NME Faves Cover Each Other

So this is where that Manic Street Preachers cover of "Umbrella" came from. NME's celebrating their powered-by-hype Shockwaves '08 extravaganza with a "Souvenir Box Set issue," likely containing crap you don't need from bands you don't care about (and stickers! that's a promise), as well as a 14-track covermount CD featuring artists doing contemporary covers. And for the most part it's bands they're fond of, although we may have stretched it with "faves" part (CSS's cover of Grizzly Bear's "Knife" is from the rather awesome Friend EP, which NME gave a 4/10 ... but don't worry about their taste because they love Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.). The tracklist:

01 Manic Street Preachers - "Umbrella"
02 The Futureheads - "Picture Of Dorian Gray"
03 Lightspeed Champion - "Back To Black"
04 CSS - "Knife"
05 The Cribs - "Modern Way"
06 Kaiser Chiefs - "Golden Skans (Live at Radio One)"
07 The Kooks - "Young Folks"
08 Does It Offend You Yeah! - "Whip It (Live)"
09 Kate Nash - "Men's Needs"
10 My Chemical Romance - "Song 2 (Live at Radio One)"
11 Get Cape. Wear Cape.Fly. - "D.A.N.C.E."
12 The Wombats - "Bleeding Love (Live)"
13 Bloc Party - "Say It Right (Live at Radio One)"
14 Ting Tings - "Anyway I Can"

Head to the special page to hear Kate Nash's take on the Cribs, Lightspeed Champ's Wino impersonation, and Kaiser Chiefs' Klaxons kover.

Posted at 4:21 PM
Tags: CSS | Grizzly Bear

10 Comments

vom

Posted by: west at 02/27/08 6:21 PM  | Reply
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vom indeed

Posted by: D-Ford at 02/27/08 7:15 PM  | Reply
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I guess Kate Nash is more or less a cover artist?

Posted by: kanye at 02/27/08 7:46 PM  | Reply
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I also love Get Cape Wear Cape Fly.
Guess I'm wrong about that.

Posted by: Samir at 02/27/08 8:28 PM  | Reply
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I admit it. I wouldn't mind hearing that Futureheads track.

Posted by: JG at 02/27/08 11:59 PM  | Reply
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i actually like the manic street preachers cover of umbrella. it rocks my socks off!

Posted by: killabot at 02/28/08 7:24 AM  | Reply
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Your Get Cape comment is humorously mistimed, seeing as this very issue gives his new album 5/10.

Posted by: Paul at 02/28/08 8:44 AM  | Reply
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NME is bullshit and wouldn't know quality if it came on their face.

It's probably in Grizzly Bear's best interest that they don't like them, b/c they pretty much have no credibitlity

Posted by: ook at 02/28/08 10:35 AM  | Reply
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nme used to be gd. now they follow trends instead of setting them. i bought this issue cos i needed change for the bus. ill give the cd a listen but i doubt ill read the magazine.

Posted by: Anders at 02/28/08 12:37 PM  | Reply
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good luck,

Posted by: Missouri at 07/07/08 6:56 PM  | Reply
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