The Believer to release indie comp
From Pitchfork
The bands involved were asked to pick a song by answering the question "What have you been listening to lately?" Yes, it's a covers album — but instead of being treated to a Counting Crows rendition of "Horse With No Name", we get popular contemporary artists covering... popular contemporary artists. Among the goodies on the CD are the inescapable Devendra Banhart trying on Antony & the Johnson's white facepaint, the Decemberists borrowing Joanna Newsom's shoes, and the Shins reviving their acquaintance with the Postal Service. We also get the Constantines and Ida each appearing both as performers and as cover-ees; yea, and a Wolf shall cover a Frog, a Mountain Goat shall cover a Silver Jew, and the majority of the tracks shall be previously unreleased, amen. The tracklist:01 The Decemberists: "Bridges & Balloons" by Joanna Newsom
02 Spoon: "Decora" by Yo La Tengo
03 The Constantines: "Why I Didn't Like August '93" by Elevator
04 CocoRosie: "Ohio" by Damien Jurado
05 The Mountain Goats: "Pet Politics" by Silver Jews
06 San Serac: "Late Blues" by Ida
07 The Shins: "We Will Become Silhouettes" by the Postal Service
08 Josephine Foster: "The Golden Window" by the Cherry Blossoms
09 Cynthia G. Mason: "Surprise, AZ" by Richard Buckner
10 Jim Guthrie: "Nighttime/Anytime (It's Alright)" by the Constantines
11 Espers: "Firefly Refrain" by Fursaxa
12 Two Gallants: "Anna's Sweater" by Blear
13 Vetiver: "Be Kind to Me" by Michael Hurley
14 Ida: "My Fair, My Dark" by David Schickele
15 Mount Eerie: "Waterfalls" by Thanksgiving
16 Devendra Banhart: "Fistful of Love" by Antony & the Johnsons
17 Wolf Parade: "Claxxon's Lament" by Frog Eyes
Comments
i'll buy it.
but did fucking wolf eyes have to be on there? listening to them is like having darts inserted in your eye sockets. at least they're the last track, to be easily avoided.
Posted by: H. | May 12, 2005 12:20 PM
oops, that's wolf parade and frog eyes. i should know better than to post with a hangover. either way, i am not a fan of those bands either, if that makes it better? forgive me, o ye indie gods!
the shins covering postal service is a great song, it was on a p.s. ep, not as good as the original but a good take, still.
Posted by: H. | May 12, 2005 12:46 PM
Ought to be good. They shouldn't have put Spoon on there. Waay over-rated.. for an indie band, anyway.
Posted by: Jamie | May 12, 2005 02:45 PM