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Yesterday we heard the result of Kevin Barnes putting his work into the hands of Beatles-obsessed supermusicguy Jon Brion. Today we hear Kevin Barnes put the work of Lennon/McCartney into the hands of Beatles-obsessed supermusicguy himself. of Montreal are never shy about sharing the covers, and on this spectacular, horse-filled tour of theirs, they've been unveiling one practically ever night -- Nirvana, R.E.M., Franz Ferdinand. This pair -- of the Rubber Soul classic "Nowhere Man" and the Lennon solo classic "Instant Karma!" -- come in relatively clean audio form, from a recent session the band did with KUT in Austin. Come and get your share:

of Montreal - "Instant Karma! (KUT Session)" (MP3)
of Montreal - "Nowhere Man (KUT Session)" (MP3)

Those come via You Ain't No Picasso. Don't forget, YANP is compiling a master archive of oM covers, which you can peruse here. Also worth remembering: of Monty will be in the Ed Sullivan Theatre to do Letterman on 12/18 with "An Eluardian Instance."

[Photo from of Montreal @ Roseland Ballroom 10/10/08]

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lol i hate their covers. absolutely awful

Posted by: d@ve at 11/18/08 4:05 PM | Reply
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yeah. these are shitty.

Posted by: william at 11/18/08 4:22 PM | Reply
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Why on earth would you do such uninteresting covers?
At least Sufjan made Ringo's song sound good.

Posted by: Aaron at 11/19/08 2:30 AM | Reply
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This guy in the make up never plays any Bowie songs I know. I met him once and he had brilliant things to say about the Steelers defensive schemes though.

Posted by: Skip Roads profile link at 11/19/08 8:44 AM | Reply
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I've seen him cover Bowie.

And just about 50 or so other great artists.

Of Montreal used to do annual cover shows every New Years in Athens. It was a tradition there for a while and it was awesome. And they did something similar to that last year in New York (not for New Years, that I recall), but they did it like a karaoke night where the audience gets up and sings.

I've seen Of Montreal more than any other band live and my favorite cover from them was More Than A Feeling, it was unforgettable.

Posted by: whislte in reply to Skip Roads's comment at 11/20/08 4:22 PM | Reply
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these are unforgettable for all the wrong reasons

Posted by: d@ve at 11/23/08 1:56 PM | Reply
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