sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul

i'm really obsessed with bruce springsteen's i'm on fire from the 1984 album born in the u.s.a.



i currently have it playing on repeat on my record player. and i by repeat i mean i have to physically put the needle back to the beginning after it ends. haha. but it just sounds so lovely on vinyl. i have several versions i'm going to share with you including a cover by kate tucker.



i'm on fire (from born in the u.s.a.)
i'm on fire (from the live 1975-1985 album, recorded august 19, 1985 at giants stadium)
i'm on fire (cousin cole's bad desire remix)
i'm on fire (kate tucker cover)

http://www.brucespringsteen.net
katetuckerandthesonsofsweden.com

i sit and wait for everything i can find

the morning benders have done a new daytrotter session (an encore to the one they did last summer).



---> worth the fight (2.24.09 daytrotter session) <---
---> nothin' in this world can stop me worryin' about that girl (2.24.09 daytrotter session) <---
---> why don't they let us fall in love (7.16.09 daytrotter session) <---

i love this band. it was started by fellow uc berkeley alum chris chu a few years ago (go bears!). i remember seeing them play in a tiny little art gallery or something in the mission in early 2006. i liked them right away. in early 2008 my friend (and another cal alum) tim or - aka timothy rabbit - joined the band playing bass.



also new from the morning benders is the recently released grain of salt ep



---> grain of salt <---
---> your dark side <---

here's an older version of grain of salt too.

---> grain of salt (from 3 songs ep) <---


i saw them play at the rickshaw stop in december. they were SO GOOD. they also happen to be playing a noise pop show at slim's on friday. sadly, i'm scheduled to work til late that night so i can't go :( if you're going let me know how it was!

themorningbenders.com

it's easy to let the best of yourself slip away

this is maybe one of the best covers ever. not to mention how amazing the intro to the track is. this is my favorite elvis song. sung by the boss. its his favorite elvis song too. i almost died when i first heard it.



---> bruce springsteen - can't help falling in love (elvis presley cover) <---

www.brucespringsteen.net/

i've just seen a face

i found some random covers of beatles songs on my computer and have no clue where i got them, but they're pretty awesome.



---> i've just seen a face - the dillards <---



---> across the universe - the curtain society <---

http://www.the-dillards.com/

http://www.curtainsociety.com/

all these things will one day take control

once upon a time the darkness did a cover of radiohead's street spirit [fade out]. i am sharing it now with you.

---> street spirit [fade out] - the darkness <---

http://www.myspace.com/thedarkness

our house is a very, very fine house

covers! i love good covers. i have for you some phantom planet, ben folds, rogue wave and we are scientists.

---> our house - phantom planet <---
---> such great heights - ben folds <---
---> debaser - rogue wave <---
---> hoppípolla - we are scientists <---

http://www.myspace.com/phantomplanet
http://www.myspace.com/benfolds
http://www.myspace.com/roguewave
http://www.myspace.com/wearescientists

can you feel the knife?

so grizzly bear is easily one of my favorite bands currently making music. i bought their new ep and got it last week. it is pretty much as amazing as i thought it would be. it's got a few new versions of songs from yellow house and some damn good covers by css, band of horses and atlas sound. as well as a truly beautiful recording of dan rossen singing "deep blue sea." apparently it was recorded at his home. his voice is so pure. the album also has a studio version of their cover of the crystal's "he hit me (and it felt like a kiss)" which up til now was only availble as a daytrotter session or live.

thus i give you:

---> he hit me <---

---> knife - css <---

you can buy the ep here. i reallllly want to get it on vinyl!

http://grizzly-bear.net
http://www.myspace.com/canseidesersex
http://www.bandofhorses.com/
http://www.myspace.com/bradfordcox