Cover Song of the Week - Special Edition - THE ONION AV CLUB featuring Iron & Wine and the LOW ANTHEM
In honor of the current tour with Headliner Iron & Wine and opener the Low Anthem cruising through the East Coast, I thought it was a perfect time to introduce my readers to The Onion - A.V. Club. The satirists at the Onion took a break from their off the wall articles to bring an awesome twist to the cover song.
We start off with the inaugural song of this season's list
Iron & Wine covering George Michael 'One More Try'
Iron And Wine covers George Michael
It's a rare look at Sam Beam & Co doing outside songs. Of course there is the larger than life 'Such Great Heights' but that no longer counts as outside work as Iron & Wine has completely folded that into their own work so much that even Ben Gibbard has even been heard saying he was covering a song from his friend Sam Beam. You can almost imagine George Michael singing along with this lovely version.
Also amongst the inaugural songs for the Onion A.V. club is the Low Anthem performing 'A Shot in the Arm' from Wilco's '99 Summerteeth. After watching some of the other sessions, the acoustics don't always work out, but this track is superb. Between Ben Knox Miller, tour Soundman Mike Sturgess and the AV Staff they picked a great effect with the microphone. Beyond it sounding great, Ben is very comfortable and relaxed like he's been performing the song for years. It's comforting when you see him smile getting it down perfectly! Jocie Adam's clarinet, likely never intended but a great match for the song, incredibly carries the tune. Mat Davidson gets funky on the bass guitar and provides backing vocals. Jeff Prystowsky is as relaxed as ever on drums and crotales. Sitting in on the session accompanying with the saw is, longtime friend to the band and tour guest Graham Smith.
The Low Anthem covering 'A Shot in the Arm'
*** let this load first. It's such an enjoyable song when played straight through**
The Low Anthem covers Wilco
Enjoy!!
More songs from the onion will be reviewed in the future!
According to the intro on the videos (after the Starbucks commercial - sorry) It goes like this. "With some help from our readers, the a.v. club made another list of 25 song and we’re inviting bands into our office to cover them. Once a band has played a song, it gets crossed off the list. So the later a band comes in the fewer songs they will have to choose from."
Iron & Wine covering George Michael 'One More Try'
Iron And Wine covers George Michael
It's a rare look at Sam Beam & Co doing outside songs. Of course there is the larger than life 'Such Great Heights' but that no longer counts as outside work as Iron & Wine has completely folded that into their own work so much that even Ben Gibbard has even been heard saying he was covering a song from his friend Sam Beam. You can almost imagine George Michael singing along with this lovely version.
Also amongst the inaugural songs for the Onion A.V. club is the Low Anthem performing 'A Shot in the Arm' from Wilco's '99 Summerteeth. After watching some of the other sessions, the acoustics don't always work out, but this track is superb. Between Ben Knox Miller, tour Soundman Mike Sturgess and the AV Staff they picked a great effect with the microphone. Beyond it sounding great, Ben is very comfortable and relaxed like he's been performing the song for years. It's comforting when you see him smile getting it down perfectly! Jocie Adam's clarinet, likely never intended but a great match for the song, incredibly carries the tune. Mat Davidson gets funky on the bass guitar and provides backing vocals. Jeff Prystowsky is as relaxed as ever on drums and crotales. Sitting in on the session accompanying with the saw is, longtime friend to the band and tour guest Graham Smith.
The Low Anthem covering 'A Shot in the Arm'
*** let this load first. It's such an enjoyable song when played straight through**
The Low Anthem covers Wilco
Enjoy!!
More songs from the onion will be reviewed in the future!
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