Category Archives: Voxtrot

Thank crunchie it’s Friday

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…does there have to be a reason? Just fancied posting some great covers, frankly.

New Age Steppers -‘Fade Away (Junior Byles cover).’ mp3

Schneider TM -‘The Light 3000 (The Smiths cover).’ mp3

Teenage Fanclub -‘Nothing To be Done (Pastels cover).’ mp3

X-Lion Tamer -‘Starsign (Teenage Fanclub cover).’ mp3

Biffy Clyro-‘Umbrella (Rihanna cover).’ mp3

Cud -‘You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate cover).’ mp3

Voxtrot -‘Love Vigilantes (New Order cover).’mp3

Kaiser Chiefs -‘Golden Skans (Klaxons cover).’ mp3

The Streets -‘Your Song (Elton John cover).’ mp3

My Bloody Valentine -‘We Have All The Time In the World (Louis Armstrong cover).’ mp3

Enjoy!

x

Love Vigilantes Part 2 and Such Great heights

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This post is due thanks to one of my readers Adam, who had promised to send me some covers in response to the one I had put up of ‘Love Vigilantes’ being done by Laura Cantrell. So…

first up, Voxtrot and Hungry Lucy’s very different takes on ‘the aforementioned ‘Love Vigilantes’:

Voxtrot -‘Love Vigilantes.’ mp3

Hungry Lucy -‘Love Vigilantes.’ mp3

He also sent me Jenny Lewis doing a live version of the Postal Service’s ‘Such Great Heights’, so I will post that, and just in case no-one has heard it, Iron and Wine’s take on the same song:

Jenny Lewis -‘Such Great Heights.’ mp3

Iron and Wine -‘Such Great Heights.’ mp3

Hope everyone’s having a good weekend. Went to see Future Of the Left in Glasgow at the Captain’s Rest on Friday night, which was very good, so a review will be here shortly.

Some Covers For Saturday Part V

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It has been a while since I posted any covers here, but I’ve always enjoyed posti ng weird and wonderful covers…so why not?

BTW, very pleased to see just how many hits this blog is getting. Don’t forget to tell your friends and help me keep the traffic up.

Dump -‘Raspberry Beret.’ mp3 (Prince cover)

Xiu Xiu -”Ceremony (New Order cover).’ mp3

Wilco -‘Something In The air (Thunderclap Newman cover).’ mp3

Voxtrot -‘Love Vigilantes (New Order cover).’ mp3

Thin Lizzy -‘Whisky In The Jar (Irish Folk song).’ mp3

Polyphonic Spree -‘Wig In A Box (From Hedwig and the Angry Inch.’ mp3

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy -‘Puff the Magic Dragon (Peter, Paul and Mary cover).’ mp3

LCD Soundsystem -‘No Love Lost (Joy Division cover).’ mp3

Low -‘Nowhere man (The beatles cover.’ mp3

Canasta -‘The model (Kraftwerk cover).’ mp3

Some Covers For Friday Part IV

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It’s Friday! How about some covers then?

Iron and wine -‘Such Great Heights (Postal Service cover).’ mp3

Astrid Swan -‘When You Were Young (Killers cover).’ mp3

Voxtrot -‘Love Vigilantes (New Order cover).’ mp3

Wilco -‘Something In The Air (Thunderclap Newman cover).’ mp3

Paul Weller -‘Sexy Sadie (Beatles cover).’mp3

Jose Gonzalez -‘Hand On your Heart (Kylie Minogue cover).’ mp3

Postal Service -‘Grow Old with Me (John Lennon cover).’ mp3

Cold War Kids -‘Indoor Fireworks (Elvis Costello cover).’ mp3

Arcade Fire -‘Guns Of Brixton (Clash cover).’ mp3

Swimmer One -‘Cloudbusting (Kate Bush cover).’ mp3

as always, if you like what you hear, support the artists involved, and don’t forget to check out the original artists too.

Some covers for Sunday

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Alright, so not particularly Sunday related, but a few more covers that I thought I would share with you:

I know I posted an Arcade Fire track yesterday, but I do like this cover of the Talking Heads song from 1983.

Arcade Fire ‘Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place)(Talking Heads cover).’ mp3

Having posted a Jose Gonzalez song yesterday, I was reminded by Elizabeth over at The Roaring Machine about this track. And…Why not?

Jose Gonzalez -‘Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division cover).’ mp3

Driving back from the Glasgow gig last night with the soon to be Mrs. 17 Seconds, and two friends, (see below) one of them, Gordon, said that as an old raver he couldn’t get into The Klaxons. I’m really hoping this will change his mind.

The Klaxons -‘Not Over Yet (Grace cover).’ mp3

I like the Voxtrot bits I have heard so far, but I haven’t heard a huge amount. I like this New Order cover…

Voxtrot -‘Love Vigilantes (New Order cover).’ mp3

I do love Bond films. Octopussy has not dated particularly well, but I do think the title song is underrated (and I would much rather Rita Coolidge singing this, than say Sheena Easton doing ‘For Your Eyes Only’ or Gladys Knight’s Licence To Kill). Here Jarvis and co. work their usual magic.

Pulp -‘All Time High (Rita Coolidge cover).’ mp3

Considering how much of an influence they have been on me, I don’t know why I haven’t posted more Siousxie and the Banshees here. But whatever…here one Britain’s first lady of alternative music and her merry men take on the Beatles.

Siouxsie and the Banshees -‘Helter Skelter (Beatles cover).’ mp3

Hope you’re all having a nice weekend, wherever you may be.If you like these tracks, they will, as ever, only be up for one week only. Remember to support the artists, whether by going to Amazon or iTunes or wherever.

Be good xx

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