Avett Brothers in Los Angeles

Lindsay has a hookup and got Tim, myself and her free tickets to the Avett Brothers concert at Nokia Live in Los Angeles this past weekend.  Here's the set list.

I went into the concert loving their (probably) most famous song, "I and Love and You" but this one really struck me.

Murder In The City

7 Cover Songs > Originals

One of my favorite websites to waste time on (and get free music) is CoverMeSongs.com. Artists can't sell these songs without giving royalties to the original artists, so we get them for free! I started collecting covers I came across and I have enough for a post. Cover songs often don't live up to the originals. These do... and maybe surpass them.

Birdy - Skinny Love (Bon Iver cover)


Dred Scott - Purple Rain (Prince cover)


Bon Iver - Your Love (The Outfield cover)


Ellie Goulding - Heartbeats (The Knife cover)


Matthew Mayfield - Fix You (Coldplay cover)


Jodi King - Street Lights (Kanye West cover)


The Avett Brothers - The Prettiest Thing (David Childers cover)


Have a cover you like? Let me know.

Best Songs of 2010

It's the end of the year and time for me to review my top 10 songs. Check out last year's list for a look back. A few of these songs came out in 09 but they didn't come on my radar until after my last list.

10. Snowden - No One In Control


9. Mike Snow - The Rabbit


8. Mumford and Sons - Hold On To What You Believe


7. Civil Twilight - Something She Said


6. Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition


5. Jukebox the Ghost - Empire


4. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You


3. The XX - Islands


2. Florence and the Machine - Dog Days Are Over


1. Lissie - Everywhere I Go

 

Honorable mentions: Passion Pit - Little Secrets, Band of Horses - Laredo, Kanye West ft. Dwele - Power, The Foals - Blue Blood, The Decemberists - Down By the Water, La Roux - Bulletproof, Girl Talk - All Day (entire album), Cheryl Cole - Three Words, Duck Sauce - Anyway, Cee-Lo Green - F&^* You

Guilty Pleasures: Far East Movement - Like a G6, Usher - OMG

So what do you think? Did I miss anything?