Hula Hoop - Call Off

I’m head over heels for this soul-flavored indie jam. It may have just saved my afternoon. Lalalalalala lalalalalala lalalalalala LA LA!!

Hat tip to yewknee’s The Grip mixtape for this find.

Notorious B.I.G. vs The Grateful Dead - Sky’s The Limit

This is just awesome.

newspeedwayboogie:

holy shit.  I’ve never heard this before.  B.I.G. freestylin’ over Ripple. Heaven.

bijan:

Notorious B.I.G. vs The Grateful Dead - Sky’s The Limit

I should’ve posted this yesterday but I missed the date. Here’s my favorite track off the album, Gratefully Dead.

Frightened Rabbit - Things

In celebration of today’s long-awaited release of The Winter of Mixed Drinks, here’s the opening track. Have to say, I like this record, but it must be hard to follow one of the most brilliant + tragic break-up albums ever pressed.

Photo by Gabriel Kuo

Besnard Lakes - Albatross

Do these vocals sound a little like Sinead O’Connor to anyone else?  Hope to catch this band next week.

Audio via emmiline

Vandaveer - Woolgathering

Vandaveer is an “alt-folk song-singing/record making/globetrotting project” by Mark Charles, a frequent contributor to The United States and The Apparitions. He’s joined here by vocalist Rose Guerin and percussionist Robby Catholic.

Check out Vandaveer if you like Nick Drake, Tom Waits, Fleet Foxes, folk, Americana, and clever lyrics.

Woolgathering appears on the band’s second full-length, Divide & Conquer [Supply & Demand, 2009].  Download the mp3 for free at the band’s site.

photo by shervin lainez

Big Star - Kanga Roo
(Sister Lovers, 1974)

“Your eyes couldn’t hide anything, I saw you breathing, I saw you staring out in space.”

Via homeofthevain

Why? - Close To Me (The Cure cover)

Why? brings a nice heaviness to this pop classic from The Cure. Happy Cover Friday!

Hat tip to Music Induced Euphoria: Sunday Morning Covers for the discovery.