You know you’ve done something right when your record label repackages your album and releases a newer version of it in the same year. In the case of Toronto’s Austra, it’s just a small indication of the monster year they have had. Feel It Break (Deluxe Version) will feature not only the original album, but a host of b-sides, remixes and covers, including this cover of the Roy Orbison track Crying. Consider Roy Orbison is a late 50s era crooner and Austra is well… an operatic midnight electronic band, you can very well realize that Katie Stelmanis and company’s take on the the 1961 hit is truly an unique one. Check it out.
This cover sees two worlds collide as hip hop dance floor sensation Taio Cruz covers nostalgic folk farmy revivalists Mumford & Sons. The song covered is Little Lion Man and as you would expect, Taio puts his own touches on it which includes a rousing string section to replace the banjo hee haw explosion that is the song’s (and the band’s) signature moment. The cover is a part of BBC’s Ongoing Live Lounge series which sees a host of disposable pop artists covering songs by artists slightly more popular then them. Other artists on this years compilation include Panic Manual favorites Pixie Lott and N-Dubz. I know this doesn’t exactly pass as glowing endorsement but have a listen anyway, it’s a good cover.
I like Kasabian. Every album they have released has been good and retains the Kasabian aesthetic while sounding different enough to keep the band sounding fresh. They have the best song titles – Vlad the Impaler, Acid Turkish Bath, Switchblade Smiles if any musicians out there need a band name, look no further than the Kasabian song listings. Would I read a PR email from a band called Neon Noon or Club Foot? Probably.
Anyways, I just recently discovered that they do some fantastic covers. Sit back and enjoy the following Kasabian covers:
For the second time in ten years, Welsh rock band (and person fave) Manic Street Preachers will be releasing a best of/singles compilation. Obviously, this time around, the compilation will also consist of tracks from the four albums they have released since their last compilation Forever Delayed.
National Treasures will be released on October 31st aka Halloween and will contain a new track – This is the Day, a cover of a song by the band The The. Given The Manic’s penchant for playing covers, this should come as no surprise. The video for this song is quite amazing if you are a Manics fan as it contains many archival footage that spanned the groups career, including yes, footage of long lost member Richey Edwards, who some die-hards still believe is happily working away as a cashier at a Sainsbury in some small Welsh village.
The video makes me feel old, as the realization that I’ve been following some of my favorite bands for almost twenty years now. Watch as James Dean Bradfield go from skinny, sharp jawed military wearing anarchist to slightly chubby, happy with himself rock star. You’ll get what I mean.
Here is the track listing
Motown Junk, (Heavenly) 1990 Stay Beautiful, Generation Terrorists 1991 Love’s Sweet Exile, Generation Terrorists 1991 You Love Us, Generation Terrorists 1992 Slash ‘N’ Burn, Generation Terrorists 1992 Motorcycle Emptiness, Generation Terrorists 1992 Suicide Is Painless, Theme From M*A*S*H 1992 Little Baby Nothing, Generation Terrorists 1992 From Despair To Where, Gold Against The Soul 1993 La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh), Gold Against The Soul 1993 Roses In The Hospital, Gold Against The Soul 1993 Life Becoming A Landslide, Gold Against The Soul 1993 Faster, The Holy Bible 1994 Revol, The Holy Bible 1994 She Is Suffering, The Holy Bible 1994 A Design For Life, Everything Must Go 1996 Everything Must Go, Everything Must Go 1996 Kevin Carter, Everything Must Go 1996 Australia,Everything Must Go 1996 If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next, This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 1998 The Everlasting, This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 1998 You Stole The Sun From My Heart, This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 1998 Tsunami, This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 1998 The Masses Against The Classes 2000 So Why So Sad, Know Your Enemy 2001 Found That Soul, Know Your Enemy 2001 Ocean Spray, Know Your Enemy 2001 Let Robeson Sing, Know Your Enemy 2001 There By The Grace Of God, Forever Delayed 2002 The Love Of Richard Nixon, Lifeblood 2004 Empty Souls, Lifeblood 2004 Your Love Alone Is Not Enough, Send Away The Tigers 2007 Autumnsong, Send Away The Tigers 2007 Indian Summer, Send Away The Tigers 2007 (It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love, Postcards From A Young Man 2010 Some Kind Of Nothingness, Postcards From A Young Man 2010 Postcards From A Young Man, Postcards From A Young Man 2010 This is the Day, National Treasures 2011
