“The most hauntingly beautiful covers” (jbear_4; 8 tracks)
I feel compelled to share this beautiful compilation of covers. It’s very chilled out, they are all beautiful, I didn’t know most of them and what is even more astonishing is that this mix made me appreciate a series of songs that I have never liked/always hated before.
My sincere compliments to the person that created this mix, it’s truly beautiful.
This week’s last.fm scrobbles. There was a severe drop in number of scrobbles, and particularly in new artists in my library, but this is due to having been forbidden to listen to music while at work (evil, I know).
French music now: the boom in electro pop
This just keeps getting better and better. The 2nd edition of The Guardian’s French series is on electro pop, featuring bands such as M83, 90’s Stardust, Air, Phoenix and Miss Kittin.
Record Store Day: coming soon to a city near you...
Saturday 21st. This year is the fifth annual Record Store Day.
Expect releases from: Africa Bambaataa, Amanda Palmer, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Beach House, Bonnie Prince Billy, The Black Keys, Captain Beefheart, David Bowie, Childish Gambino, The Clash, Gary Clark Jr., Joan Baez, Karen Elson, Feist, Arbouretum,Leonard Cohen, Deerhof, Miike Snow, Nightwish, of Montreal, Shabaaz Palaces, Sigur Ros, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Flogging Molly, The Civil Wars, Tortoise, Cradle of Filth, Sinead O’Connor, The Black Angels, The Dave Brubeck Octet, Dinossaur Jr., Miles Davis, Foster the People, Xiu Xiu, The Flaming Lips, Garbage, Genesis, Iggy and the Stooges, Janis Joplin, Metallica, Paul McCartney, M83, M. Ward, Ozzy Osbourne, Phish, Joey Ramone, Bruce Springsteen, Regina Spektor, St Vincent, T. Rex, Pete Townshend, Eddie Vedder, The White Stripes, Wilco, Death Cab for Cutie and more.
Excited yet? The full list is here.
(this post is making me feel like I took a time capsule back to the 60s, but ok lol)
Many cities will also have live concerts or special events. To find out more, follow this link.
Watch Coachella festival from your couch!
I’m so excited about this, yay! ALL Coachella festival concerts are being transmitted live from Youtube. Starting tonight (Friday) and for 3 days.
Among others, tonight there will be: Arctic Monkeys, Mazzy Star, The Rapture, The Black Keys, Explosions in the Sky, M83 and Amon Tobin.
Saturday: The Big Pink, Tune-Yards, Noel Gallagher, Laura Marling, Andrew Bird, St. Vincent
And Sunday: Wild Beasts, Santigold (maybe shell play the new album!!!), Seun Kuti, Wild Flag, Beirut, Modeselektor.
I know who’s not leaving the house this weekend! ;)
