toronto is back with an exclusive digital EP featuring remixes, restylings, and reworkings of "Dancer". Head over to Paper Bag Records to purchase the EP.

Woodhands: Electric Avenue (Eddy Grant cover)

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Here is another crazy (and again, surprisingly good) cover by Ruby Isle, the victim this week is Bon Iver's "Skinny Love".

Ruby Isle: Skinny Love (Bon Iver Cover)

cover song of the moment

I got a cover of Fleet Foxes’ "White Winter Hymnal" by a band called Ruby Isle in my email yesterday. Since "White Winter Hymnal" was one of my favourite songs of last year, I was set to be disappointed by any cover of the song! However, I actually quite enjoy the mess that Ruby Isle had created. Check it out below.

Ruby Isle: White Winter Hymnal (Fleet Foxes cover)