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[Hump Day Diversion] 99 Red Balloons
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As that great poet of our time, Cyndi Lauper once said, “Girls just want to have fun…” and this week, we’re all about gifting you a good time that goes down easy and helps you float on over the hump – and guys are invited to the party, too. In fact, this week’s diversion…
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[Hump Day Diversion] The Royal Treatment
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We love covers here at No Country — Diversions, especially. From our birthday celebration focus on Beck’s Song Reader (relive the magic) to our extensive coverage of every imaginable iteration of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” (recall it), we can’t resist the opportunity to revel in fresh approach on tried and true tunes. And thusly, we…
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[Hump Day Diversion] Sweet Guzheng O’ Mine
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There have been some pretty respectable covers of the G-n-R classic, “Sweet Child O’ Mine” throughout the years. Remember that jam? One of the most iconic opening riffs in rock, ever! We divert your hump day with some of the more interesting renditions.
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[Hump Day Diversion] Gettin’ Lucky (take 2)
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You may recall that a few weeks back we brought you a boatload of diverse takes on Daft Punk‘s “Get Lucky” – and folks just kept on keepin’ on loving what will undoubtedly be the song of the summer, spawning so many new covers and re-imaginings of the jam to the point where our…
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Milktooth video cover series continues with “Walking In The Air”
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We’ve had a lot of fun with Milktooth‘s Stay At Home America series of video covers. We brought you the first two installments with covers of Beach House’s “Wild” and Kavinsky’s “Nightcall”, and we also gave you that first listen to Milktooth’s damn fine EP Wild Before Our Eyes back in October. Today they…
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No Country premiere: Queen and King (Sara Jean Kelley and Jacob Thomas) cover Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way”
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[soundworm foo=”foo-value”] If you’re a faithful reader around these parts you’ll remember Sara Jean Kelley helped open up for Hurray For The Riff Raff at our listening room party at 615 Design last month. She played a great set of her own stellar material but when she stepped away from the mic for a…
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Duncan Sheik headlines Sunset Sessions Tour | Tonight – Free Tickets! | 3rd and Lindsley
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Hey! Remember 90s alternative radio? Remember sweet alt-rocker Duncan Sheik? If so, you probably remember this: [youtube_sc=http://youtu.be/A-oh-tP6RvA] What I remember most about Duncan Sheik is his presence in a time in which there were truly great movie soundtracks that stood alone from (and often eclipsed) their films. It was a time when there was…
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Pink Floyd week on Jimmy Fallon, Final Day, Pearl Jam’s “Mother”
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All week, we’ve been following Late Night’s Jimmy Fallon, who is hosting a series of artists this week to perform covers of Pink Floyd songs. (This is the last time you have to ever read this paragraph.) I guess he thinks anyone that is up watching his show is likely stoned, and he wants…
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Pink Floyd week on Jimmy Fallon, Day 4, Dierks Bentley’s “Wish You Were Here”
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We are still following Late Night’s Jimmy Fallon who is hosting a series of artists this week to perform covers of Pink Floyd songs. I guess he thinks anyone that is up watching his show is likely stoned, and he wants to see if he can get a nation of stoned spirit-fingers going on…
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Pink Floyd week on Jimmy Fallon, Day 3, MGMT does “Lucifer Sam”
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We are still following Late Night’s Jimmy Fallon who is hosting a series of artists this week to perform covers of Pink Floyd songs. I guess he thinks anyone that is up watching his show is likely stoned, and he wants to see if he can get a nation of stoned spirit-fingers going on…