Blog Round-Up – Cat Power, Arcade Fire, Jarvis Cocker, Supergrass

Stereogum has links to four Cat Power videos from Rolling Stone.

Music for Kids Who Can’t Read Good instrumental Arcade Fire covers by the String Quartet Tribute.

The Indie Credential has a review a Jarvis Cocker show in Manchester and an mp3 of Fat Children.

arjanwrites has an mp3 of Louise Setara performing “Can’t Stop the River.” She’s an 18 year old singer with a big, rich voice. I am interested is hearing more of her. She reminds me of those folky/bluesy singers my dad listens to. Not sure if she’s my cup of tea, but I will give her another shot or two.

Idolator has a couple of Supergrass mp3s in honor of their tour with Arctic Monkeys this summer.

Brooklyn Vegan has a list of 11 Montréal bands playing SXSW.

I Guess I’m Floating has Illinois mp3s. I had never been that interested in Illinois, until I read this ” Two of 2006’s best albums, Annuals’ Be He Me and Man Man’s Six Demon Bag, both came crawling out of Ace Fu’s arsenal and into the collective indie consciousness, almost completely out of the blue! And now it looks like they may have done it again, this time with the fantastic Ace Fu-debut EP What The Hell Do I Know? from Illinois.”

 

New Releases to Buy – RJD2, Arcade Fire, Antibalas

Of all of the new releases this week, there are three in which I am particularly interested:

RJD2, The Third Hand.

I am definitely buying The Third Hand this week. The album is a bit of a departure. Two of my top 50 songs are RJD2, so I am willing to take the journey with him.

The Arcade Fire, Neon Bible.

I have heard much of this album bouncing around the web. It’s good, and it’s been getting mostly rave reviews. Still, the selling point for me is Montreal. Heck, I may wait to buy it until I am next there. (Hopefully in a couple of months, since it’s still freezing there.)

Antibalas, Security.

I saw them at ACL Fest a few years ago, and we have a couple of their albums. I will definitely be picking it up.

 

Arcade Fire Cover Yeah Yeah Yeah and Talking Heads

In honor of all the Arcade Fire buzz in anticipation of the release of Neon Bible on March 6th, I present two files I have had in my cover collection for years.

The first is Arcade Fire’s live cover of Talking Heads, Naive Melody performed on CBC Radio 3 in 2004.

The second is a live cover of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Maps live in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge from 2005.

They are both entertaining. You can hear them below.

Tonight, Arcade Fire performed on SNL. I missed it (because it’s SNL), but you can download the performance of Intervention and Keep the Car Running on The Smudge of Ashen Fluff.

Arcade Fire, Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeah cover).

Arcade Fire, Naive Melody (Talking Heads cover).

Pre-order Neon Bible now.

 

Now Playing: The Arcade Fire

I’ve had some tracks by the Arcade Fire since early 05, but I never really listened to them. They were 3 stars at best.

I am giving them another listen because I like their Talking Heads covers. They also get a bump because of they are from Montreal.

I wish I liked them more than I do. I have hope for the future after hearing their new tune Intervention, ripped from radio.