Under Cover

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I haven’t thrown a bunch of covers at you in a while. I have a handful of covers of well-known songs performed by relatively unknown artists, who really take charge of the tracks, making them their own.

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Curt October 3, 2009 at 1:28 pm

Wow, that Vampire Weekend cover sounds like a diaper.

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Curt October 3, 2009 at 8:28 pm

Wow, that Vampire Weekend cover sounds like a diaper.

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