Released in 1989 (wow, a whole twenty years ago) The Bridge – A Tribute To Neil Young boasts an impressive array of artists representing a wide swath of the, then, contemporary “alternative” music scene. The set is culled from a fairly diverse […]
Category: Under The Covers
Down By The River :: The Soul Covers
As I mentioned the other day , you can expect a good amount of Neil Young related posts leading up to the June 2nd release of the first installment of the bard’s long awaited/delayed Archives Series . This is a good thing. […]
Tunde Adebimpe :: Unknown Legend (Neil Young)
This being AD it is inevitable that there will be a myriad of Neil Young related posts on the horizon, what with the first volume of his long awaited archives set with a release date of June 2nd. Last year TV On The Radio’s […]
Under The Covers :: Mystifies Me
In comparing an original song to a cover, it usually makes sense to discuss the qualities that defined the original in relation to how the cover treats the material. But so many of us […]
Spoon :: It’s Gonna Take An Airplane (Live, Cover)
I have my friend Adam to thank for turning me on to this Destroyer cover last October while staying at his home in Brooklyn…so thanks, pal. Destroyer’s 2004 LP Your Blues ranks as a favorite in […]
Under The Covers :: Nervous Breakdown
If you were to pose the question of what makes for a good cover I would cite Whiskeytown’s late ’90s re-tooling of Black Flag’s “Nervous Breakdown.” Yes, the group’s alt.country forbears Uncle Tupelo pulled a similar landgrab with their […]
Under The Covers :: People Who Died
Context is everything. And sometimes it’s the mere shift of geography, the slighter or greater roar of the narrator that can make the biggest difference in a song. Jim Carroll’s “People Who Died” is a legendary song […]