Entries from November 2010

Stars cover “This Charming Man”

November 25th, 2010

I’m such a sucker for that riff. Love the looped sample, too.

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Robyn Performs “Dancing On My Own” on Leno

November 25th, 2010

Not sure Leno’s audience is quite the target market, but whatever. Love her anyway…

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Teen-Beat 432 / Teen-Beat Graphica Exhibition

November 24th, 2010

I wish I had made it to this… So cool!

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Gorillaz Strip Down for BBC And Cover The XX

November 23rd, 2010

Gorillaz recently played an intimate live set for BBC1 Radio’s Live Lounge, where they did stripped down version of “On Melancholy Hill” and “Doncamatic”, as well as this excellent cover of The xx’s “Crystalised.” I’m kind of obsessed with this cover, as it’s one of my favorite people in the world singing one of my […]

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Bernard Sumner, Hot Chip, and Hot City – “Didn’t Know What Love Was”

November 23rd, 2010

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More Music for Commercials

November 18th, 2010

The blog “Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good” has a collection of commercials featuring music from Morning Benders (see above), Joanna Newsom and Los Campesinos, among others. We at Drawer B are still in shock from the Gang of Four Xbox ad.

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Jay McInerney on Joy Division

November 18th, 2010

“…the petty compromises of day-to-day existence, of getting by and getting ahead, the moment right before that which may go by in a flash or last for years when you can’t help but concentrate on the big picture and wonder what the hell it all means…” Vanity Fair Via Logan

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