Andrei MihaiMadonna is really rarely seen doing covers – she has a great repertoire herself, and, let’s face it: she’ll always be one of the biggest artists around. But even when she does do cover, Elliott Smith is not exactly what you’d expect – but that’s exactly what she did. She covered ‘Between The Bars’ at a launch event for her new short film secretprojectrevolution last night. Watch the performance below. Madonna appeared at New York’s…
The Top Albums of The Decade: 2000
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This post is part of our “Top Albums of The Decade” series. Follow the series to read about the best music to grace our ears in the 2000s. The New Pornographers – Mass Romantic (Mint Records) Hailing from the snowy Canadian plains, The New Pornographers shook everyone from the ground up when their incredible blend of contagiously joyful pop first hit record shelves. The band simply oozed of freshness, delivering stunning melodies, amazing riffs and…
Download: Earlimart – ‘Happy Alone’
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California native Earlimart have gone through a lot of changes in their musical style along their 10 years of existence. Their first records were more post-punk/folk influenced, sounding more like Pixies and Sonic Youth, but ever since Aaron Espinoza discovered that adding a piano can drastically improve their music, they’ve been spitting out sophisticated pop, that often resembling Elliott Smith. “Happy Alone” is a slow and melancholic track, off Earlimart’s latest album Mentor Tormentor. Espionoza’s…