Ear Candy - 17.8.09

Because sometimes the first draft is not enough, I give you my Exceptional Covers Playlist.

1. Running up that hill - Placebo (Kate Bush)
2. When you were young - The Noisettes (The Killers)
3. Keep the car running - Foo Fighters (Arcade Fire)
4. Not over yet - The Klaxons (Grace)
5. Love's not a competition - Paramore (Kaiser Chiefs)
6. Best of You - Stereophonics (Foo Fighters)
7. Use Somebody - Friendly Fires (Kings of Leon)
8. Hurt - Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails)
9. Against All Odds - Postal Service (Phil Collins)
10. You know I'm no good - Arctic Monkeys (Amy Winehouse)

It can either go brilliantly well or spectacularily wrong but sometimes, just sometimes, a cover can surpass an original in such a way that you forget it had ever been sung before.

Ear Candy - 13.7.09

I aim to make Ear Candy a weekly post. Hopefully inspiring some listening for all you guys and maybe introduce your ears to something new. Oxegen-mania has spread like wildfire throughout the country. Financial implications have prevented my attendance but, after hearing reviews from my friends who were fortunate enough to be there, and watching all clips available I've compiled my Oxegen themed playlist. Enjoy!

1. Hysteric - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. Howl - Florence and the Machine
3. Skeleton Boy - Friendly Fires
4. Buy it, Sell it - The Blizzards
5. Paris is Burning - Ladyhawke
6. Coffee and TV - Blur
7. We're Coming Up - Dirty Epics
8. Riverboat Song - Ocean Colour Scene
9. Sometime Around Midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event
10. Teen Lovers - The Virgins

And 11. All these things that I've done - The Killers. Just for the purposes of tradition!