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8.12.2008

The Covers Mixtape VIII



SIDE A
1. Damien Jurado - Which Will (Nick Drake Cover)
2. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Little Boy Blue (George Jones Cover)
3. The Mountain Goats - White Box (Jandek Cover)
4. Lackthereof - Fake Empire (The National Cover)
5. Mark Kozelek - New Partner (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Cover)
6. Ola Podrida - Atmosphere (Joy Division Cover)
7. Kind Of Like Spitting - Sin City (Gram Parsons Cover)


SIDE B
1. Okkervil River - April Anne (John Phillips Cover)
2. Joe Pug - Grievous Angel (Gram Parsons Cover)
3. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - Handle With Care (Traveling Wilburys Cover)
4. Bat For Lashes - A Forest (The Cure Cover)
5. Marissa Nadler - No Surprises (Radiohead Cover)
6. Sparklehorse feat. Thom Yorke - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd Cover)
7. Beirut - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen Cover)

Tags: Covers, Mixtapes, Captain Obvious Mixtapes, Captain Obvious

at 5:33 PM  

3 comments:

The Soffe said...

Nice coherent mix...I especially like the Traveling Wilburys cover.

August 13, 2008 4:11 PM  
Korman said...

Awesome Tape.

August 14, 2008 9:54 PM  
Bonobo said...

Grah, I hate that "d'load failed" sound of DownThemAll ;-)

Any chance you re-up those pieces? I'm salivating …

Cheers, & TIA, Tom

June 24, 2010 12:12 PM  

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