The Ra Ra Riot cover of Kate Bush’s “Suspended In Gaffa” has really got me thinking about what makes a good cover song. Is it the interruption of the track? is it adding something that was missing?

The one thing I do know is what makes a bad cover song, and that is a song that sound just like the original.

So, what’s your favorite cover song?

Mine right now are:

Ra Ra Riot “Suspended In Gaffa”

Broken Social Scene “Horses”

Sun Kil Moon “Exit Does Not Exist”

Carlos Careqa “Psycho maloca”

Yep, listen. There is something here that is about to break out into brilliance.
If you are from Cape Ann, you should download it, for all the cross references to our lives and the understanding of the underling stories.
Thought the stories were not what caught me, it was the Kate Bush cover of Suspended In Gaffa, it is brilliant. If you are a fan of Vampire Weekend, run, don’t walk and take a listen.

And I leave you with some of the lyrics of “St. Peter’s Day Festival”

If I go to Gloucester you know I will
wait there for you
The Rhumb Line is waiting there too
you know it’s worth the nights we wait there
it all falls apart, apart
come on
come on

Brian Eno and David Byrne are coming out with a new CD this month.
Byrne is going on tour with the new music and they have offered a free track for your e-mail address. Well worth the e-mails, it’s a great track.

Learn more and get the free track at their new website.

http://www.everythingthathappens.com/

There is a pun in there somewhere.
If there is one man that changed the way that I listen to environments it would be Tom Waits. Complete, with raw sounds and voice. He takes story telling to a new level of life. Mr. Tom has just finished up a tour in the USA and has graced us with publishing a 2 hour show on NPR for us to download.

It is a great selection of old an new classic Tom.

The easiest way that I found to download it is through the iTunes link above released on 7/28/08.

Till then - let the beat go on.

Welcome guys!

-Eoin

I had a great summer surprise, “thao, We Brave Bee Stings and All”. This is musically fairly simply pop, with nice streaks of atmospheric textures, that give the music a intimate feel. What caught me was her story tell with lyrically frame works that make you think twice about what she is singing about. Bag of Hammers is my pick from the new CD, complete with great runs of words. “Shake the frame of this house /distress the wood make it shout / And as sharp as I sting /As sharp as i sing / It still soothes you doesn’t it / Like a lick of ice cream

Sorry for the very long absence. I have been very busy, but more than that, I have not heard any music that really has had any impact on me.

I ran into a bunch of interesting music for short interludes, but no long running classics.

Things to look at if you have not.

Vampire Weekend is the summer music selection for right now.

Daniel Lanois “Here is What is” has been the thinking music, with touches of Eno.

and Sigur Ros “Hvarf - Heim” has been my writing music. With memories of travels.

I will write more soon. Sorry for the delay.

For the last 4 years, SXSW publishes free music for us to enjoy and consume. This years 3.4 GB of music, being distributed by a torrent file, can be found here. http://hewgill.com/sxsw/
This like all promotions, if you like it suport the artists and buy their music…

I am downloading it now…