The Avalanches - After the Goldrush

1 Bob Dylan - Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do? 
2 Beach Boys - Matchpoint Of Our Love 
3 Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar 
4 KLF - 3 Am Eternal 
5 Basement Jaxx - Light Your Lighter 
6 Artist Unknown - Shady 
7 Q Tip - Breathe And Stop 
8 Aldo Bender- Acid Enlightenment 
9 Thomas Bangalter - Turbo 
10 Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better (Todd Edwards "Dub Better" remix) 
11 Mr Oizo - M Seq 
12 Felix Da Housecat - Strobe 
13 DJ Funk - Booty Perc-U-Later 
14 BS 2000 - Nobody Beats BS 2000 
15 DJ Funk - Every Freakin Day 
16 Aphex Twin - Afx237 v7 
17 Shimon & Andy C - Bodyrock 
18 Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist 
19 Bubba Sparxx - Ugly 
20 Bobby Digital - Must Be Bobby 
21 DJ Zinc - 138 Trek 
22 Dr Dre - Forgot About Dre 
23 Chemical Brothers - It Began In Africa 
24 Underworld - Rez /Cowgirl 
25 Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle 
26 Thomas Bangalter - Colossus 
27 Mc5 - Tonite 
28 Missy Elliot - Get Yr Freak On 
29 George Michael - Faith 
30 Destiny's Child - Jumpin Jumpin 
31 Foundation Players - Fireball 
32 Eminem - The Real Slim Shady 
33 Xpress 2 - Smoke Machine 
34 Missy Elliot - One Minute Man 
35 J Walk - Soul Vibration 
36 Princess Superstar - Wet Wet Wet
37 Queen - I Want To Break Free 
38 Detroit Grand Pubahs - Sandwiches
39 Daft Punk - Oh Yeah 
40 Hall And Oates - I Cant Go For That (No Can Do) 
41 Aphex Twin - Windowlicker 
42 Beach Boys - Johnny Carson

In 2008, a mix CD appeared by The Avalanches titled "After the Goldrush". The album is a mashup of 42 songs in different styles and from different eras. The inside cover includes a mini-history of the band and announces that this album "fills the gap for all of The Avalanches junkies out there, a mad mix of eclectic musical inspirations pieced together in a totally unique and off the wall way, it shouldn't work, but it does in a bizarre way that only these antipodean mavericks know how... And remember, The Avalanches wouldn't give a 'castlemaine for X' for anything else." There is a small picture of the band that sits behind the CD. There is no booklet and no credits for the songs or the band aside from the notes in the inside cover...www.answers.com

Moon Harbour Inhouse Vol. 3 by Martinez

01. Luna City Express - Swing City 

02. Martinez - Blue Lagoon 

03. Boris Werner - Feel Good 

04. Mathias Kaden - Musica 

05. Vera - Hooked Up With Da Drums 

06. Dot - Kinda Strange 

07. Matthias Tanzmann - Left Behind 

08. Dan Drastic & Chris Lattner - Two In One

The Inhouse compilations are special moments for Moon Harbour. Being more than just simply packed with new and exclusive tracks from Moon Harbour artists and friends, they are also landmarks which connect a contemporary sound with a look to the future by giving a mouth-watering taster of upcoming releases. Two eventful years have passed since the last Inhouse-compilation: almost a dozen new EPs have been released and played relentlessly in clubs worldwide - releases by Moon Harbour residents Matthias Tanzmann, Marlow, Luna City Express and Dan Drastic, but also by Simon Flower, Miguel Toro, Gregor Tresher, Seuil and last but not least Martinez, who is set to influence the labels' profile more in the future. Moon Harbour has now become fully international, with it’s artists receiving global acclaim and booking for gigs far and wide...www.moonharbour.com

War Child presents Heroes

1. Beck - Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob Dylan cover)

2. The Kooks - Victoria (The Kinks cover)
3. The Hold Steady - Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen cover)

4. Hot Chip - Transmission (Joy Division cover) 

5. Lily Allen feat. Mick Jones - Straight To Hell (The Clash cover)
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (The Ramones cover)
7. Franz Ferdinand - Call Me (Blondie cover)
8. Duffy - Live And Let Die (Paul McCartney cover)
9. Estelle - Superstition (Stevie Wonder cover)
10. Rufus Wainwright - Wonderful & Song For Children (Brian Wilson cover)
11. Scissor Sisters - Do The Strand (Roxy Music cover)
12. Peaches -  Search And Destroy (Iggy Pop cover)
13. Adam Cohen-  Take This Waltz (Leonard Cohen cover)
14. Elbow - Running To Stand Still (U2 cover)
15. The Like - You Belong To Me (Elvis Costello cover)
16. TV On The Radio - Heroes (David Bowie cover)

So, The War Child International charity asked Bruce Springsteen to pick any song of his and then pick the artist to cover it. Who wants to hear The Hold Steady do “Atlantic City?”I do. The album is called Heroes, it comes out February 24, and has some other things you might wanna hear; Duffy doing “Live and Let Die,” Estelle doing “Superstition,” Hot Chip doing “Transmission,” and TV on the Radio doing Bowie’s “Hereos” to give it the title track...www.mypoprocks.com

Sweetheart: Our Favourite Artists Sing Their Favourite Long Songs

01 Death Cab for Cutie - Love Song (Cure cover)
02 Katy Perry - Black and Gold (Sam Sparro cover)
03 DeVotchKa - Hot Burrito #1 (I'm Your Toy) (Flying Burrito Brothers cover)
04 Department of Eagles - Love Me (Elvis Presley cover)
05 Jessica Lea Mayfield - Words of Love (Buddy Holly cover)
06 Ben Bridwell - Your Love Is Forever (George Harrison cover)
07 Kate Tucker - I'm on Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover)
08 Rogue Wave - Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover)
09 A.C. Newman - Take on Me (a-ha cover)
10 Jem - Yellow (Coldplay cover)
11 Richard Hawley - Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot cover)
12 Daniel Martin Moore - I Hear Music (Billie Holiday cover)
13 She & Him - I Put a Spell on You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover)
14 Lila Downs - My One and Only Love (Frank Sinatra cover)

For you to be in any way remotely amped about this story, the following things have to not make you want to barf: Starbucks, Valentine's Day, NPR-sounding MOR indie, Katy Perry blatantly grabbing for indie cred, cutesy fake-vintage cover art, the idea of anyone covering Coldplay for anything other than a joke, love in general. 

Still with me? On January 30, Starbucks Entertainment will release Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs. Starbucks already pulled this trick in 2005, and apparently the world demanded a sequel. 
The tracklist includes A.C. Newman's previously reported cover of a-ha's "Take on Me", Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses covering George Harrison, Department of Eagles doing a Leiber and Stoller song made famous by Elvis, Rogue Wave doing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and that Katy Perry cover of Sam Sparro's "Black and Gold" that lit up the mp3 blogs a few months back. 
Also, both halves of the newly engaged indie supercouple Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel will be represented here via the Death Cab and She & Him selections, and maybe they'll be singing to each other because awww. (They're covering songs which, respectively, 311 and Marilyn Manson have already had their way with. Make of that what you will.)...www.pitchforkmedia.com

Guilt By Association Vol. 2

1. My Brightest Diamond - Tainted Love (originally done by Gloria Jones)
2. The Bloodsugars - Self-Control (by Laura Branigan)
3. Robbers on High Street - Cool It Now (by New Edition)
4. Frightened Rabbit - Set You Free (by N-Trance)
5. Matt Pond PA - I'm Not Okay (by My Chemical Romance)
6. Takka Takka - In the Air Tonight (by Phil Collins)
7. Kaki King - I Think She Knows (by Justin Timberlake)
8. Francis And The Lights - Can't Tell Me Nothing (by Kanye West)
9. Lowry - Africa (by Toto)
10. The Forms - We Didn't Start The Fire (by Billy Joel)
11. Rafter - If You Leave (by Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark)
12. Cassettes Won't Listen - Need You Tonight (by INXS)
13. Jukebox the Ghost - It's A Beautiful Life (by Ace of Base)
14. Max Vernon - I Kissed a Girl (by Kate Perry)

Cover your faces while you cover your favorites: it's time for a sequel to Guilt by Association, the 2007 comp from Engine Room Recordings that had folks like Will Oldham, Devendra Banhart, and Superchunk totally putting their cred on the line bytaking on an eyebrow-raising bunch of popular tunes.

For round two, the comp seems to have evolved from a collection of covers of guilty pleasures to an unabashed celebration of pop, probably since nobody should ever feel ashamed for liking something (unless that something is Ted Nugent in 2008).

Participants this time around include the My Brightest Diamond, Frightened Rabbit, Kaki King, Rafter, Takka Takka, the Forms, and Matt Pond PA, while the material ranges from 1980s classics such as "In the Air Tonight", "Tainted Love", and "If You Leave" to cuts from Ace of Base, Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, and even Katy Perry.

Guilt by Association Vol. 2 hits stores on CD come February 17, but anxious sorts can actually score the thing right now via iTunes. You can also stream the set here, and download an MP3 of My Brightest Diamond's "Tainted Love" cover below. No really, go ahead, we swear we won't tell a soul. ;-)...www.pitchforkmedia.com

Dark Was The Night

Disc 1
01. Dirty Projectors and David Byrne - Knotty Pine
02. The Books and José González - Cello Song [orig. Nick Drake]
03. Feist and Ben Gibbard - Train Song [orig. Vashti Bunyan ]
04. Bon Iver - Brackett, WI
05. Grizzly Bear - Deep Blue Sea
06. The Bend The National and Nico Muhly - So Far Around
07. Yeasayer - Tightrope
08. My Brightest Diamond - Feeling Good
09. Kronos Quartet - Dark Was The Night [orig. Blind Willie Johnson]
10. Antony and Bryce Dessner - I Was Young When I Left Home [orig. Bob Dylan]
11. Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner - Big Red Machine
12. The Decemberists - Sleepless
13. Iron & Wine - Stolen Houses (orig. Die)
14. Grizzly Bear and Feist - Service Bell
15. Sufjan Stevens - You Are The Blood

Disc 2
01. Spoon - Well-Alright
02. Arcade Fire - Lenin
03. Beirut - Mimizan
04. My Morning Jacket - El Caporal
05. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Inspiration Information [orig. Shuggie Otis]
06. Dave Sitek - With A Girl Like You [orig. The Troggs]
07. Buck 65, Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti - Blood Pt 2 [orig. The Castanets]
08. The New Pornographers - Hey, Snow White [orig. Destroyer]
09. Yo La Tengo - Gentle Hour [orig. Snapper]
10. Stuart Murdoch - Another Saturday
11. Riceboy Sleeps - Happiness
12. Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues - Amazing Grace
13. Andrew Bird - The Giant of Illinois [orig. Handsome Family]
14. Conor Oberst and Gillian Welch - Lua
15. Blonde Redhead and Devastations - When The Road Runs Out
16. Kevin Drew - Love vs. Porn