Guilt By Association Vol 2
If you are looking for good music to use up your eMusic credits, I have a tip: volume 2 of Guilt By Association, a collection of 15 covers by 14 artists, was released on November 15 by Engine Room Recordings/The Orchard. This album contains some real treats, including Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" redone wonderfully by My Brightest Diamond, Lowry covering Toto's "Africa," Cassettes Won't Listen doing the INXS fave "Need You Tonight," and Matt Pond PA's endearing cover of My Chemical Romance's "I'm Not OK."
Particularly pleasing is Matt Vernon's take on "I Kissed a Girl," the recent Katy Perry release, with a gorgeous piano intro. To hear Vernon sing, "My boyfriend don't mind it," puts a whole different twist on the thing. And there's more, including Frightened Rabbit and Kaki King.
The first Guilt By Association isn't shabby either. Look for Devendra Banhart and Noah Georgeson reworking Oasis' "Don't Look Back In Anger," along with covers by Luna, Petra Haden, and Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
Perhaps my favorite from Volume 2 is Takka Takka's powerful rendition of Phil Collins' classic rock oldie, "In the Air Tonight" from his first album. It was enough to make me look up Takka Takka's own 2008 release, Migration (eMusic) and find out what a damn fine set of their own songs they've produced. OOPS! I'm supposed to be narrowing down my choices for Favorites of 2008, not adding to them!
Takka Takka: In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins cover from Guilt By Association Vol 2
Stream all songs full-length here (this is also a link to buy if you don't have an eMusic account)
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