The Arizona singer-songwriter, who released her latest album ‘Old Flowers’ in July, recorded the song earlier this year alongside Liz Cooper and Molly Sarlé.
The delicate, acoustic take on the 1965 track appeared on the star-studded ‘…Collapse Of American Democracy’ compilation in aid Voting Rights Lab, who campaign for fair voting rights in the US.
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Also featuring the likes of Pearl Jam, David Byrne and Arcade Fire, the collection was previously only available via Bandcamp for a 24-hour period in October.
Speaking of her contribution, Andrews described Simon & Garfunkel’s classic song as “a beautiful novella of a certain place in time that stirs our emotions”.
Bob Moses of Kustomized and Busted Statues, has died
Kustomized and
Busted Statues, has died. News came via Matador Records, who put out Kustomized s records, who wrote, Our thoughts this morning are with all those fortunate enough to have been in the orbit of Kustomized’s Bob Moses. Other tireless champions of interesting culture would get, well, tired watching Bob do his thing. We’re very lucky to have known him.
Kustomized were formed in 1993 by Peter Prescott (Mission of Burma, Volcano Suns) and released two albums, 1995 s
The Battle for Space and 1996 s
At The Vanishing Point, as well as an EP and a few singles. Before that, Moses was in 80s Boston punk band Busted Statues who were together from 1983-1990, opened for Hüsker Dü, The Dream Syndicate and many other bands, but only released one 7 single in 1989. However, an unreleased session from the same era, recorded by young Sean Slade, was remixed, remastered and released this year as the
ATOM & HIS PACKAGE - BOAT OF A CAR (THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS PODCAST)
Atom & His Package guested on a new episode of Punknews contributor Greg Simpson s They Might Be Giants podcast This Might Be A Podcast, and in doing so, he also covered their song Boat of Car. Atom and TMBG are both masters of quirk, so it s no surprise that Atom was a good fit for this.
Orange county ska-pop-punks Bite Me Bambi released their debut EP
Hurry Up and Wait today (and we included it on our ska year-end list). The EP includes all of the band s previous singles, and the just-released This Love Is Dead, which finds Bite Me Bambi exploring their darker minor-key side (with a bridge that seems to nod at House of the Rising Sun ). It comes with a
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Courtney Marie Andrews’ new cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “America,” performed with fellow artists Liz Cooper and Molly Sarlé, is out today. Listen/share HERE. Andrews, Cooper and Sarlé originally recorded the song as a contribution to Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy Vol. 2 a special compilation album released earlier this fall with proceeds benefitting Voting Rights Lab, a non-partisan organization fighting for fair voting rights.
Of the collaboration, Andrews shares, “This song is a beautiful novella of a certain place in time that stirs our emotions. While we were all at a writer’s retreat, we decided to sing harmony on it, to bring us closer together and reminisce over that free feeling of travel and love.”