By Jennifer Marston on March 8, 2010
We knew that when Peter Gabriel’s covers album, Scratch My Back, was released, an eventual follow-up was planned. When I’ll Scratch Yours eventually sees the light of day, it’ll feature the artists covered on the original release, each taking a stab at Gabriel’s own material.
And the first sounds of that project are in. Jagjaguar just announced the release of a Bon Iver/Gabriel split 7″, which will include the latter’s cover of “Flume” (off Scratch My Back) and Justin Vernon’s take of “Come Talk to Me.”
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Posted in News | Tagged Bon Iver, Jagjaguwar, Peter Gabriel
By William Cody Humston on February 18, 2010
There is a certain heir of novelty attached to any covers project—be it Johnny Cash’s American series or anything record by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. The idea is to offer up a little something for everybody, to satisfy the diehard fans and rope in some new ones. While this concept is best used for Kidz Bop compilations, when an artist as internationally adored as Peter Gabriel announces an album of symphonic reinterpretations of popular recordings, he is owed the benefit of the doubt.
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Posted in Reviews | Tagged Bon Iver, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Radiohead, Regina Spektor, The Talking Heads
By Jennifer Marston on February 10, 2010
“Re: Stacks” probably ranks as one of the most melancholy songs off Bon Iver‘s For Emma, Forever Ago. It’s not necessarily the sort of track one would automatically flag as dance remix material, but Danish producer Tomas Barford—a.k.a. Tomboy—has gone and turned the song into a lengthy and hypnotic house track, and the end result is quite pleasant.
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Posted in MP3s and Streams | Tagged Bon Iver, Tomboy
By William Cody Humston on December 15, 2009
Glaringly obvious oversights aplenty, P4K’s “Top 100 Tracks of 2009” is, if nothing else, predictable. The list features multiple entries from many of this year’s love ‘em or hate ‘em indie acts (e.g. Animal Collective, Phoenix, Dirty Projectors, Girls) while striking the usual balance with guilty-pleasure pop and mainstream hip-hop. Grain of salt recommended.
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Posted in News | Tagged Animal Collective, Bon Iver, Dirty Projectors, Fever Ray, Girls, Kurt Vile, Phoenix
By Jennifer Marston on October 30, 2009
Peter Gabriel is set to return with his first album in seven years, and while the tracklisting for Scratch My Back (below) indicates this will be a covers record (of sorts), Gabriel’s camp is quick to point out that the album is no mere collection of other artists’ songs.
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Posted in News | Tagged Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Radiohead
