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May 07, 2009
"War Child: Heroes"
One of my recent obsessions has been tracking down interesting cover versions of songs for this gigantic covers playlist I keep on my iPod. In fact, last weekend I spun a 2-hour set comprised solely of covers. Imagine my delight, then, to stumble across the new compilation War Child: Heroes, in which 16 "legends" of music ask so-called "up and comers" to cover key tracks from their catalogs: so you get Scissor Sisters covering Roxy Music, Beck covering Bob Dylan, Peaches covering Iggy Pop, Franz Ferdinand covering Blondie, Elbow covering U2, etc. When it works, the results are outstanding. And hey, it's one of those "for a good cause" records, too, so please to be checking it out.
Duffy - Live And Let Die
TV On The Radio - Heroes
Recently on Comfort Radio:
The Penetrators - Checkpoint ECHO
Bomb The Bass - So Special (Specialized by Michael Fakesch)
Breakbeat Era - Max
Posted by Scotto at May 7, 2009 09:51 AM
Comments
The other interesting thing about "War Heroes" is the fact that all the original artists chose which artists would cover their works.
Have you also checked out "Dark was the Night"? It's a 2-disc compilation of awesome indie music put together by the guys from "The National", and features such artists as Bon Iver, Yeasayer, The Decemberists, Conor Oberst, Cat Power, Andrew Bird, etc...the proceeds also go towards AIDS research, as if the music alone wasn't awesome enough! :3
Posted by: Ipequey at May 8, 2009 10:23 AM