Every Tuesday Single Minded highlights new tracks hitting stores (or the Web) this week. On Fridays, come back for rarities, remixes, mash-ups and more.
The Shins, “Little Boxes” [Weeds Theme Cover]
Right, like the Shins have ever smoked pot!
Norah Jones, “Ocean of Noise” [Live Arcade Fire Cover]
Norah Jones manages to make betrayal, isolation and existential anxiety sound sultry and seductive. If you think that’s easy, take “Being & Nothingness” along on your next date and let us know how that works out for you.
Petra Haden, “Don’t Stop Believin’” [Journey Cover]
Haden’s rendition comes from Guilt by Association, an album that aims to make mainstream music “safe” for indie rockers via a series of cheeky covers. Which begs the question: When is Miranda Lambert going to make Joanna Newsom safe for the rest of us?
Diplo Mix [Pitchfork Mixtape]
Massive seventy-minute mix plays Bun B after Nirvana after Queen and David Bowie. In the Eighties, there was a name for this: MTV.
Multiple Artists, “Brazil” [Ary Borroso Cover]
The perfect soundtrack for our unraveling theocracy: eight versions of the linchpin music from Terry Gilliam’s dystopian masterpiece.
Photo: Brian Tamborello