Song of the Day - 4'33

The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - 4'33'' from 4'33'' (2013)

The 8+ person emo orchestra pay tribute to the pioneer of all things experimental, John Cage with this spot-on rendition of 4'33''.

It's a must have.

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Song of the Day - Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Fats Domino - Mardi Gras in New Orleans from The Fabulous Mr. D (1958)

My favorite rendition of Professor Longhair's signature "Go to the Mardi Gras"/"Mardi Gras in New Orleans" number.

Happy Mardi Gras!

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Song of the Day - The Pale Horse and His Rider

Totally Ruined - The Pale Horse and His Rider from Hank Williams Compilation (2013)

A nice and easy low fidelity Hank Williams rework.



Comes from a pretty neat Hank Williams cover album put out by Birdtapes and various DIY, lo-fi, simple acoustic, bedroom, etc. bands. Check it out!

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Song of the Day - (What DId I Do to Be So) Black and Blue

(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue - Louis Armstrong

Happy MLK Day.

A Fats Waller composition.

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Song of the Day - What Child Is This?

The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - What Child Is This? from Live at the AV Club "Xmas Under Cover" (2013)

The World is... turns the classic Christmas hymn known as "What Child Is This?" into a dark and dreary Christmas Eve nightmare.


Apparently they picked this song because the ICP Christmas song they originally wanted to cover was too hard to learn.

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Merry Christmas!

Song of the Day - Dancing In My Dick

My Dick - Dancing In My Dick from My Dick's Double Full-Length Release (2012)

The Boss? More like The Dick.



This is a Bruce Springsteen dick cover by the way.

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Song of the Day - Halo

Trace Mountains - Halo (Beyonce) - Top 40 Compilation (2013)

Trace Mountains is a the side project of Spook Houses and LVL UP. Halo is a song by Beyonce.

Put those two things together and you have yourself a lo-fi, guilty-free track about feeling someone's "halo".


Check out more top 40 radio hits covered by lo-fi/indie rock/acoustic bands and compiled by Birdtapes here!

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Song of the Day - Bastard/Lemonade

BADBADNOTGOOD - Bastard/Lemonade from BBNG2 (2012)

Happy International Jass Day!

Here's some hip-hop:


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Song of the Day - Goin Down the Bar (Blood For Blood version)

Blood For Blood - Goin Down the Bar from Wasted Youth Brew (2001)

I really don't have any good songs for St. Patrick's day...

So here's some angry Bostonians singing about going to the bar.

It's a Wretched Ones cover.

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Song of the Day - Seasons In The Sun (Television Personalities version)

Television Personalities - Seasons In The Sun  from Fashion Conscious (2002)

Television Personalities take on Jacques Brel's (Though clearly perfected by Terry Jacks) beautifully twisted medley about death and twist it even more into a disoriented psychedelic track.

This cover was originally released in 1996 as a single.

Eff Westlife.

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Song of the Day - Devil Town (by way of cello doom!)

Correspondences - Devil Town from Christmas // Devil Town (2012)

Usually I wait to Wednesday to post covers but whatever...

Here's Correspondences (all-female cello-driven doom band formally of Portland, Maine) taking on Daniel Johnston (one of the most covered musicians of all time) and his all too familiar song for a lot of us living in devil towns with vampires as friends.



PS: I'm not sure why this song says it's by Lee (as in Lee King, the drummer?). It sounds like Correspondences to me and is on their bandcamp...

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Song of the Day - Skate Witches cover

Coma Cinema - Skate Witches (Teen Suicide cover) from Fork and Spoon's Free Love Free Download (2012)

This is Coma Cinema's sweet cover of Teen Suicide's somewhat-unbearable lo-fi track, "Skate Witches". The original does have a cool skater grrrl sample at the beginning of it... other than that though, Coma Cinema's version takes the cake!



This track comes from a free promotional mix by Fork and Spoon Records which also features a bunch of bands including Teen Suicide themselves and a bunch more I've never heard of. I highly recommend checking it out as I am doing right this very second.

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