Archive for November 13th, 2009
Single Minded: Snoop Covers Jay-Z, Devendra Remixes Phoenix
November 13th, 2009
Photo: Boyd/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty
Snoop Dogg feat. Alicia Keys, “Snoop State of Mind” [Jay-Z Cover/Rework]
If someone had suggested, 15 or so years ago, the possibility of Snoop singing a song extolling the virtues of the East Coast, that individual would have been either ridiculed or pummeled. It would be like suggesting the possibility of ODB recording an anti-drug PSA.
ODB, “Say No” [Unreleased]
Oh, snap.
JJ, “Baby” [Lorentz & M. Sakarias Cover]
What happens when an ethereal Swedish pop band ...
Beck’s Record Club Tackles Skip Spence’s “Oar” with Wilco, Feist
November 13th, 2009
For the third album covered in its entirety by Beck’s Record Club, the Modern Guilt rocker recruited Wilco, Feist and Jamie Liddell to perform Skip Spence’s 1969 offbeat folk-rock album Oar. Beck’s Record Club, “an informal meeting of various musicians to record an album in a day,” laid down Oar back in June, when Wilco was in Los Angeles in support of Wilco (The Album). “They came by after a long day filming a TV ...
News Ticker: Lil Wayne, Janet Jackson, Sting and Pixies
November 13th, 2009
The official cover for Lil Wayne’s Rebirth was revealed yesterday, indicating the oft-delayed rap-rock album might actually stick to its December 15th due date. Disappointingly, the image isn’t new to fans — a similar shot of Weezy, guitar in hand sitting on the same couch, originally appeared as the potential Rebirth cover this summer before the album was delayed. The above image was also used for Wayne’s “Hot Revolver” digital single.
In celebration of her upcoming ...