Ain’t Nothin’ for Free (4.27)

Courtesy of one of our readers Mitch check out http://www.originalpenguin.com/page/music_dl. They have some cool stuff on there like “Norway” by Beach House, which iTunes released as one of their free singles back sometime near January. Great song, so if you missed it check this place out!

Also, don’t miss what @Nathan put about the Paste Bannaroo Sampler either! Some awesome stuff there, I love that list!

iTunes:

Single of the Week: “Forever” – Murs & 9th Wonder (0.7) Pretty much hip-hop trash. No special rhymes, hooks, or vocals. Don’t worry about it.

Discovery Download: “Remember Last Time” Avi Buffalo (3.2) Pretty sweet song by a pretty sweet band. Lots of instrumental time, but that’s might be because it’s quite a long song (7:28). It’s a good get.

Video of the Week: “I Feel Better” – Hot Chip (2.9) This is an English, sort of synth-pop band along the lines of Metronomy. You’d never be able to tell by the music video, though. Seriously, this is one weird video. I just watched it and I really don’t know what to say except, “floating heads,” and that probably doesn’t make any sense. You should get it to watch it just once, if for nothing else.

Canción de la Semana: “‘BabyRock’ Rock” – Clorofila (1.8) Somehow this is in English. It kind of takes the whole “canción” edge off of it. There’s still some solid accordion rocking in the background, but that’s about all the south of the border flare you’ll get. Besides that it is a modern soft rock song without kick. Sorry for the disappointing week.

Bleed on friends!

Bradley

It Feels So Unnatural, Peter Gabriel Agrees

That’s right. Peter Gabriel, along with some help from Hot Chip, has covered Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.  I suppose Peter Gabriel was so inspired by the shout out that received in the original song from the debut by the highly acclaimed but slightly overrated Vampire Weekend.  I really enjoy their take on it, and I think that Gabriel’s voice sounds great matched up with this fun afro-beat indie pop music.  This is easily one of my favorite covers of the year.  I love that even beyond all of the philanthropic events that he is constantly working on along with touring and writing new songs that at his age he still finds time to do little projects like this.  Enjoy this great cover and see how he handles this “so unnatural” tune.

Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa