It’s here. At long last we launched Hidden Track’s very own Twitter account, cleverly named @Hidden_Track so now we can share our thoughts, links and pics with you, all in
Last week, we kicked off the beginning of Cover Wars March Madness by announcing our first ever “play-in” game. We took ten covers that had not previously participated in a Cover Wars and let the readers select up to three for automatic entry into this year’s tournament.
The winners of the play-in round are:
1) Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney) as performed by Perpetual Groove
2) Across 110th Street (Bobby Womack) as performed by My Morning Jacket
3) FM (Steely Dan) as performed by 2D (Gorillaz) featuring Nathain Haines
The other 29 entries already gained entry into the tournament the conventional way – by winning a Cover Wars in the past year. Now that we’ve got our 32 covers selected, let’s take a look at the matchups…
Matchup #1 (Bob Dylan Covers):
The Black Crowes – Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
In addition to performing the song live, The Black Crowes also contributed a studio take to this 1995 disc for NORML that also includes Gov’t Mule performing Don’t Step On The Grass, Sam, and Widespread Panic’s studio take of And It Stoned Me, amongst other tracks. Source: Hempilation: Freedom is NORML
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The Black Keys – Wicked Messenger
There are some real gems from the 2007 I’m Not There soundtrack and this is one of them. Previously on Cover Wars, Stephen Malkmus and the Million Dollar Bashers contributed a cover from the same release for Ballad Of A Thin Man. Source: I’m Not There (Music From The Motion Picture)
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READ ON to vote in the remaining seven matchups for the the first half of Cover Wars March Madness Round 1…
Charles Barkley acts about as well as Lorne Michaels dunks so this week’s Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:30PM) should have plenty of cringe-worthy moments. But musically, the show should fare
Believe it or not today marks three years for Hidden Track. Back on October 16, 2006, Ace Cowboy kicked off the HT era by answering a batch of frequently asked
Considering all of the Hidden Track staff put our blood, sweat and tears into this site for little reward it’s very nice to get some recognition. This little blog that could, has been named one of the finalists for the 2008 Weblog Awards’ Music Blog category. We’re up against the biggest names in the biz, most of which are run by full-time paid staffs including Stereogum, Idolator, I Guess I’m Floating, Electroqueer and My Mood Is Music.
If you appreciate what we do here – or just like to root for the underdog – please head over to the voting page and cast your one-click vote for Hidden Track as Best Music Blog. You can place a vote once every 24 hours so keep going back to vote everyday until January 13. We’re very lucky to have a loyal audience and we’d love if you guys can vote for HT.
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