Showing posts with label ellie goulding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ellie goulding. Show all posts

Thursday, September 8, 2011

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.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

XM Music

I get XM radio in my bumping Hyundai rental car. Here are some songs you may not have heard if you're on the main stream airwaves...

Peter, Bjorn and John - Second Chance



TV on the Radio - Will Do



Ellie Goulding - Heartbeats (cover of The Knife)



The Limousines - Very Busy People



Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks



And for those of you that insist on the poppy stuff, this is the first BEP song I've liked in a long time.  Yes, it's mainstream, but it still gets my head bopping.

Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough



I have some more to dish out but I'll let these marinate in your ears for a bit before I drop the next batch.