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Yeasayer, Liars cover Fleetwood Mac

Posted on November 26, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Mojo - Rumours RevisitedThe latest issue of Mojo magazine comes with a free CD: Rumours Revisited – a track-by-track tribute to Fleetwood Mac‘s 1977 classic Rumours. Artists like Yeasayer, Liars, Besnard Lakes and others covered the album’s 11 tracks.

Yeasayer offers a quirky take on the opening track, “Second Hand News.” The rhythm bops along with sprightly electronics, and the band adds slight psychedelic twists with textures and warbly harmonies.

Liars’ cover is quite the opposite. The ominous bowed-bass opening, low vocals and minimal tones make “The Chain” incredibly creepy.

Check out both tracks below, courtesy of Mad Mackerel, and pick up a copy of Mojo to hear the rest.

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Washed Out – “Straight Back” (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Posted on July 18, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood MacWe’re almost done posting Fleetwood Mac covers. Seriously, there aren’t many left on Hear Music/Concord‘s upcoming Just Tell Me That You Want Me: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac.

Washed Out’s cover of 1982′s “Straight Back” was one we were waiting for, and it was worth it.

Check out the cover below and catch up if you’ve missed The New Pornographers – “Think About Me,” Best Coast – “Rhiannon,” MGMT – “Future Games,” Karen Elson – “Gold Dust Woman,” Lykke Li – “Silver Springs,” Lee Ranaldo Band and J. Mascis – “Albatross,” The Kills – “Dreams,” Antony – “Landslide,” or Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney – “Storms.”

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Matt Sweeney, The Kills cover Fleetwood Mac

Posted on July 12, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood MacThe SoundCloud playlist for Hear Music/Concord’s upcoming Just Tell Me That You Want Me: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac looks a bit more complete almost every day. We’ve already heard The New Pornographers cover “Think About Me,” Best Coast do “Rhiannon,” Lykki Li cover “Silver Springs,” MGMT’s version of “Future Games,” Lee Ranaldo Band and J. Mascis take on “Albatross,”  Antony cover “Landslide,” and “Gold Dust Woman” by Karen Elson.

The label just released two more: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Matt Sweeney’s cover of “Storms” and the Kills’ version of “Dreams.”

Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy stripped down “Storms,” from 1979′s Tusk. The pair replaced Stevie Nicks’ distinct voice with Crosby Stills & Nash-style harmonies.

The Kills strip down the Rumours classic “Dreams” in a very different way. Their take is minimal, but built around raw energy. The electric guitars and singer Alison Mosshart’s howl are the complete opposite of Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s acoustic cover.

Stream “Storms” below and check out “Dreams” on Nowness.

Update: Stream the Kills’ version of “Dreams” below via SoundCloud.

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Lee Ranaldo Band feat. J. Mascis – “Albatross” (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Posted on July 10, 2012 by | 2 Comments

Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood MacIn addition to providing some solid covers, the best part about Hear Music/Concord‘s upcoming Just Tell Me That You Want Me: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac is that it sheds some light on the more overlooked eras of the band.

While Lykke Li (“Silver Springs“), Best Coast (“Rhiannon“), The New Pornographers (“Think About Me“), Antony (“Landslide“) and Karen Elson (“Gold Dust Woman“), reworked classics from the most commercially successful period — the lineup from 1975-1987, featuring Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie — there are a few earlier songs on the tribute.

MGMT did “Future Games,” from the Bob Welch era, and both Billy Gibbons and Trixie Whitley cover some of the band’s earliest music.

Lee Ranaldo Band and Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis also dug into the band’s early era. They covered “Albatross,” from 1969, when the band was known as Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac. Ranaldo and Mascis add a bit of feedback to the surfy instrumental, but keep mostly true to the original.

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Karen Elson – “Gold Dust Woman” (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Posted on July 6, 2012 by | 3 Comments

Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood MacThe tracks from Hear Music/Concord‘s upcoming Just Tell Me That You Want Me: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac just keep coming. Previously, we’ve heard the New Pornographers do “Think About Me,” Best Coast do “Rhiannon,” MGMT cover “Future Games,” Antony do “Landslide,” and Lykke Li sing “Silver Springs,” and now Karen Elson’s version of “Gold Dust Woman” is available.

We haven’t heard much from Elson since her divorce party with her now-ex-husband Jack White, but she lays down a nice cover of one of Stevie Nicks’ signature songs. Beck even stepped in to produce it.

The Fleetwood Mac covers will probably keep flooding in until Just Tell Me That You Love Me‘s August 14 release.

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MGMT, Lykke Li and Antony cover Fleetwood Mac

Posted on July 2, 2012 by | 4 Comments

Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood MacThe tracks from Hear Music/Concord‘s upcoming Just Tell Me That You Want Me: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac have been rolling in. We’ve already heard the New Pornographers take on “Think About Me” and Best Coast tackle “Rhiannon,” and now three more tracks are online.

MGMT make “Future Games,” from Bob Welch-era Fleetwood Mac, sufficiently weird. The robot vocals and sparse synths sound a lot like the Flaming Lips’ Dark Side of the Moon cover album. “Future Games” is a bigger reach, though, because Dark Side was already a little out there.

Antony covers “Landslide,” a Stevie Nicks-penned song from 1975′s Fleetwood Mac. His take is beautifully straight forward, carried mostly by the strength of his vocals.

Lykke Li also takes on a Stevie Nicks song, but a much less familiar one. She covers “Silver Springs,” which was intended for Rumours. It was only released as the b-side to “Go Your Own Way” until it was featured on the live album The Dance in 1997.

Check out all three tracks below. Just Tell Me That You Want Me: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac is out August 14.

MGMT – “Future Games”

Antony – “Landslide”

Lykke Li – “Silver Springs”

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Best Coast – “Rhiannon” (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Posted on June 28, 2012 by | 5 Comments

Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood MacThe upcoming Fleetwood Mac tribute, Just Tell Me That You Want Me, has a solid tracklist. We’ve already heard the New Pornographers’ version of “Think About Me,” and now Best Coast‘s cover of “Rhiannon” is online.

Bethany Cosentino does her best Stevie Nicks impression in the straight-forward, but stripped-down take. It lags behind the original’s spectacular production, and the upbeat, bopping piano chords completely strip away the mystery. But overall, it’s not a bad shot at one of Fleetwood Mac’s iconic songs.

Just Tell Me That You Want Me: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac is out August 18 on Hear Music/Concord.

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The New Pornographers – “Think About Me” (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Posted on June 22, 2012 by | 6 Comments

Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood MacThe Starbucks label Hear Music is releasing a Fleetwood Mac tribute album called Just Tell Me That You Want Me. Despite its terrible cover art (who chose those fonts?!), the compilation sports an impressive tracklist, featuring Best Coast, The New Pornographers, Lykke Li, Tame Impala, MGMT and more.

The New Pornographers covered “Think About Me,” from Fleetwood Mac’s 1979 double album Tusk. Stream the track below and see the complete tracklist after the jump.

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