Just because I seldom post new music news and I still haven't gotten to my emails to set up a Q and A for Fresh from the Post - here's something that's sort of Fresh from the Post: OK Go's new video :)
Going back to their roots of accompanying their songs with offbeat choreography, with End Love, they make use of stop motion and time lapse to give this video a bit of an edge. Also, they get a new band member in the form of a loyal goose. Their new video premiered at Bonaroo last Saturday and now it's on YouTube for your embedding convenience. You can also download it off their site at www.okgo.net and, maybe keep mum about this, but I think they're giving away a free iPad too.
It's been a while, so I thought I shouldn't put this off any further. Yes, it's List Addicts Fridays once again, and today's theme is 'covers'. In the history of List Addicts, I have never made a covers post before, mainly because a lot of other blogs do. They even have weekly posts about it. Heck, some even dedicate a whole blog to covers. But hey, since mine's not a regular thing, this week's list is special - my own take of favorite covers from indie bands that have perked up my ears at one point or another. The idea actually came from watching Glee this week - a TV show that's based its success in witty writing and wonderfully executed song covers. One of their earliest hits was their rendition of Journey's Don't Stop Believin' which at first listen, I thought they were covering Petra Haden's cover of the Journey song. And with this, my list begins...
This one comes from the excellent 2007 all-covers album Guilt By Association . I came upon it checking out The Concretes cover of Take That's Back for Good, but found loving this track a whole lot more. A purely a cappella version, it brings a nice creative twist to the song (especially with that bit of Wilson Phillips inserted at the end).
They held a music video contest for songs in the album, and the video entry for this song was my favorite. The equally quirky music video told a love story between a sunny side up egg and a calculator, with tinkerbell in drag lip synching to the song. The video didn't win the main prize, but it made the song all the more unforgettable - undeniably a notch up from the Glee version if you ask me.
Our video of the week comes from Grovesnor, who's also known as Hot Chip drummer Rob Smoughton. As Grovesnor, he describes himself as a troubadour who looks like a teacher but sings like Usher.
Dan, plays out like a nice rom-com from a few years back that you missed out seeing, with music that sounds like it came for the era of 80's adult contemporary smooth rock (whatever the heck that is). Somehow, the music sort of reminds me of Steely Dan - just because it's named Dan and Steely Dan is also the sort of thing that you might probably find on an adult contemporary smooth rock radio station.
Gerald from the Peep Show does a cameo, as well as Smithy from Gavin and Stacy.
As a plus, we've also got a few downloads available from Grovesnor's debut album Soft Return after the jump -
It's a little bit too early for a Lyric of the Day recap and too soon for an album art post - but it is way overdue for a song list.
I haven't had time to sort through my emails in the last few weeks, so Fresh from the Post might have to wait a while. What I had time for though, was to browse through the Free Album download section on Amazon . I am admittedly, a sucker for free stuff. Of course, I know you guys are too because, what other reason would you be lurking on this site for, hmmm?
So, for all you freebie-aholics out there, right after the jump is a mid-week wrap up of some select songs from Amazon's 2010 Free Indie Label Samplers.
You can check out the full tracklisting for each album by heading over to the Amazon site via the album covers I've lined up here. You can also continue below to whet your ears to the select tunes. Sadly, if you go to Amazon they want to you to have a US address before you can give it a go and download, but that has never stopped me yet ;) Which reminds me, eMusic, I am still bitter that you won't let me download Rural Alberta Advantage's Hometowns. As a Canadian I think I have the right to do so. On that note, I think this would be more significantly ironic if I was a Canadian living in rural Alberta.
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