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 Features | Tagged Bon Iver, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Radiohead, Regina Spektor, The Talking Heads
By Jennifer Marston on February 8, 2010
Releasing music is a tricky business these days. A task even more demanding is keeping track of the abundance of albums, compilations, singles, and EPs that drop each month, not to mention digital-versus-physical release times, overseas dates, and the occasional artist name change.
Because we know you’re busy, each Monday we throw the coffee on and pack the new week’s most anticipated releases into one easily digestible list.
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Posted in News | Tagged Best Coast, David Bowie, Ethan Rose, Galactic, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Hot Chip, Hunx and His Punx, Laura Gibson, Massive Attack, Pantha du Prince, the watson twins, Yeasayer
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
