the velveteen: 01/11

1.31.2011

COVER LOVER

It's always been a pleasure of mine to bring covers worth love to your ears, as much as possible. This one comes to you from art rock Brit band Everything Everything, covering something not so up their alley. Enjoy-

everything everything / what's my name? (rihanna featuring drake cover)
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1.30.2011

SOLDIER ON

It's never not worth repeating myself when I say how talented and awesome The Temper Trap is. Conditions was easily my favorite album of 2010 and this song in particular has recently been on my most played list. It still gives me the chills, every. single. time. (especially the intro). It's also good background music when your apartment is a disaster and needs to be aggressively tidied up. Dishes, laundry, sweeping, folding, shpritzing. Soldier on I say to you, weekend warrior.

the temper trap / soldier on
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1.29.2011

JUST SAYIN

Beauty and Essex was a bust, but the DJ was most definitely not. Try this song- it's always fresh, and pretty much amazing. Reeeeeeeeeemiiiiiiiiiiiix.

bottin / eagle
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1.23.2011

IT'S NOT OFTEN EASY, TOO NOT OFTEN KIND

I heard this song on a dirty old repeat episode of Real Sex. It should be on every playlist, on every iPod, on every mix, in every car, in every train station, subway platform, speaker, headphone, and hum, all over the world. And I think Earth would be a better place.

the lovin' spoonful / did you ever have to make up your mind?
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN SAVE YOU FROM

Let this song flow it's pretty amazing...from start to finish. It's that sleeper track on your iPod, you didn't know it was there...and when you hear it, you aren't sure if you're on a cliff in Ibiza, a waterfall in Bali, or your living room in Murray Hill.

kings of convenience / i don't know what i can save you from (royksopp remix)

ANYONE WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?

Ya? Cool. Damn this feels good. Every word, every letter, every character, typing not so much, I'd prefer handwritten but thus is the nature of a blog, right? I'll share a few tracks that have been playin repeat on my end. I heard this cover in Los Angeles and it's a Leona Lewis original, re recorded by a German pop band who call themselves The Baseballs.

the baseballs / bleeding love
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1.10.2011

NO BIG DEAL

It's 2011 and I'm back with lots of love and OLD music. I can't stop. Oldies, motown, classic rock, duh duh disco. I've ditched my crazy ways and downloaded over 200 songs from the 60's 70's and 80's. Here's a sampling of some favorites so far...