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Eddie writesTop Five Yo La Tengo Cover Songs
by Eddie Sayago
One of the most exciting parts of attending a concert is the possibility that the band you are seeing and hopefully enjoying performing does a cover of a different band or artist’s song. Sometimes this is expected. Some bands even make their mark or earn their first or biggest hit thanks to a cover version of another song. Then there are times when a band will perform a cover that appears to be out of nowhere, but they make it work.
Yo La Tengo is obviously a band that enjoys performing and recording covers. (See their 2006 album Yo La Tengo Is Murdering The Classics, which includes 30 covers from all kinds of musicians and genres). From a lengthy list of outstanding contenders, here are their top five covers, all available to download and stream.
1. "Here Comes My Baby" from the 1990 album Fakebook (originally recorded and performed by Cat Stevens)
The first cover that came to mind was this Cat Stevens number, which is from 1990’s Fakebook. Originally performed by the artist formerly as Cat Stevens, this song is often the highlight to the soundtrack to Wes Anderson’s Rushmore.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesThe Week That Was and Will Be: What’s Happening at CHIRP Radio (6/15/15)
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- CHIRP Radio and New Belgium Brewing are in the midst of locating this year’s bike-for-car swapper who will be crowned later this summer at the Chicago Tour de Fat Festival. This generous soul will give up driving for a year in exchange for a customized bicycle and the chance to live greener and healthier. New Belgium will auction the car, and CHIRP Radio will receive the proceeds! If you’re interested in being considered, go to the New Belgium Car Trader page for more information.
- The newest edition of CHIRP’s Factory Sessions is live. This one features Chicago band Whelms, a group made up of the members of Dianogah plus guitarist Tom Fitzgerald of C-Clamp.
NEW MEDIA:
- Shawna Kaiser profiles Growing Home, a Chicago organization providing farm-based training for people with employment barriers
- Ross Meyerson ruminates on the ideal songs for walking into a room
- Cher Vincent interviews Young Fathers at their Lincoln Hall show
- Story Week Festival: Conversation with Playwrights including Kia Corthron, Breath, Boom, and Regina Taylor
COMING UP THIS WEEK:
- CHIRP Radio welcomes Daniel Knox and Olivia Cheney to Evanston SPACE on Thursday, June 18th
- CHIRP Radio and Green Music Fest welcome Jacco Gardner to Beat Kitchen on Saturday, June 20th
SKaiser writesGrowing Home Farm Open House: Tomorrow and Free
Kick off your Saturday with a visit to Growing Home's Open House at the Wood Street Urban Farm and Training Center (5814 S Wood St). The hours are 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM, it's free ($5 suggested donation) and you can take part in tours of the farm, watch cooking demonstrations, keep the kiddos busy with face painting, and then take delicious produce home from the farm stand.
Growing Home is Chicago's leading expert in farm-based training for people with employment barriers. By providing 25 hours per week of paid on-the-job experience and job-readiness training at the farms, plus the support to conquer issues like criminal records, medical needs, child-care, and housing, Growing Home has changed the lives of hundreds of workers, and thousands of their family members.
"The thing that continues to impress me about Growing Home is how hard our participants work to change their lives," said Rebekah Silverman, Chief Operating Officer at Growing Home. "We offer the framework that gives our participants the time, and space, and support to work on themselves, but it wouldn't happen without their efforts and desire to try new things and make big changes in their own lives and in the lives of their family members."
The Open House is food and fun while supporting the mission of Growing Home. Take part in helping transform your community because everyone deserves to have a good job and everyone deserves to eat well.
CHIRP DJ writesCHIRP Factory Session - Whelms
Our latest Factory Session is with the new Chicago band Whelms, which features all three members of Dianogah plus guitarist Tom Fitzgerald of C-Clamp. The songs captured in this exclusive studio session mark the band's recorded debut. The audio was recorded on location at the CHIRP studio building by Mike Lust of Manor Mobile Recording and the video was captured & edited by Big Foot Media.
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Ross M: Conceptually Gross writesTop Five: Songs They Should Play When I Walk Into a Room
by Ross Meyerson
I think anyone with a passing interest in music has thought about what their theme song, soundtrack or at-bat song might be. But what about when you enter a room? What mood would you set through music?
Sure, it would be easy to pick, say, five party anthems, and I'm sure for some of y'all that would be fitting. Maybe you are a walking, talking, breathing "Louie Louie." More power to you. It may come as a shock to those who know me, but I am not that. With that in mind, here are five songs I think suit me well. Some might be spot on, some might be wishful thinking, some might just be to annoy you…
5. "At The Graves" by King Diamond
Hailing from the King's fourth solo album Conspiracy, "At The Graves" might require a little suspense and patience for my friends. For about a minute and a half, a twinkling childish piano plays but once the song kicks in, King commands you (well, demons, actually. But you haven't met my friends.) to "rise, rise, rise." Sometimes subtlety is not in the cards. Get off your butts, nerds, I'm here.