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January 29, 2008

Lightspeed Champion And Alex Turner Cover The Strokes

Turns out Alex Turner does a pretty good Julian Casablancas. Honest to blog! And with that we're surprising, nobody. A'Monk ribbing aside, this really is a fun cover of Room On Fire burner "Reptila," Alex joining Lightspeed Champion & friends (billed as the Pun Lovin' Criminals) at the White Heat party in Mayfair, across the water. The kids seem to be Strokes fans.

Damn good we say. They should put out an Is This It tribute album and call it Innit?. For album art inspiration, they could look at Goldenfiddle's "In-Depth Look Into The Making Of The Cover Art For The Strokes' First Album." Smell the glove.

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wish the audio was better.

Posted by: kevin at 01/29/08 2:17 PM | Reply
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i guess someone's been playing rock band

Posted by: brent at 01/29/08 2:35 PM | Reply
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oh jesus. stereogum quoted Juno. The faux-indie universe is folding in on itself.

Posted by: nick at 01/29/08 2:48 PM | Reply
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Yeh: Mr Lightspeed Champ and I were having a chat recently about learning how to play every single song on Is This It the moment we picked up a guitar.

Posted by: mike at 01/29/08 4:37 PM | Reply
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Thanks for the clip, 'gum.

Posted by: b.LOUD at 01/29/08 5:35 PM | Reply
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that was good? that sounded like high school kids who read 'guitar world' tabs and jam in their basement.

Posted by: s at 01/29/08 5:58 PM | Reply
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reptilia was on room on fire.

Posted by: lincoln at 01/29/08 6:16 PM | Reply
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Prove it Mike.

You douche.

Posted by: Spike at 01/29/08 6:29 PM | Reply
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see that long haired raver dancing like a knob at the beginning? as much as I like to spaz out, this is why I hate being at the front. huge tall fuckers like those.

Posted by: ak at 01/30/08 2:49 AM | Reply
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Howie Beck's cover of Reptilia, posted on this site a while back, was far superior and worth checking out.

Posted by: k at 01/30/08 9:09 AM | Reply
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lincoln, reading is fundamental.

Posted by: in reading rainbows at 01/30/08 9:32 AM | Reply
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eh, that was okay. doesn't really do Julian justice. i'd still bone Alex though.

Posted by: Sara at 01/31/08 10:39 AM | Reply
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eh, that was okay. doesn't really do Julian justice. i'd still bone Alex though.

Who cares? lame-ass gruopie

Posted by: Nils at 03/05/08 1:04 PM | Reply
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Ugh, Valensi's solo is massacred, but otherwise this has a lot of heart.

Posted by: 12 :51 profile link at 06/25/08 9:58 PM | Reply
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