Last week, we reported on the funky limited edition Pollock and LEBO prints that HeadCount commissioned. Well, they upped the ante once again by launching their brand-spanking-new “Pledge to Vote”
Whether it’s performing in a moo moo, making a grand entrance in a giant joint, or covering Snoop Dogg tunes, jam bands have never shied away from getting their dork on. Well, the newest generation of jammers have added a new element of dorking out to the repertoire – the video game cover. For this edition of Bust Outs, we’re taking a trip down memory lane as we present a handful of playful renderings from our favorite video game theme songs of yesteryear.
Ulu – Super Mario Brothers Theme
The list obviously starts with Ulu and their Internet mega-hit rendition of the Super Mario Brothers theme. Back in Napster’s prime, this remarkably true-to-form homage to both levels 1-1 and 1-2 conquered the world and made Ulu a household name – well, depending on whose households you frequent I suppose. The segment where Mario hops off the flagpole and descends down the green tube represents the musical highlight. When that gnarling bass line kicks it, you know it’s time to look out for those irritable Spinys. Ulu was the first band I know of to cover a video game track and for my money, nobody has yet to do it better. There’s no doubt in my mind that the Ulu boys know to jump into that warp zone all the way to level nine when this song comes to close. READ ON for more…
After an incredibly long hiatus, Australia’s AC/DC plans to return to the road later this year to support their first new album, tentatively titled Black Ice. The new release, AC/DC’s
Prog-rock innovators Rush, who haven’t performed on US Television since 1975, will appear on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report tomorrow night at 11:30 PM [EDT]. Here’s a shocker: according to
Last week’s She Said She Said voting reassures something I’ve always known to be true – Gov’t Mule destroys covers. So Mule takes home their first CW trophy and one note about last week: Audio has since surfaced of Mike Gordon’s band performing the song (previously we only had a YouTube) and has been added to the playlist.
Moving on to the new stuff…known for its sexual innuendos and bangin’ horn lines, Sledgehammer is Peter Gabriel’s only #1 hit to date here in the USA. This song comes to us off the 1986 release So.
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READ ON after the jump to see some video of our seven contenders this week and to place your vote for the most deserving band of this Cover Wars title…
Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Neil Young will once again bring Farm Aid to the Northeast this September. Farm Aid’s 2008 concert will take place at the Comcast
IFC’s Dinner for Five was one of the better shows about Da Bidness in the early ’00s. Centered on the simple concept of five indie film artists (and, sometimes, old movie vets) sitting around a restaurant table, eating dinner, sipping cocktails and talking shop, the show excelled at heady information, frank dialogue, huge cigars and lots of fancy grub. All of it was caretakered by the charismatic but unobtrusive presence of Jon Favreau.
Well, Favreau can’t exactly call himself an indie outsider anymore after the summer success of Iron Man. Coming on the heels of his holiday blockbuster, Elf, a few years back, it looks like the actor/writer/director/cable T.V. dinner host has a franchise product for the ages. And that’s such a refreshing thing to say about someone like Favreau who wrote and/or directed small gems like Made, and Swingers, before conquering the industry in his own inimitable fashion. Let’s hope he doesn’t become like Sam “Evil Dead” Raimi or Christopher “Memento” Nolan who are still doing excellent work with their respective Spider-Man and Batman franchises, but seem to have lost some of that original storytelling flair that paved the way for those epic cash cow adventures. These films are, after all, based upon pretty fucking…ahem…ironclad and ancient comics that were spun from the colorful pens of their Geek Elders many moons ago. READ ON for more…
Grunge pioneers Green River gave the adoring crowd exactly what they were looking for last night at the Sub Pop 20th Anniversary Party at Seattle’s Marymoor Park. The reunited sextet
If Hidden Track is just one of many music blogs you read than you’ve probably seen a bunch of bloggers listing their favorite albums from each year they were alive. Before the weekend started, we asked a number of our contributors and JRoxx of Runaway Dinosaur to come up with lists of their own to share.
Everyone we asked to make this list came back and told us how much fun they had putting it together. To join in the fun just leave your list as a comment on the bottom of this post. If you need help determining what album came from what year you can use Wikipedia’s list of album releases or Robert Christgau’s Pazz and Jop rundowns. Here’s what we came up with…
Scotty’s List:
1977 – Steely Dan – Aja
1978 – Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
1979 – Frank Zappa – Joe’s Garage
1980 – Talking Heads – Remain In Light
1981 – The Police – Ghost In The Machine
1982 – Michael Jackson – Thriller
1983 – The Police – Synchronicity
1984 – Van Halen – 1984
1985 – Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
1986 – Paul Simon – Graceland
1987 – Guns N Roses – Appetite for Destruction
1988 – R.E.M. – Green
1989 – Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
1990 – Depeche Mode – Violator
1991 – Pearl Jam – Ten
READ ON for six lists full of incredible albums from each year…
For this mid summer Stormy Monday we have a roots reggae mix, just right for these steamy days. First up is a show opening pair from Peter Tosh in the
