“The Best of I Am Lovedrug” is a collection of covers funded buy fans of the band.  It’s also the band’s first full-length album.  It’s quite unusual for a band to introduce itself to the world via the words and music of others, but it’s also a canny way to get internet buzz. The selection [...]

Italian website Ondarock has a free 2CD collection of indie artists covering “outlaw” country–Merle, Hank, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Willie, and of course Waylon.  Artists include Great Lake Swimmers, Wooden Wand, and a bunch of others you’ve never heard of.  Go here.  For a taste, here’s Turner Cody covering Townes.  It’s [...]

Astrid Swan is releasing an album of Pavement covers titled “Hits (Pavement for Girls).” I don’t usually post press release singles, but this is just too great to pass by.

The title of this post is not the name of an ironic screamo band.  Although if I ever start one, it’s a great contender for a moniker.  No, the title of this post refers to the fact that these days, lots of folks seem to covering Long Island’s own Sinatra. For example, take Hussalonia.  Go [...]

I compared last year’s Tom Thumb to Clem Snide, and the same could be said for this year’s EP, “Creatures to Feed.”  But not this year’s “Faux Romantic.” Tom Thumb has dropped two EPs that could have easily been an A-side and B-side of an album: Side one, Creatures to Feed, is a gentle collection [...]

Seven Nation Army (White Stripes cover) -Ben l’Oncle Soul -Kate Nash -Kelly Clarkson -Dead 60s Army Corps of Architects-Death Cab for Cutie

- Comics Alliance‘s weekly review of great art includes Wolverine and Thor pics by Bill Sienkewicz, Mike Deodato’s portrait of Joker, a Nightwing kissing booth(!), and much, much more.  One of my favorite weekly articles. – The archive has a new Drive-By Truckers show, with a great cover Mavis Staples’ Respect Yourself.  Check out the [...]

So I dug Brooklyn rockers Big Mosey‘s new EP “Homeward at Daybreak” at soon as I heard the first song. But something about it was familiar. I mean, yeah, sure, there was the obvious (Kings of Leon/Tom Waits), but what else? Then I figured it out. Big Head Todd and the Monsters. That’s a band [...]

Lots of FREE all-covers albums available this week–my in-box runneth over.  Here’s my “top 10″ new cover feasts going on right now! TOP 10 FREE COVER FEASTS OF THE RIGHT NOW! 10.  BUSBUS offers “f/yuck”, an all-covers album featuring the songs of Pedro the Lion, Johanna Newsome, Velvet Underground, and more.  Free from Bandcamp. 9.  [...]

I’ve been a fan of Jason Isbell back when he was the young upstart in Drive-By Truckers, thought his first solo record blew away his stuff with Patterson Hood, was sad when he jumped to a major label (but happy for Jason), and was overjoyed when he released his latest album, Here We Rest, on [...]