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Swell Season Cover Neutral Milk Hotel

jessica — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:45:33 +0000

There were only four songs left on A. V. Club’s Undercover list, and Swell Season chose “Two-Headed Boy.” I’m guessing it took a while to find a band to do “Two-Headed Boy” because fans are sensitive about Neutral Milk Hotel covers. See how they did:

Jason Segel Offers Digits, Penis To Swell Season Fans

Scott — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:06 +0000

Oscar-winning ex-lovers Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová invited the actor to perform a very “personal song” with them in LA. Some might say TOO personal! It included his phone number. Watch here and let’s agree not to call.

R.E.M. Joins Patti Smith’s R.E.M. Tribute

amrit — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:42:36 +0000

If you love R.E.M. and weren’t at Carnegie Hall last night, you should probably do a better job at loving R.E.M. The evening was billed as a tribute to the Athenian eye-smilers, which meant career-spanning covers by everyone from Kyp Malone with Jolie Holland, to Elf Power, to Hootie (the Blowfish were initially an R.E.M. cover band, you’ll remember)(no, you won’t). Like the Boss’s similar party in ’07, the guests of honor couldn’t help but make a “surprise” appearance to close the show. This wasn’t a Springsteen-styled superjam, though; after Patti Smith presented her version of “New Test Leper,” she recreated her original backing vocals on a very special “E-Bow The Letter” with Stipe, Mills, and Buck. Looks far away but sounds OK:

Once Coming To Broadway

brandon — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:46:23 +0000

Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová’s surprise indie-rock Oscar win likely had a lot to do with a trio of Tony-winning producers acquiring Once‘s live theater rights so they could bring the flick to Broadway (possibly for the 2010-2011 season). Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick have been tapped to play the leads.