Rave on Buddy Holly!

Check out this compilation of amazing artist covering Buddy Holly songs (Spotify-link). After listening throught it quickly I think most of them, more or less, have done Buddy justice (exept for Paul McCartney... just sad) my favourite is My Morning Jackets beautiful version of True Love Ways and (surprise!) The Black Keys great interpretation of Dearest.

  Rave On Buddy Holly by concordmusicgroup

http://raveonbuddyholly.com/

Dan Auerbach got a little inspired?

Ever since I heard Mean Monsoon with Dan Auerbach (of The Black Keys) for the first time I've been sure that he had used a melody from another song and just added new lyrics. Though, I couldn't recollect which song it was and even though I googled it for hours (well...) there was nothing to find on the subject.
Today it got to me. Listen to this and tell me I'm not mad:

Mean Monsoon with Dan Auerbach


All I can do is cry with Mike Ness (cover - original artist Wayne Walker)

Charity compilation with The Black Keys, City and Colour and The National among others

The 30th of november the compilation Gasoline Rainbows is being released featuring The Black Keys, City and Colour and The National among others (see track list at the bottom of this blogpost). The album is a charity project for Global Green USA and 100% of the artist and label proceeds from "Gasoline Rainbows" will be used for Global Green's oil spill response to directly assist the communities, people, and ecosystems impacted by the BP Oil Spill, educate the public, push for more regulation (to ensure a tragedy like this never happens again) and advocate for a greener, cleaner economy.


The album contains three brand new songs, one of them from the amazing City and Colour (separate blogpost soon) called At the bird's foot.





Track List:

1. "Gasoline Rainbows" - Amy Kuney*
2. "Armistice" - Phoenix
3. "40 Day Dream" - Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros
4. "There's No Secret's This Year" - Silversun Pickups
5. "At The Birds Foot" - City and Colour*
6. "The Connoisseur of Great Excuse" - Damien Rice*
7. "Bloodbuzz Ohio" - The National
8. "Tighten Up" - The Black Keys
9. "Let The Time Roll By" - Onward, Soldiers
10. "Moth's Wings" - Passion Pit
11. "Floating Vibes" - Surfer Blood
12. "Mama Taught Me Better" - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
13. "I Can Change" - LCD Soundsystem
14. "Cousins" - Vampire Weekend

*Brand new material

Epic fail by MTV Video Music Awards

Another Black Keys post. Recently, The Black Keys was awarded for their video "Tighten up" at MTV VMA, though - when they got their plaque....

The award winning video:

The Black Keys - iTunes Session

Teh awesomest blues-rock duo ever, The Black Keys, just released a iTunes Session. It's practically a full length album containing the following 10 songs:

01 Chop and Change
02 Everlasting Light
03 Howlin' for You
04 I'll Be Your Man
05 Next Girl
06 She's Long Gone
07 Sinister Kid
08 Tighten Up
09 Too Afraid to Love You
10 Your Touch

I rarely buy music theese days, but this one will definetly be worth the $9.99 - you don't get to hear a whole lot at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/itunes-session/id396469740 but the short clips are enough for me to understand that I need this album.

The Black Keys

Dan Auerbachs solokarriär har jag skrivit om tidigare. Här kommer ett smakprov på The Black Keys, ett annat projekt han har tillsammans med Patrick Carney. Ett bluesrockigt band som släppte skivan Brothers på Nonesuch Records i år. Den här skivan gav mig fan adrenalinpåslag när jag lyssnade på den första gången. Den gjorde också så att jag tog steget att köpa Spotify Premium bara för att kunna lyssna på den dagen därpå. Hela skivan finns på Spotify.





Dan Auerbach är nog min drömman...

When the night comes.

Dan Auerbach kommer från Akron, Ohio, och spelar vanligvis i bandet The Black Keys. Men när han startade sin egen studio, Akron Analog, valde han att spela in soloalbumet Keep It Hid som gavs ut i februari förra året.

Låten When the night comes är en av de vackraste låtarna jag vet. Och en av de vackraste rösterna jag vet.

Dan Auerbach på Spotify och MySpace.