The ukulele-driven first single from Amanda Palmer’s albun of Radiohead covers.
From Cover Me’s list of the best cover songs of 2010: http://www.covermesongs.com/the-best-cover-songs-of-2010-5
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Radiohead’s Idioteque by Amanda Palmer
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Song To The Siren
The Wailing Hall covers Tim Buckley.
From Cover Me’s list of the best cover songs of 2010: http://www.covermesongs.com/the-best-cover-songs-of-2010-1
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R.E.M.’s Radio Free Europe
Every year the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress selects 25 recordings to be preserved for all time. One song chosen this year is R.E.M.’s "Radio Free Europe." It was the band’s first single and a breakthrough moment in indie rock.
http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2010/12/24/segments/158717
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Song To The Siren by Salter Cane
Salter Cane covering the Tim Buckley song that has previously been recorded by The Cocteau Twins performing as This Mortal Coil.
Here’s a detailed analysis of the song: http://tenser.typepad.com/tenser_said_the_tensor/2005/08/song_to_the_sir.html
This version was recorded live in one take at Metway Studios in Brighton.
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Fake Plastic Trees
Amanda Palmer Performs The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele.
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British Sea Power — Zeus
The title track from British Sea Power’s new EP.
http://rebjukebox.tumblr.com/post/1353730417/thisisindierock-british-sea-power-zeus
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Shaun Inman: Sorrow by Salter Cane
Shaun Inman covering the title track from Salter Cane’s album Sorrow.
The album is released under a Creative Commons Attribution license:
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Mashing Up That Hill
Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill vs. Prince’s Sign O’ The Times.
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Black Zeppelin — Whole Lotta Sabbath
Black Sabbath’s War Pigs vs. Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love.
Ever wondered what might have happened if Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin got together for a studio session 37 odd years ago?
Wonder no more…
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Eddie Rode The Orphan Train by Jim Roll
"Eddie rode the orphan train from Soho down to Arkansas and every stop along the way they promised him a rubber ball."