There’s Nothing Soft About Medicine’s New Cover of Soft-Rock Staple “Sentimental Lady”

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Nov 042019
 
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While Brad Laner has been kicking out tuneful fuzz in an assortment of incarnations since the early ’90s, he is best known for leading shoegazing popsters Medicine. The band – Laner plus a revolving group of collaborators – have operated on and off over the past 25-plus years, with gaps of up to 10 years between releases. As a solo artist in between the Medicine records, Laner has sweetly revealed himself to be an ’70s AM radio kid, recording a couple of particularly heartfelt, sludgy and exceptional covers of Top 40 nuggets, Chicago’s “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day” and Blue Magic’s “Sideshow”. Continue reading »

Quickies: Émilie Simon, The Frown, Brad Laner, Aidan Moffit and Bill Wells, Vasco de Gama

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May 182011
 

Quickies rounds up new can’t-miss covers. Download ‘em below.

• French songwriter Émilie Simon hasn’t released an album in two years, but she just premiered a new cover over at FILTER. It strips Bronski Beat’s 1984 hit “Smalltown Boy” down to piano and, more importantly, Simon’s incredibly rich vocals.
MP3: Émilie Simon – Smalltown Boy (Bronski Beat cover) Continue reading »