Leonard Cohen
Tara Jane O'Neil releasing lo-fi synth album of '80s pop covers (stream the Bananarama one)
The album was ”recorded at home using primitive electronic instruments in addition to heavily effected electric guitar, bass & voice” and it finds her doing drastically reworked covers of pop songs from her youth, intended as a ”mixtape” for her late brother Brian.
23 New Songs Out Today
Listen to new songs by Joey Fatts/Vince Staples, Ric Wilson, Jockstrap/Injury Reserve, Alison Mosshart, Khruangbin, The Beths, Kate Teague, Hannah Georgas, and more…
Tanya Donelly announces covers album w/ Parkington Sisters, shares Go-Go's cover
In addition to her weekly quarantine covers series, Tanya Donelly is now also releasing a covers album, featuring takes on Leonard Cohen, Echo & the Bunnymen, Pretenders, Wings, Split Enz, and more…
watch The Natvral (Kip from TPOBPAH) cover Kinks, Tori Amos, Suede & more
Kip Berman of The Natvral and Pains of Being Pure at Heart has been posting a new cover nearly every day of the coronavirus crisis, including songs by Leonard Cohen, Big Star, The Kinks, Suede, The Killers, Primal Scream, Lana Del Rey, Neil Young, Lorde, Tom Petty, Galaxie 500, Tori Amos, Veronica Falls and more.
listen to Becca Mancari's quarantine playlist
Becca’s playlist includes Fiona Apple, John Prine, Sharon Van Etten, Hayley Williams, Dua Lipia, Perfume Genius, Mazzy Star, Nick Drake, and more…
Neutral Milk Hotel, Bauhaus & 13 other amazing Coachella performances
Coachella weekend 2 would be starting today if COVID-19 didn’t get in the way. So instead, here are videos of 15 of our favorite performances from throughout the festival’s 20-year history…
The National's Matt Berninger shares updated, 8-hour "Social Distancing Distortion" playlist
Matt Berninger’s self-isolation playlist is now eight hours long, with additions from The Feelies, The Pastels, boygenius, Juvenlie, Ramones, DEVO, Maxo Kream, Dinosaur Jr., Echo & The Bunnymen, Joy Division, New Order, Hayley Heynderickx, Earl Sweatshirt, Cher, Willie Nelson, Beastie Boys, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, John Prine, Sharon Van Etten, Sufjan Stevens, Mitski, Built to Spill, Cat Power, Dolly Parton, Deerhunter, Minutemen, Tom Waits, R.E.M., Arab Strap, The Afghan Whigs, Wilco, Camera Obscura, ANOHNI, Sade, and many more.
David Gilmour covered Leonard Cohen; Roger Waters covered John Prine
David Gilmour has covered four Cohen songs, including ”Bird on a Wire” and ”So Long, Marianne,” while Waters covered Prine’s ”Paradise.”
32 videos of Hal Willner’s ’80s series ‘Night Music’ that display his gift for weird, amazing collaborations
We lost Hal Willner yesterday. He was a gifted producer whose greatest skill may have been his ability to bring together disparate talents that you might not think would fit together but turned out to be truly inspired. One of the places where you can really see that in action was Night Music, a musical offshoot of Saturday Night Live that lasted two weird wonderful seasons…
watch Courtney Barnett & Lucius' 4-hour livestream w/ War on Drugs, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, more
Courtney & Lucius’ four-hour marathon livestream raised money for Oxfam COVID-19 Relief and included performances by The War on Drugs, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, Kevin Morby & Katie Crutchfield, Fred Armisen, Sheryl Crow, Bedouine, Nathaniel Rateliff, Emily King, and Lukas Nelson.
