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I couldn’t write a post about City Of God, mention Seu Jorge, and not follow it up with a post on the Brazilian’s amazing David Bowie covers, which he recorded for the soundtrack to Wes Anderson’ delightful film The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. As you can see from the video, which shows him performing [...]

The Streets’ new single The Escapist has been released as a free download and it’s definitely worth getting hold of. It’s got a lot more in common with Dry Your Eyes than Don’t Mug Yourself or his other more lively tracks and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Mike Skinner’s not the same young man [...]

I’ve just been browsing round YouTube and stumbled on to this little beauty. Paul Weller, who I recently saw live, and Noel Gallagher, who I’ve rediscovered my love for, cover one of Weller’s greatest ever tunes, That’s Entertainment. Really there’s nothing more to be said – enjoy.

I haven’t bought the new Portishead album, Third, to date because, a: the 2nd album was so disappointing, and b: the first single off of Third scared the living bejeesus out of me. However having read about Radiohead’s accoustic cover of The Rip from Third, I may have to change my mind. Because the Radiohead [...]

So I’ve been having a major nostalgia trip recently, & as it is shows no sign of abating, I figure you’re due the final instalment in my list of the 10 most underrated songs of the 1990s. I would hope that it will open up some debate and, more importantly, shine some light on some [...]

Apple have had a history of matching great tracks with the TV ads for the iPod. And with the lovely folk-pop of 1234 by Feist, that doesn’t look like changing any time soon… Feist – 1234 (song from the new iPod Nano TV ad) As I’ve been so poor in the blogging stakes recently (unless [...]

Simon & Garfunkel are often over-looked when people talk about the best music of the 60s – but with tunes like America, they really shouldn’t be… I’ve always loved Simon & Garfunkel. They got played a lot by my various parents when I was growing up and are very much part of the soundtrack to [...]

Oasis B-Side in better than the A-Side shock? D’Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman was the first example of this but it wasn’t the last.. Whilst my good friends at Trackfeeder may not have been voted the best blog in Britain (boo!), that hasn’t stopped their good work. And that includes publishing my post on the [...]

I found this cover of the Outkast hip-hop anthem Hey Ya by Matt Weddle of Obadiah Parker on mog.com That’s all I know about it really, apart from the fact that I find it strangely moving. Must be something about turning 31 today that makes a video of a fat bearded man singing a cover [...]

Trip-hop band Portishead add some serious percussion to Paul Weller’s acoustic classic Wild Wood… I could write an entire series of blogs about how great Paul Weller is, and how under-rated he is in the UK (despite the fact that he recently won the Lifetime Achievement award at the Brit Awards). But you’d probably get [...]