Hooray for Covers! Regina Spektor, “No Surprises”
Recently, Regina Spektor released a very beautiful, yet minimalist, cover of Radiohead’s “No Surprises”, with all proceeds from its sale on iTunes to go to Doctors Without Borders.
Wow, That’s a Good Song: Scanners, “Salvation”
There’s something creepy about this song. I don’t know, I think it’s the haunted-looking video.
Guest Post: Concert Review: Andrew Bird at Largo, 5/15
Bird’s newer subject material isn’t radically different from his more recent work. He’s still playing with ideas and concepts related to natural disasters, and he still relates the macro to the micro, the impersonal to the personal. The word that I think best describes his newer work is apocalyptic, but I can’t decide whether it’s pre-, post-, or still happening.
This Week in Great Music: 5/17 – 5/23
Why hello there, quiet week.
April in Review
I almost titled this May in Review, that’s how behind and confused I am. I actually started the mix at the end of the month, and then, well, life happened.
But anyhow. Here, have a little mix of songs I’ve been loving or rediscovering this past month.
Concert Review: Over the Rhine and Lucy Wainwright Roche, SPACE 4/29
Karin and Linford aren’t on the road promoting any particular album; their most recent album of new material is 2007’s The Trumpet Child. They’re on the road because they love making music.