Elvis Perkins in Dearland are proud to announce two shows at the Bell House in Brooklyn. Details below:
April 23+24$18Dawn Landes supports on April 23rd
THE BELL HOUSE
149 7th Street
Brooklyn NY 1...
Elvis recorded a beautiful version of the Chilean poet Violetta Parra's 'Teneme en tu Corazon' (Keep Me In Your Heart) for the Starbucks Sweetheart 2010 compilation. Also appearing are Jose Gonzalez, ...
In 2005, Starbucks' Hear Music label released Sweetheart, a compilation of indie-leaning artists covering love songs for Valentine's Day. Last year, the label released a sequel. Today, Starbucks dropped yet another Sweetheart album.
This time around, the Shins' James Mercer collaborates with his brother Robert on a version of Bob Dylan's "Spanish Harlem Incident", Spoon take on the Damned's "Love Song", Yo La Tengo try out the Zombies' "You Make Me Feel Good", and Jose Gonzalez contributes his version of Kylie Minogue's "Hand on Your Heart". Elvis Perkins, Grand Archives, Mate of State, the Long Winters, and the Avett Brothers also make appearances. The compilation is for sale on iTunes right now, and we've got the tracklist below.
Sweetheart 2010:
01 Jose Gonzalez: "Hand on Your Heart" (Kylie Minogue cover)
02 Grand Archives: "Cupid" (Sam Cooke cover)
03 James Mercer & Robert Mercer: "Spanish Harlem Incident" (Bob Dylan cover)
04 Spoon: "Love Song" (The Damned cover)
05 Elvis Perkins: "Teneme en Tu Corazon (Keep Me in Your Heart)" (traditional)
06 The Long Winters: "Give Me All Your Lovin'" (ZZ Top cover)
07 Yo La Tengo: "You Make Me Feel Good" (The Zombies cover)
08 Ceu: "Eu Amo Voce (I Love You)" (Tim Maia cover)
09 Diane Birch: "I Go Crazy" (Paul Davis cover)
10 Jason Collett and Zeus: "Every Night"...
-- Improvised solo piano albums: So hot right now. Former Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle has recorded his own solo piano album, Merry X-Mas 2009, and he's giving it away for free on his website. Sample song title: "Wild Animals Slowly Approaching the Lovely Country Funeral".
-- On December 11, Danny Tamberelli and Mike Maronna, stars of the beloved Nickelodeon show "The Adventures of Pete & Pete", will reunite at the New Haven, Connecticut club Toad's Place. The occasion: A benefit show for former Miracle Legion frontman and tribute album beneficiary Mark Mulcahy, whose wife recently died. (Mulcahy's band Polaris was responsible for the "Pete and Pete" theme song.) Maronna will play with Jounce, Tamberelli's band, and the bill also features Elvis Perkins, Chris Harford, and Fountains of Wayne's Chris Collingwood.
-- It's so hard to find full-time work as a whale these days. Luckily for them, Brooklyn orch-poppers Freelance Whales have signed to Frenchkiss/Mom & Pop Records. Their debut album is due next spring.
-- London psychedelic garage band Wolf People has signed to Jagjaguwar. The label will release Tidings,...
The Elvis Perkins in Dearland show at Bowery Ballroom on 12/4 has just sold out. Tickets are still available for the show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on 12/5. Go here for tickets: http://www.mus...
Elvis appeared on NPR's Mountain Stage on November 1st in Charleston, WV. You can listen to his performance which will air during the weekend of November 27-29. A complete list of stations that carr...
Apologies for the late note, but driving down to Charlottesville last night, EPID's van hit a deer. The members of Dearland and crew are all OK, but sadly, the van and deer are not and Dearland will n...
Tickets go on sale today for the Elvis Perkins in Dearland/AA Bondy show on Saturday, Nov 21 at Chicago's newly opened Lincoln Hall, and can be purchased here: www.lincolnhallchicago.com.