Burl Veneer’s Music Blog Vox 2008-06-04T02:40:32Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4144aef1d3c7f/tags/electro/ Songs I Like Unlikely covers 2 tag:vox.com,2008-06-04:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8bfbc97000b 2008-06-04T02:40:32Z 2008-06-04T02:40:32Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

01-Rock Steady

What could be as unlikely as a disco/southern rock cover of a Yardbirds song? How about an 80s electro cover of a Bad Company song? I've been wanting to hear Jenny Burton's cover of "Rock Steady" again since the 80s, but I've never managed to co...

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04 Opus ♫ Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1 [piano] ♫ 05 Stranger Somewhere (Orchestral Commercial Version) Sylvian & Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours 07 Forbidden Dub

Item 1: Mrs. Veneer buys Ryuichi Sakamoto's CD of solo piano pieces, BTTB. It's quite beautiful and Sakamoto mostly avoids the New Age clichés that plague so many piano CDs. Some of the pieces are obvious homages to classical works, such as "Opu...

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A5 - on the road again 06 - Breakdown and cry (Lay down and lie - goodbye)

Of course everyone knows that "On the Road Again" is a blues standard made famous by Canned Heat in 1968: But I didn't know that in the 80s; my first encounter with it was on synth band (or what in retrospect is referred to as "minimal wave") Sc...

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Ugress-SpiderEyes(Spider-ManTheme)

The Spiderman theme is fine as a jingle, but I've never thought of it as an actual cop-show theme. Until today, that is, when I found Norwegian electro duo Ugress's groovy remake: That's definitive; I doubt you'll ever hear a better version of ...

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Goose - Black Gloves - Dir: Steve Glashier

Belgian electro-rock band Goose put out their album Bring It On in 2006, but I'm just getting around to it. Not surprisingly, they sound like Belgian electro-rock band Soulwax, who sound like the older Belgian electro-rock band The Weathermen. A...

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]]> Tell me how to funk tag:vox.com,2007-11-29:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398c240470002 2007-11-29T06:14:14Z 2007-11-29T23:11:57Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Protest music can come from the unlikeliest places. German DJ and recording artist Malente came up with the supremely catchy "Open Secret" last year, which turns out to be quite a relevant protest song as well. The lyrics are clever, offering ir...

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