When it comes to folk-artist impressionists covering pop stars, Faux Foxes are amazing — but also, so last week. The new, hot thing is Bon Iver sound-alikes singing Bon Jovi. It is called Bon Joviver and it is the best!
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One of the greatest aspects of city living is what I’ve come to think of as stumblability — the quality of certain places where just by drifting through them, you come across sights and sounds of such glorious wonder that merely walking down the street becomes a favored pastime.
A couple weekends ago some friends and I were walking through Golden Gate Park when we heard emerging from beneath a bridge a voice of such gentle sadness that I stopped in my tracks. Literally! I froze in place, captivated by what turned out to be a very handsome young man playing “Still Ill,” from the Smiths’ self-titled 1984 debut. A friend was filming him, and when he was done I introduced myself and demanded to know who he was and where I could buy all of his music.
As it turns out the artist’s name is Chris Daniels, and he is just starting out as a singer-songwriter in the city. He has a Facebook page, which he shared with me, and when I went there today I was delighted to discover that the video I had seen recorded was posted there for all to see. Singer-songwriters can be tough to get excited about; you think you’ve seen all their tricks, and maybe you have. But there’s always room for a voice that knocks you over, and Daniels has one: low and haunted, patient but urgent. Facebook says he is now recording his first CD of original material. I can’t wait to hear it.
Swedish trio covers Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend” using nothing but their voices and some empty cottage cheese containers because wait what? (via)
Kate Macdonald & Janelle Blanchard, two students at an arts high school in Ontario, Canada, perform a stunning First Aid Kit-style cover of Neko Case’s “Star Witness” in a protest of their school board’s decision to shut the school down. This one will give you chills. (via Jon)
Peter sends me this clip of the Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser covering Beach House’s glorious “Used to Be” during a variety show in New York last week. If you happen to adore both bands, as I do, you will find Leithauser’s simple and restrained version delightful. (Not a great clip, but I’ll take it.)
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“You Know I’m No Good,” Arctic Monkeys. A charming, faithful cover of Amy Winehouse’s debut U.S. single.
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Kickass Cover of the Day: Fusing together 36 separate YouTube covers of Radiohead’s “Paranoid Android,” Ohadi Amram created a synergistic cover that is far beyond the sum of its parts.
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Related: Radiohead performs the previously unreleased track “Staircase” live from the basement.
Just when you have given up on humanity, they go and pull off something like this. (via)
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And speaking of the Arctic Monkeys: here their countrywoman Kate Nash turns in a winsome performance of their brilliant “Fluorescent Adolescent.”
Right: “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door,” “Imagine,” “Hallelujah,” “American Pie,” “My Way,” “Big Yellow Taxi,” “Satisfaction.”
Wrong: “I Fought the Law,” “Love Will Tear Us Apart.”
On the bubble: “”Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
Missing: “Maggie’s Farm,” anything the Black Eyed Peas are planning on.
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Baths covers LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends” as a simple piano ballad. A little too simple, for my tastes.
