Cover Song of The Week ** AV Club Under Cover 2012 ** Punch Bros 'Just What I Needed' original by The Cars
Cover Song of the Week, albeit not as weekly as I'd like has been one of my favorite posts to do. There's so many variations to consider. Awesome cover band or awesome original? Same style vs new style. Or in general sometimes it's just sharing something cool that others should see.
In this case, this week's edition is a reminder that the Onion.com AV Club is kicking off their 3rd installment of the AV Undercover, a series of cover songs on a pre-set list being completed one by one by bands stopping in the AV Club studio until all the songs are gone. The bands are a secret until, they've been released one by one throughout the Spring & Summer.
I've featured a few before including my first discovery of the AV Club with Iron & Wine and the Low Anthem on a double feature and They Might Be Giants doing Chumbawamba
As mentioned above, the Onion has kicked things off for 2012. There's a cool cover of Sharon Van Etten and Shearwater covering 'Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around' by Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty, and for the top 40 fans: Young The Giant covers R. Kelly 'Ignition (Remix)'
I chose Punch Brothers covering The Cars as my choice to share. Right now the Punch Brothers are just everywhere. Maybe it's just Chris Thile (their mandolin player) who's everywhere, but either way if you haven't heard of the Punch Brothers, by the end of the summer you will. The band is playing nearly every major festival including Bonnaroo, Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Newport Folk Festival. Add that to an Austin City Limits perfomance, and Chris Thile being one half of the grammy nominated Sleep With One Eye Open with Michael Daves; and you have EXPOSURE!!!
Per wikipedia:
Punch Brothers are a progressive bluegrass band. The band consists of Chris Thile (mandolin), Gabe Witcher (fiddle/violin), Noam Pikelny (banjo), Chris Eldridge (guitar), and Paul Kowert (bass). Their style has been described as "bluegrass instrumentation and spontaneity in the structures of modern classical."[1]
So here goes: Punch Brothers cover The Cars
Punch Brothers cover The Cars
In this case, this week's edition is a reminder that the Onion.com AV Club is kicking off their 3rd installment of the AV Undercover, a series of cover songs on a pre-set list being completed one by one by bands stopping in the AV Club studio until all the songs are gone. The bands are a secret until, they've been released one by one throughout the Spring & Summer.
I've featured a few before including my first discovery of the AV Club with Iron & Wine and the Low Anthem on a double feature and They Might Be Giants doing Chumbawamba
As mentioned above, the Onion has kicked things off for 2012. There's a cool cover of Sharon Van Etten and Shearwater covering 'Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around' by Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty, and for the top 40 fans: Young The Giant covers R. Kelly 'Ignition (Remix)'
I chose Punch Brothers covering The Cars as my choice to share. Right now the Punch Brothers are just everywhere. Maybe it's just Chris Thile (their mandolin player) who's everywhere, but either way if you haven't heard of the Punch Brothers, by the end of the summer you will. The band is playing nearly every major festival including Bonnaroo, Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Newport Folk Festival. Add that to an Austin City Limits perfomance, and Chris Thile being one half of the grammy nominated Sleep With One Eye Open with Michael Daves; and you have EXPOSURE!!!
Per wikipedia:
Punch Brothers are a progressive bluegrass band. The band consists of Chris Thile (mandolin), Gabe Witcher (fiddle/violin), Noam Pikelny (banjo), Chris Eldridge (guitar), and Paul Kowert (bass). Their style has been described as "bluegrass instrumentation and spontaneity in the structures of modern classical."[1]
So here goes: Punch Brothers cover The Cars
Punch Brothers cover The Cars
This is awesome.
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