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Join NOW!Yo La Tengo is releasing another series of totally destroyed versions of covers from their annual performances at WFMU’s fundraiser. The compilation, Murder in the Second Degree, is a follow-up to the band’s 2006 release Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics, and like its predecessor the liner notes are vague, replaced by a promise that “there are endless ways to […]
...moreMOJO is once again paying Bob Dylan tribute in its next issue, this time in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Blonde on Blonde, and they’ve put together an album to commemorate the occasion. Titled Blonde on Blonde Revisited, the album is a compilation of covers by contemporary artists such as Kevin Morby, Marissa Nadler, Jim O’Rourke, Phosphorescent, Night Beats, and Steve Gunn. Pitchfork has […]
...moreThe album You and I comes out today via Sony, a collection of demos, mostly covers, recorded by Jeff Buckley in 1993. Some preliminary reviews argue the continued stream of posthumous releases is an important part of understanding the artist’s official work, while others contend that “the recordings…reveal a few Buckley’s—brace yourselves—flaws” without adding to his oeuvre. Whatever you think about the album, the Guardian took its release […]
...moreThe benefit, held at Music Hall of Williamsburg, also featured Kevin Morby and Mutual Benefit, Stereogum reports. Watch the video of Mac DeMarco playing Joel’s “Just the Way You Are” after the jump.
...moreDuring his takeover of The Talkhouse’s Instagram, Andrew W.K. took requests from fans for Valentine’s Day cover songs: Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” Meat Loaf’s “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That),” Cheap Trick’s “World’s Greatest Lover,” Alice Cooper’s “Only Women Bleed,” and The Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody” all made […]
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Writer, designer, and thinker Peter Mendelsund talks about book design, the tangled process of reading and perception, and his two new books, Cover and What We See When We Read.
...moreWhat does a memoir that documents the painful loss of a family member and J. Crew’s summer catalog have in common? Nothing, which is why memoirist Robin Romm wrote this piece in Slate about their eerily similar aesthetic. The popsicle on the cover of her book was a symbol of her mother’s declining health from […]
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