Sounds Like... : Run Toto Run covers "Sleepyhead"

Oh goodness.



And I thought the original version was really stuck in my head.

Sounds Like... / MySpace It : The Go Find cover The Chills' "Pink Frost"

Are sounds sent on a journey they come back in echoes. This compilation is widely traveled - around half of the world and to another time. To the 1980ies when just in New Zealand the archetype of what was called Indie Pop later on was pressed on vinyl and soon defined a new way of how Indie pop has seen itself, concerning sound as well as attitude. "Flying Nun", "Xpressway", "IMD" or "Corpus Hermeticum" were the names of the labels, The Clean, The Chills or Tall Dwarfs the names of the bands. Pop songs or rather hits were born in garages and pressed on screen printed seven inches. A relevant music culture beyond a big and global music industry was thought and lived. Maybe just because it has not reached New Zealand before.

Yesterday, Berlin-based label Morr Music put released Not Given Lightly - A Tribute To the Giant Golden Book Of New Zealand's Alternative Music Scene, a concept compilation of Kiwi pop covers from Morr's roster.

The Go Find, who, as I mentioned a week ago, are in the studio working on album number three, contributed a cover of The Chills' "Pink Frost." (Funnily enough, "Pink Frost" is the only song to be covered twice on the 34-track comp, also being sung by Masha Qrella).



You can hear The Go Find's cover on their 'Space. (I'm having trouble tracking down / getting an mp3 to work, otherwise I'd toss that in for you.) Their version of "Pink Frost" is pretty and ethereal; the bits and bobs I've heard of the rest of the compilation (in between my computer deciding to shut itself down three times) sound gorgeous as well. Some of the other tracks are up for listening on Morr's site, although if you can get the links to work, please let me know how you did it.

The Go Find's next record is expected sometime early next year.

Sounds Like... : Tinted Windows covered the Buzzcocks live.

They played "I Don't Mind" at the Fader Fort at SXSW :



Tinted Windows just released their self-titled debut. Given that the band is fronted by one Taylor Hanson (with some other cool dudes, like, say Adam Schlesinger and Bun E. Carlos, in case you've been under a musical rock for the past few months), and given that my former love for Hanson has not gone unprofessed, and that the whole record makes me think of, um, a bunch of Hanson-like songs in a throwback to late '90s nostalgia, you'd probably assume that I'd be in love with it. Such is not the case. Pitchfork gave it a 3.5, and I'm wholly inclined to agree with them. It's not terrible, but nothing stands out; the effort is mediocre at best. If you're going to be a "supergroup," you better be doing something "super."

le sigh.

(Kudos to Popshifter for sharing the link.)

Sounds Like... : Hot Chip and Peter Gabriel cover Vampire Weekend, oh my.

I'ma just jump on the posting bandwagon with this one and point out, like pretty much everyone else, that Hot Chip and Peter Gabriel went and covered Vampire Weekend's "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" (This feels so unnatural / Peter Gabriel, too).

Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel

I'm not sure I like the lyric change all that much - I think it may have been cheekier to just have sung the song as is, granted it must be weird to sing out your own name. Regardless, over all, I think it's a lovely cover. It doesn't necessarily take the song to any new "places," which is usually the mark of a great cover, but I think it's interesting enough to warrant attention.

(Which, ya' know, VW aren't getting enough of, considering it's "Make Top 10/20/50/100 Lists" season, and we all knew they were getting nods circa January.)