Gorillaz - Crystalised (the XX cover - Video)

'Controversial' Live Lounge cover of the XX anthem.

Why is it controversial? I'll let NME tell you. Almost everybody else loved it
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Personally, I quite like it despite the lack of energy or baseline. Plus, it features glockenspiels!

Mayer Hawthorne & The Roots in NYC

Stones Throw's Mayer Hawthorne caught up with the legendary Roots crew in NYC last weekend, and performed Mayer's single 'Just Ain't Gonna Work Out'.

Beck covers The Velvet Underground

'Sunday Morning' by The Velvet Underground & Nico, covered by Beck.

I dislike Coldplay...

...or at least everything they've done since their second album.

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Apart from 'Fix You', which is very obvious but still catchy as hell, I'd rather shove a smashed pint glass up my bum than listen to Chris Martin's flat voice on a record. Anyway, here's a link to a live album they are giving free on their website.

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Left Right Left Right Left mp3 album

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Anthony Hamilton - A Change Is Gonna Come (Live)

Everyone calls this "the Sam Cooke classic".

Well... Sam wrote it, but Otis Redding owned it.

Anthony gets a pass for even trying it, because he's one of the more soulful young dudes currently singing that neo-soul/R&B shenanigans.

Fleet Foxes - Breaking, Entering, Playing (Video)

A 'take away show' by The Fleet Foxes, one of the acts of 2008.

"A friend’s friend let us into an abandoned wing of the Grand Palais. There were empty spaces, as if abandoned at short notice, unreasonably high ceilings. The perfect place for the Fleet Foxes."

Devin the Dude - F**k You (Live)

Devin performing the track he featured on from Dr Dre's now-classic album Chronic 2001.