Yup, that really is in the lyrics.
By now, you really should have heard the excellent ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ as performed by Gotye featuring Kimbra. It has been a worldwide hit, proving that being successful does not always mean that something is rubbish. And do we reckon that the video is NSFW or not?
This rather fine remix dropped into my inbox today from Brian Matrix. It won’t be everyone’s cup of tea – but I’m really liking it.
See what YOU think…
Yet again, I’m hearing lots of new stuff and hardly having time to write about it all.
So here’s a things that have taken my fancy that I have heard recently.
First up, Azealia Banks continues to surprise and delight. Having hosted her free single recently, I was impressed to see that a huge number of people had downloaded it.
This is her latest track ‘NEEDSUMLOV’ which bears little or no ressemblance to ‘212.’ At this stage of her career, that’s probably a good thing. She’s getting a lot of coverage in the UK at the moment, to the extent that she’s moved here. Check her Soundcloud for more
NEEDSUMLUV (SXLND) by Azealia Banks
Not content with putting out Howler’s debut album, Rough Trade have picked up Alabama Shakes and will release their debut album on April 9, Entitled Boys & Girls. The band are vocalist/guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, drummer Steve Johnson and bassist Zac Cockrell, and count Jack White among their growing band of admirers. Stream ‘Hold On’ below…
This is a Dubstep remix of The Beatles’ ‘A Day In the Life.’ To some this will be little short of Blasphemy. It’s my favourite Beatles’ track and I love what’s been done here by Voodoo Farm.
The Beatles – A Day In The Life (VOODOO FARM DUBSTEP REMIX) by VOODOO FARM
Finally, this track by Gotye has only just come out in the UK – but I’m making up for lost time:
Just what it says on the tin, folks. The plan is to get into doing these on a more regular basis, so I’m going to kick off with these:
Jesus and Mary Chain -‘Vegetable Man (Syd Barrett cover).’ mp3
Pop Will Eat Itself -‘Games Without Frontiers (Peter Gabriel cover).’ mp3
Motorcycle Boy -‘His Latest Flame (Elvis cover).’ mp3
Ash -‘Does Your mother Know? (Abba cover).’ mp3
Buffalo Tom -‘Going Underground (The Jam cover).’ mp3
Now, these aren’t mp3s but I thought they might appeal…
Back in 1993, Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream was my favourite album of the year. The Big Pink recorded a version of it for the BBC just before Christmas which you can stream here:
The Big Pink – Mayonaise (The Smashing Pumpkins Cover) by ErnestimesBlog
I have been slowly won round to Lana Del Rey. Not because of the fact that I had a problem with the way that she looks, but more to do with the excessive hype, and yet ‘Video Games’ and other tracks have won me round. This is a version by a band called Silver Swans, who do an excellent take on it.
Over the last few days, I have become increasingly obsessed with Belgian-Australian artist Gotye (pronounced like Gautier) whose track ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ looks like it might be a huge hit. I hope so. This is a version by a band called Walk Off The Earth.
Walk off the Earth – Somebody that i used to know (Gotye Cover) by Arygo
There’s numerous covers of songs by Frightened Rabbit around, but this is a version of a Frabbits song, as perfomred by John Stotz. The song is originally from their second album The Midnight Organ Fight.
Another track from my inbox, this is a Steely Dan song, performed by The Darcys: