Throughout the 1990s Perry Farrell’s traveling Lollapalooza festival was a staple of the summer concert season bringing together an eclectic mix of acts from the worlds of alt.rock, metal, hip
Since being leaked onto the internet a few weeks back, MGMT’s sophomore effort Congratulations has caused quite a stir amongst the blogosphere – who have seemed to have fallen out
Once in a while a band comes along that so captures the attention of their contemporaries, that the covers just start flowing in. It used to be much more common to cover your peers, these days it’s a rarity. Somewhere along the way it got less cool to cover songs that were released in the past couple of years, but MGMT is one of the bands that seems to have avoided this.
For this week’s B List we assembled our favorite MGMT covers…
10) The Kooks – Kids:
English band The Kooks acoustically cover Kids live at Triple J Studios:
9) ALO – Time To Pretend
This ALO side project played under the name “Bag Of Tricks” for this gig on 10-29-2009 and featured three members: Zack Gill (Keyboards), Steve Adams (Bass), and Dave Brogan (Drums).
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/mgmtbot.mp3]READ ON for eight more artists covering MGMT well..
When uber-producer Rick Rubin first started working with Johnny Cash in the mid-’90s the country legend’s career was in a bit of a lull. The pair’s first album together, American
Over the last few years, bands like Animal Collective, MGMT and Amazing Baby have been combing the acid-drenched sounds of the 1960’s San Fran ballroom bands, and those of the
It’s hard to think about the holiday season when temperatures have been soaring above 90 degrees of late, but news surfaced last week that Bob Dylan had headed into the
This week we’ve got arguably the first love song that The Talking Heads ever recorded. This track was originally released on the 1983 album Speaking In Tongues. Click here to view the video of this song from Stop Making Sense.
Did you know that the studio recording of this tune had members of the band not playing their primary instruments? It was: Jerry Harrison (bass), Tina Weymouth (guitar), and David Byrne (keyboards).
The Contestants:
The Arcade Fire: Arcade Fire have the advantage of being the only band this week that has performed this song with David Byrne. That performance from New York City, was released on vinyl as the B-Side to the Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) single promoting the band’s 2004 album Funeral. Source: Neighborhood #3 Vinyl Single
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/arcadenaive.mp3]And some video of the band performing the song by themselves:
READ ON for the rest of this week’s Cover Wars contestants…
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