We’re approximately four Tuesdays away from the release of one our most anticipated LPs of 2011, My Morning Jacket’s sixth studio album Circuital. The band, who have been hyping up
If you can’t make it out to Indio for this weekend’s Coachella Festival, you can still follow the action through a webcast on YouTube. The first big festival of the
It has been seven years since The Postal Service released Give Up and I still listen to it at least once a month. The obvious choice for a Cover Wars would have been Such Great Heights with the likes of Iron & Wine and Ben Folds likely to battle it out for the win, but when I sat down to write it, I figured I’d pick a different tune on the record so we could delve a bit more into obscurity. What follows is an interesting collection where the professionally recorded takes are not necessarily superior to the do-it-yourself YouTube sensations. Have a listen below to six different covers of the opening track to what will hopefully not be the only ever LP from The Postal Service.
The Contestants:
English singer Frank Turner leads us off this week with a solo acoustic version available on his release Source: First Three Years.
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/frankdistrict.mp3]Turner performing a live version:
READ ON for the scoop on the rest of this week’s contestants…
Brothers Brando and Dusty Rich started CashOrTrade.org last year to offer Phish fans a free place to buy, sell or trade tickets with like-minded fans. Since the site’s inception in
This rock epic was originally released in 1975 on the Queen Album A Night At The Opera. According to allmusic.com, the album was the most expensive rock record ever made at the time. They also have this to say…
The first single from the record, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” became Queen’s signature song, and with its bombastic, mock-operatic structure punctuated by heavy metal riffing, it encapsulates their music. It also is the symbol for their musical excesses — the song took three weeks to record, and there were so many vocal overdubs on the record that it was possible see through the tape at certain points. To support “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Queen shot one of the first conceptual music videos, and the gamble paid off as the single spent nine weeks at number one in the England, breaking the record for the longest run at number one.
The Contestants:
California Guitar Trio: Leading off this week is our only instrumental rendition. Bohemian Rhapsody is a very popular cover and there were many other instrumental versions out there, but of the few I listened to – this one is the best. Source: Echoes
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/cgtriobohemian.mp3]Some video of California Guitar Trio:
READ ON for the scoop on the rest of this week’s contestants…
Now that concertgoers who attended Phish’s Festival 8 in Indio this past weekend are home, a slew of amazing clips have been uploaded to the major video sites. Head over to YEMblog for a complete accounting of the better Festival 8 videos, but we just had to share a few more clips of the sign language interpreter we told you about on Sunday, a “Team Hood” vid and a few epic playlists of the Exile On Main Street set and the Acoustic set.
Sign Language Interpreter Rocks out to Bathtub Gin:
Phish @ Festival 8 Acoustic Set Playlist:
READ ON for the Exile playlist, more sign language clips and a purported Team Hood shot video of Torn and Frayed…
Phish completed a splendid two-night stand at The Gorge last night by treating fans to a high-energy show that featured the debut performance of Middle of the Road from Kottke/Gordon’s
After scoring one of the biggest viral video hits of all-time with Dick In A Box in 2006, Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg didn’t let us down when they teamed up again last night for another Saturday Night Live Digital Short…
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How long until the first movie featuring these characters comes out?
