Xiu Xiu covering Rihanna? Is this twisted dream of mine finally coming to fruition? Why Yes, Yes it is. Jaime Stewart and company takes on RiRi’s hit from last year and twists it into a discordant jam with some beefed up strings and a strange Ting Tings sample. The cover is a b-side to “Daphny”, which is about a friend of the band who was brutally raped after being nabbed on shoplifting charge.
The 7″ will be available on September 6th on Polyvinyl and is available for pre-order now.
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Hey Revolutionaries! I just found ou some interesting news, Mates Of State is releasing a mixtape of covers titled “Crushes” sometime in the summer. according to the MOS site:
This is our first full length recorded and produced by ourselves, and our longtime collaborator Peter Katis (The National, Swell Season, Interpol, etc.) mixed the record. We’ve been talking about doing a covers record for a long time. We’d hear a great song at 2 AM while driving the straight line from one part of Texas to the next, and all we’d want to do is play that song as if we had written it.
1 Laura (Girls)
2 Son Et Lumiere (The Mars Volta)
3 Sleep The Clock Around (Belle & Sebastian)
4 Technicolor Girls (Death Cab For Cutie)
5 Long Way Home (Tom Waits)
6 Love Letter (Nick Cave)
7 Second Hand News (Fleetwood Mac)
8 17 Pink Sugar Elephants (Vashti Bunyan)
9 Roller Coaster Ride (Dear Nora)
10 True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston)
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Hey Revolutionaries! My Favorite bear band Pattern Is Movement has a new single out and is going on tour to support their new EP which is a tour only exclusive! Check out the tour dates below for an mp3 of their cover of “Crazy In Love” and head to Sterogum to download the new track.
Pattern in movement:
02/23 – Washington DC @ DC9
02/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kungfu Necktie
02/25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall
02/26 – Boston, MA @ Middle East
02/27 – Hamden, CT @ The Space
02/28 – Buffalo, NY @ Big Orbit Soundlab
03/01 – Toronto, ON @ The Drake
03/02 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
03/03 – Bloomington, IN @ Bishop
03/04 – St. Louis, MO @ Billiken Club @ St. Louis University
03/05 – Milwaukee, WI @ Club Garibaldi
03/06 – Depere, WI @ Baba Louies
03/07 – Madison, WI @ The Frequency
03/09 – Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
03/10 – Dekalb, IL @ The House Cafe
03/12 – Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
03/13 – Columbia, MO @ The Blue Fugue
03/17-20 – Austin, TX (SXSW)
03/21 – Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box
03/23 – Columbia, SC @ The Whig
03/25 – Charlottesville, VA @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
“Crazy In Love” from The Daytrotter Sessions
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