Yesterday we heard the result of Kevin Barnes putting his work into the hands of Beatles-obsessed supermusicguy Jon Brion. Today we hear Kevin Barnes put the work of Lennon/McCartney into the hands of Beatles-obsessed supermusicguy himself. of Montreal are never shy about sharing the covers, and on this spectacular, horse-filled tour of theirs, they’ve been unveiling one practically ever night — Nirvana, R.E.M., Franz Ferdinand. This pair — of the Rubber Soul classic “Nowhere Man” and the Lennon solo classic “Instant Karma!” — come in relatively clean audio form, from a recent session the band did with KUT in Austin. Come and get your share:
Those come via You Ain’t No Picasso. Don’t forget, YANP is compiling a master archive of oM covers, which you can peruse here. Also worth remembering: of Monty will be in the Ed Sullivan Theatre to do Letterman on 12/18 with “An Eluardian Instance.”
[Photo from of Montreal @ Roseland Ballroom 10/10/08]
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lol i hate their covers. absolutely awful
yeah. these are shitty.
Why on earth would you do such uninteresting covers?
At least Sufjan made Ringo’s song sound good.
This guy in the make up never plays any Bowie songs I know. I met him once and he had brilliant things to say about the Steelers defensive schemes though.
I’ve seen him cover Bowie.
And just about 50 or so other great artists.
Of Montreal used to do annual cover shows every New Years in Athens. It was a tradition there for a while and it was awesome. And they did something similar to that last year in New York (not for New Years, that I recall), but they did it like a karaoke night where the audience gets up and sings.
I’ve seen Of Montreal more than any other band live and my favorite cover from them was More Than A Feeling, it was unforgettable.
these are unforgettable for all the wrong reasons