With the current backlash against the new MGMT album, The Ooks Of Hazzard chose the perfect time to release this cover of “Kids”. I actually like the new album Congratulations, but I’m not blind to the fact that it’s missing a lot of the charm of Oracular Spectacular. That “charm” immediately becomes apparent when you watch this video of 7 ukulele’s, 1 according and a cajon box belting out “Kids”. A truly awesome cover: continue reading...
This cover tune comes at a perfect time, the new MGMT album Congratulations just leaked onto the web and Jonsi is set to begin touring North America this April in support of his debut solo album, Go. In this version of the song all of the psychedelic flourishes that made the MGMT version so awesome are stripped away in favor of a single piano and Jonsi’s other-worldly vocals. The result is something pretty amazing: continue reading...
Here we go once again… the season of “Best Of” lists! Here at SoundMojo I’ll throw my Top 20 Albums of 2008 into the never-ending pile of opinionated lists that inevitably feature a variation of the same 50 bands or so… Without further ado, here are the 20 albums that I enjoyed the most this year:
