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Tour Dates: Passion Pit Step It Up

In our continuing effort to keep tabs on the coming and goings of past Blips artists, we’re pleased to see Boston electro-rockers Passion Pit – who are currently in the

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CW: You Can’t Always Get What You Want

You Can’t Always Get What You Want is the closing track on the 1969 Rolling Stones album Let It Bleed. Regular readers may remember we did our first Stones song edition of Cover Wars two months ago when we took a look at covers of Can’t You Hear Me Knocking.

There are some very interesting quotes regarding the drumming on this track included in the book According to the Rolling Stones, you can see the page in question over at Google Books (what an amazing resource).

Cover Wars

THE CONTESTANTS:

Aretha Franklin: This cover comes off a 1981 Aretha Franklin album that universally gets bad to lukewarm reviews. The arrangement is very 80’s. Still, it’s worth a couple minutes to hear the Queen Of Soul sing lead on this tune. Source: Love All The Hurt Away

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READ ON to hear the rest of this week’s Cover Wars contestants…

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Rusted Root (Michael Glabicki Interview)

It’s been nearly ten years since Rusted Root came onto the scene with their breakthrough, multi-platinum album When I Woke. Over the past decade, the Pittsburgh based sextet has carved out a unique sound combining soulful percussion based jams with powerful vocals and complex arrangements. Glide Magazine recently had a chance to talk to Michael Glabicki, the lead vocalist and co-founder of Rusted Root.

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