We’ve sampled some of Cassettes Won’t Listen (aka Jason Drake)’s remixing delicacies before with the nifty, shifty take on Asobi Seksu’s Tokyo-tinged “Strawberries.” But that was over a year ago, and that was just one track. With this year’s giving-season in full thrust, our friends at Music.For-Robots have teamed up with the man of deaf Cassettes to present an EP of ’90s-loving covers dubbed One Alternative for the excellent price of free. Which means of course, it’s the perfect musical gift if you’re on a budget. Jason’s taken bleepy, beat-y liberties on ’90s tracks from the likes of Liz Phair (“Fuck And Run”), Pavement (“Cut Your Hair”), Grand Royal supertroupe Butter 08 (“Butter Of 69″), and Blind Melon (“Change”). But our favorite comes with Drake’s take on this Barlow and Sebadoh III classic:
Nice artwork, nice title. And kudos to Jason for not dabbling in any of these. The CWL/M.F-R EP is up for free download here, plus you can take it as instrumentals for your Karaoke Hero holiday party.
Look out for CWL’s Small-Time Machine LP on 3/11.
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I wish I still had the original No Alternative CD for that Nirvana song. Anyone know the title and if it surfaced anywhere else?
so anyone looked at the mitchell report yet?
It’s called Verse Chorus Verse. You can download it here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/30wico
omg I know that Nirvana song well, track 19 on No Alternative makes me feel so good inside. Do you think maybe it’s on that huge box set thingy they released recently with obscure tracks?
“Verse Chorus Verse” is on disc three of With the Lights Out under its original title: “Sappy”.
I hate it when people change the lyrics to get the sexes right, like “boyfriend” to “girlfriend” based on who’s singing the song. It was written as “boyfriend” keep it that way. That said, decent collection of covers I guess.
I never thought anyone would ever cover Butter 08. I remember that video too. Did they have any other good songs?
haven’t listened yet, but the concept alone is kind of awesome.
i picked up “no alternative” in a cut-out bin many years ago, and was richly rewarded. aside from the admittedly great nirvana song, there’s one of the verlaines’ best songs. (and a fantastic cover of one of their other best songs…) and the buffalo tom song captures that band at their peak. and about 100 other highights. more consistent than your average compilation for sure…
fun. i know that the creeping tide of 90s nostalgia is already getting to be a little ridiculous, but this one is fun.
Awesome concept (and execution) I’ll be checking for the album for sure.
brilliant artwork!
actually sappy and verse chorus verse had different lyrics. i’m sure it’s on a wiki somewhere. but they were the same melody and similar lyrics if nostalgia serves me right.