The recently cover-happy buzz band The Suzan continue tackling songs you’d think would be outside of their comfort zone with Telex’s “Discow Moscow.” OK, so that’s the lead and the technical news here, but honestly I’m more thrilled The Suzan did this because I had no idea who Telex were or what the heck “Discow…
On an album loaded with downtrodden songs filtered through Autotune and Austin Powers references, “Paranoid” stood out instantly as something special, cultural boogeyman Kanye West making an absolutely stunning synth-pop song with a little help from Mr. Hudson come chorus time. On 808s And Heartbreak it kicked off the album’s strongest run, leading into the…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8uBPG-f1MQ”] AMWE gives us an updated take on Blur’s “Girls And Boys” by going back to 1985. Her version of the classic swamps the track in synths and makes it a whole lot busier if ya know what I mean. Below is the original. [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATWnH-yb6-o”]
Listen to this Japanese band I’ve never heard of do a pretty strong cover of one of The Beatles’ trippiest tracks. It’s not nearly as mind-bending, but still pretty solid. Listen here, it’s the only track.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BYGAxFgs-Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&] “Ring A Ding Dong” only continues to improve with age, and now it gets the added boost of having a really adorable cover version on YouTube. Two young kids sing along to Kaela Kimura’s latest chart topper and it’s stupid cute. They even try to do her weird dance! Heartwarming! Just don’t activate the…