SnobCast Season 1: EPISODE 8

Episode 8: The Covers Edition

Song: 'I Want You Back' (Jackson 5 Cover)
Artist: Discovery

Aight, so we've been meaning to do a covers episode ever since working on the first episode, and here it is - just in time for what has so far been the biggest two week period in new, amazing 2010 music! (Episode 9's gonna be a doozy). In the meantime - if Peter Gabriel's doing it, then we are too! Hope you enjoy this, a collection of some of our favorite covers of and by some Snob Cast (and to a lesser dgree Much Music Dance Mix) favorites.

Song: 'D.A.N.C.E' (Justice Cover)

Artist: Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.

Song: 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' (Joy Division Cover)
Artist: Nouvelle Vague

Song: 'Bitches Ain't Shit' (Dr. Dre Cover)
Artist: Ben Folds

Song: 'Weighted Down' (Fleetwood Mac's Skip Spence Cover)
Artist: Beck's Record Club

Just wanna put the word out - Beck's website has been a musical Disneyland lately - you can't do it all in one day, and it's probably a completely different experience on PSPs. Within the expanse is Beck's 'Record Club' project where once a month, he and whoever's around (the collaborators list has so far inluded members of Wilco, MGMT, Jamie Lidel, Feist, Devendra Banheart and Giovanni Ribissi!) rerecord an entire album in one day, and then release fisished videos with the final product throughout the month. So far they've covered The Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen and Fleetwood Mac's Skip Spence. Torrents of the final product in audio have recently become available. Awesome stuff, lots of fun. Check out his site - just remember where you parked.

Song: 'Ruby Soho' (Rancid Cover)
Artist: Vampire Weekend

Song: 'I Can't Tell You Why' (The Eagles Cover)
Artist: Chromeo

Song: 'Independent Women' (Destiny's Child Cover)
Artist: Elbow

Song: 'My Boys' (Animal Collective Cover)
Artist: Taken By Trees

Song: 'No Diggity' (Blackstreet Cover)
Artist: Klaxons

Song: 'The Light 3000' (The Smiths Cover)
Artist: Schneider TM

Song: 'Against All Odds' (Phil Collins Cover)
Artist: Tbe Postal Service

Song: 'Flume' (Bon Iver Cover)
Artist: Peter Gabriel

The man who finally gave us an excuse for this covers edition. In case you hadn't heard, Genesis used to be cool, until approximately the time when this weirdo left the band and Phil "Su-Su-Sudio"" Collins started helping them become... easier. Peter's been busy running a worldbeat music empire, but took some time to bang out a record of gorgeous covers of a worthy collection of nowish names including Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Radiohead, Bowie, Magnetic Fields and Elbow. So... that's pretty cool. I mean - what must it be like to be Justin Vernon of Bon Iver hearing 'Flume' get covered by Peter Gabriel. Chills! Check it out.