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The Final Hit

Just an answer

 You will know when you´re lost

White or black, good or bad

I´m sure you will choose wrong.

 

When you are at the bottom

You begin to rise up

You thought you were there

But then you find a much deeper hole.

 

No one will help this time, you are alone again.

 

Just wait for it

Is closer than you think

We hope you´re strong enough to resist the final hit.

 

We hope you can survive, we know you´ll give your best

We  are sure you will rise up and never fall again.

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The Mars Volta announces the release of their sixth album Noctourniquet !

I will hit the stores this March 27th 



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Noctourniquet Tracklist:
01. The Whip Hand
02. Aegis
03. Dyslexicion
04. Empty Vessels Make the Loudest Sound
05. The Malkin Jewel
06. Lapochka
07. In Absentia
08. Imago
09. Molochwalker
10. Trinkets Pale of Moon
11. Vedamalady
12. Noctourniquet
13. Zed and Two Naughts


I CANNOT WAIT!

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Levis Pioneer Sessions [MUSIC]

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So this is not new...But still relatively recent. Felt like this post warranted a disclaimer of some sort. As I weave my way through an internet that seems to be completely on strike today, LEVI's Pioneer Sessions surfaced, with covers by The Kills, She & Him, Passion Pit and The Shins. Not a bad selection for a day where the act of viewing a webpage requires extensive use of the 'cache' feature.

 

The Kills try out the Velevt Underground classic 'Pale Blue Eyes', while She & Him continue in their classical footsteps with old-timey 60's favorite 'Fools Rush In' done by Elvis, Frank Sinatra and many others. Passion Pit creatively reinvents Smashing Pumpkins' 1995  jam 'Tonight, Tonight'. Last but not least, The Shins create a jaunty tune out of 'Goodbye Girl' originally done by Squeeze.

 

If you've heard these--apologies--if not, enjoy!

 

DOWNLOAD:

 

The Kills - Pale Blue Eyes (The Velvet Underground Cover)

She & Him - Fools Rush In (Frank Sinatra Cover)

Passion Pit - Tonigh, Tonight (Smashing Pumpkins Cover)

The Shins - Goodbye Girl (Squeeze Cover)

 

BONUS:

 

The Shins - Dubble Bubble

 

 

no one likes dubble dubble gum...bazooka is where it's at.

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Weezer - Paranoid Android [MUSIC]

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I stumbled across this cover of Radiohead's  'Paranoid Android' by Weezer and I just had to share. Not a huge fan of Weezer, with the exception of a few songs that simply require going nuts when heard (ie. Say It Ain't So). Although the quality could use a tune-up its at least not a microphone held up to a tape player. That'd be ridic.

 

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Weezer - Paranoid Android (Radiohead Cover)

 

 

if youre wondering if i want you to [listen], i want you to...

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Cover Me, I'm Going In [MUSIC]

 

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The other day was quite a gloom n' doom sort of day here in the Big Apple. Nothing juicy and red about it at all.  So here is a list of cover songs by some known, and some not-so-well-known players on the music circuit these days. They all seemed to compliment the mood of the day exceptionally well.
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Ruthie & Zach from Mount Weak deliver a haunting, simple, stripped down version of the upbeat, funky jam 'Heartbeats'. Complete with acoustic guitars, echoing vocals and other ethereal noises, this one packs more emotional content into the song than I previously thought possible.

Mount Weak - Heartbeats (The Knife Cover)


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Illinois-based singer/songwriter and beard afficianado William Fitzsimmons creates a captivating folky rendition of The Smiths classic song 'Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I What'. Taken from the album 'Please, Please Please: A Tribute To The Smiths.'
 

 
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Since it's on an album featuring a newly squeezed Garbage track [they've been truly MIA for years], you know it has to be good. And it is---Damien Rice tries his hand at the U2 classic hit 'One'. Taken from the album 'Ahk-toong Bay-bi'.
 
 

 
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Taking a completely different direction as most paying tribute to Nirvana, the man known as Porcelain Raft took the track 'Come As You Are' and gave it a slow-paced industrial twist. With vocals that sound like they were done in an indoor pool. It has a similar feel to anything the Flaming Lips may have tried...or will try, who knows.
 
 
 
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Joy Zipper--the duo from Long Island, Tabitha Tindale and Vincent Cafiso capture the youthful spirit of love and freewill with The Cure classic 'Just Like Heaven.' Not to be confused with Joy Division, Band Of Joy or The Joy Formidable...although I might have just done that for you. Not much has changed here, perhaps more drums and hastened pace, but not by much. What is really enjoyable and unique is the duet between the two singers.
 
 

 
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The remix artist collective known as [obviously] RAC, has been busy working on tons of hits and cooking them up to serve you slices of badass remakes. Taking time out of their day to completely remake a song from scratch, are Andre Allen Anjos and his wife Liz Anjos who took what is arguably one of the Smashing Pumpkins best songs, '1979' and rather than remixing, covered it instead [with talent].
 
 

 
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The Horrors are brave for tackling fellow Brit David Bowie and his jam 'Suffragette City'. But with a heavily punk influence it works out perfectly. Straighten up your face and listen.
 
 
 
 
P.S. - The covers arent necessarily from 2010...fyi
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