Indie Covers

Great article in today's New York Times Arts & Leisure section about indie covers. I can't for the life of me find it online, but if you can pick up a copy of the paper it's a good read. I never really thought of how different it is that artists nowadays cover friends, or even songs that have yet to be released. It's no longer a tribute to legendary influences, it's more about playing a song just because they like the song itself. The article explains it much better than I ever could, and mentions fellow blogs stereogum and fluxblog. I'll post the link if I can find it.

Also, check out extrawack.com for some pictures of last night's Kaiser Chief's show at Bowery. Bob sent me a nice email giving me the heads-up, so be sure to check it out and live vicariously through him, if you are like me, and missed it.