The XX

The XX

Palo!

Devendra Banhart

Devendra Banhart

Mexican Institute of Sound

Portland Cello Project

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down

Mississippi John Hurt

Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard

Bon Iver

Jill Scott

Feist

Andrew Bird

St. Vincent

Actor was released May 5th, 2009

Charles Atlas

The Kinks

"I Go to Sleep" was released by Peggy Lee and The Applejacks in 1965 and was covered by Cher on her debut album, All I Really Want to Do, and by The Pretenders on their album Pretenders II, and by Sia Furler on her album Some People Have Real Problems. CD re-issue bonus track on Kinda Kinks which was originally released in 1965

Little Walter

Noisettes

The Strokes

I say the right thing But act the wrong way I like it right here But I cannot stay I'm watching TV Forget what I'm told Well, I am too young And they are too old Oh, man cant you see I'm nervous, so please Pretend to be nice So I can be mean I missed the last bus I'll take the next train I'll try, but you see It's hard to explain

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Richman

Stevie Wonder

Recorded at Motown in Detroit in 1972

Solomon Burke

COMPILATIONS

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Tony Allen

Eclectic Finnish musician Jimi Tenor teamed up with Afrobeat drumming legend Tony Allen to complete the fourth installment to Strut Records’ Inspiration Information series. The collaboration was recorded last November at Lovelite Studios in Berlin, and concluded this year with added sessions in Finland and Paris. In just over five days of jamming, the two successfully developed what has been described as a raw culmination of: full range Afrobeat repertoire, homemade instruments, vintage keyboards, dark humor, solid grooves, analog recording, and tight, “firing musicianship”.

Beck & Co.

Record Club is an informal meeting of various musicians to record an album in a day. The album chosen to be reinterpreted is used as a framework. Nothing is rehearsed or arranged ahead of time. A track is put up here once a week. The songs are rough renditions, often first takes that document what happened over the course of a day as opposed to a polished rendering. There is no intention to 'add to' the original work or attempt to recreate the power of the original recording. Only to play music and document what happens. Participants included this time around are Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, Brian Lebarton, Bram Inscore, Yo, Giovanni Ribisi, Chris Holmes, and from Iceland, special guest Thorunn Magnusdottir, and Beck.

The Hidden Cameras

Daniel Johnston

William Elliott Whitmore

Bangups

Animal Collective

Cornelius

Neon Indian

Digital Primitives

Belle & Sebastian

Patti Smith

Tom Waits

Tokyo Morose

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