[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbPvGXJOw0I&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Sometimes an idea comes along that’s so perfect from the get-go thinking it over seems ridiculous. Just do it, if I can get my Nike on for a sec. Taking hyper-catchy trio Perfume…who routinely deliver amazing choruses…and letting them cover The Cardigan’s “Lovefool”…which boasts one of the all-time catchiest choruses…falls into one of those…
I’ve reached the point in my life where I just completely ignore MySpace music page descriptions. They long ago became joke fodder, lo-fi bands across the world labeling themselves as “traditional Chinese pop” or “crunk” to get a cheap laugh. Seeing that Bedroom Tourist fancies himself as “gothic,” I assumed similar yuck-seeking action from the…
Nestled between some awkward electro-dance covers of “Sweet Child Of Mine” and “Walk This Way” (with a passing take on KT Tunstall) lies one of the most subversive cover songs I’ve heard from any artist this year. I’m thinking it’s totally unintentional: the it-always-has-to-be-this-way-doesn’t-it, boy-producing-girl-singing duo Sweet Vacation sing Ne-Yo’s “Because Of You” in a…
Ahh, the lights are up, the trees are out and rapid material consumption is in the air. You know what that means…time for big celebrity-group songs. A group apparently dubbed the “anime all-star singers” have released a cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” It’s for a good cause (though I don’t know what said cause is)…