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Another lovely cut from Mark Kozelek’s new covers album Sings Favorites, out May 27 via Caldo Verde. As of today, you can stream the project on Sun Kil Moon’s website.
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Mac DeMarco and Jon Lent pay tribute to James Taylor in their simultaneously sweet and oddball fashion.
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On their latest album, experimental rock outfit Xiu Xiu plays the music of Twin Peaks!
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of Montreal pays tribute to Prince (R.I.P.) with a rendition of Purple Rain cut “Computer Blue.”
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Xiu Xiu‘s cover of “Into the Night,” a song by dream pop singer-songwriter Julee Cruise that appeared on her 1989 debut Floating into the Night, as well as in the David Lynch TV show Twin Peaks. Xiu Xiu Plays the Music of Twin Peaks is out this Record Store
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After being backed by Mike Patton for a rendition of David Bowie’s “Win,” Mark Kozelek is now joined by Will Oldham and Low’s Mimi Parker for a cover of Waylon Jennings’ “Amanda.” Sings Favorites is out May 27 via Caldo Verde.
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Mark Kozelek sings David Bowie’s “Win” accompanied by a lone piano and Mike Patton on backing vocals. From the upcoming covers album Sings Favorites, out May 27 via Caldo Verde.
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Future Islands gets into the spirit of the season by taking a stab at this Wham! standard. Merry Christmas, Needle Drops!
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Woah! James Blake covering one of my favorite Simon & Garfunkel songs? Yes, please! It seems to have been performed during the 1-800 Dinosaur radio show on the BBC yesterday, which would probably account for the performance seeming so intimate, in-the-moment, and well-recorded. Try not to cry, y’all.
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Dark cabaret outfit Roma Amor has a new album out on Old Europa Cafe called Una torbida estate. A couple of spots feature lyrics from traditional German songs, including this bittersweet number you might recognize from the end of Kubrick’s Paths of Glory.
