Pickwick‘s killer cover of Richard Swift’s “Lady Luck” is the cover song of the week. Swift released several solo records throughout the 2000′s, including 2008′s Ground Trouble Jaw EP
Earlier this year, we featured Fort Frances‘ “City By the Sea” in our Song of the Day series. Today we’d like to share their gorgeous cover of “New York, New York” off of Ryan Adams’ 2001 album, Gold
Accompanied only by a pianist, jazz singer Gregory Porter performs “Bee Good (Lion’s Song)” on a vintage subway car in downtown Brooklyn. ”Bee Good” was our favorite song of 2012, and this new recording makes us love it even more.
It was on this day, 47 years ago, that The Beach Boys released my favorite record of all time. I grew up on The Beach Boys, and was destined to be a fan, as the first mix-tape I ever received was a collection of Beach Boys songs given to me from my uncle. But even beyond my biased opinion, this record is considered to be one of the greatest ever, topping several all-time lists, and being included in the top 10 of countless others. So if you have never taken the time to listen to this album in its entirety, I urge you to do so right now. It really is phenomenal.
