I’m in love with Noah Lennox (aka Panda Bear) from Animal Collective, particularly 2007’s Person Pitch, which I’ve blogged about lots and lots. So, sharing this jam from Atlas Sound’s recent Logos is a total necessity.

Atlas Sound “Walkabout (feat. Panda Bear)”

Time for the next installment of Uncovered & Covered, this time around it’s The Modern Lovers‘ “Pablo Picasso” from the Boston band’s self-titled debut, released in 1972.

The Modern Lovers “Pablo Picasso”

David Bowie “Pablo Picasso”

John Cale “Pablo Picasso”

Burning Sensations “Pablo Picasso”

The Truffauts “Pablo Picasso”

Simple Minds “Pablo Picasso”

The Decemberists “Pablo Picasso”

“Pablo Picasso” lyrics:

Well some people try to pick up girls
And get called assholes
This never happened to Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist his stare and
So Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole

Well the girls would turn the color
Of the avacado when he would drive
Down their street in his El Dorado
He could walk down you street
And girls could not resist his stare
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
Not like you
Alright

Well he was only 5′3″
But girls could not resist his stare
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
Not in New York

Oh well be not schmuck, be not abnoxious,
Be not bellbottom bummer or asshole
Remember the story of Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist his stare
Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole
Alright this is it

Some people try to pick up girls
And they get called an asshole
This never happened to Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist his stare and so
Pablo Picasso was never called…

I’ve been digging on “Despicable Dogs” by Small Black for a couple weeks, even more so now after checking out a nice little remix by Washed Out. You can snag Small Black’s 12″ EP here now.

Small Black “Despicable Dogs”

Small Black “Despicable Dogs (Washed Out remix)”

From Emotional Rescue, here’s The Rolling Stones’ “Emotional Rescue”.

The Rolling Stones “Emotional Rescue”

The Rolling Stones “Emotional Rescue” Lyrics:

Is there nothing I can say
Nothing I can do
To change your mind
I’m so in love with you
You’re too deep in
You can’t get out
You’re just a poor girl in a rich man’s house
Yeah, baby, I’m crying over you

Don’t you know promises were never made to keep?
Just like the night, dissolve in sleep
I’ll be your savior, steadfast and true
I’ll come to your emotional rescue
I’ll come to your emotional rescue

Yeah, the other night, crying
Crying baby, yeah I’m crying
Yeah I’m like a child baby
I’m like a child baby
Child yeah, I’m like a child, like a child
Like a child

You think you’re one of a special breed
You think that you’re his pet Pekingese
I’ll be your savior, steadfast and true
I’ll come to your emotional rescue
I’ll come to your emotional rescue

I was dreaming last night
Last night I was dreaming
How you’d be mine, but I was crying
Like a child, yeah, I was crying
Crying like a child
You will be mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, all mine
You could be mine, could be mine
Be mine, all mine.

I come to you, so silent in the night
So stealthy, so animal quiet
I’ll be your savior, steadfast and true
I’ll come to your emotional rescue
I’ll come to your emotional rescue

Yeah, you should be mine, mine, whew
Yes, you could be mine
Tonight and every night
I will be your knight in shining armour
Coming to your emotional rescue
You will be mine, you will be mine, all mine
You will be mine, you will be mine, all mine
I will be your knight in shining armor
Riding across the desert with a fine Arab charger

This is a repost with remixes.

Fool’s Gold “Surprise Hotel”

Fool’s Gold “Surprise Hotel (Micachu & The Shapes remix – dwnld via RCRD LBL)”

Fool’s Gold “Surprise Hotel (Toadally Krossed Out remix – dwnld via RCRD LBL)”

Fool’s Gold “Surprise Hotel (Phaseone remix – dwnld via RCRD LBL)”

Fool’s Gold “Nadine (Memory Tapes version)”

Fool’s Gold Tour Dates:

• Oct 8 2009      The Loft w/ metronomy     La Jolla, California
• Oct 9 2009     The Roxy w/Metronomy     Los Angeles, California
• Oct 10 2009     Bottom of the Hill w/ metronomy     San Francisco, California
• Oct 11 2009     Holocene w/ metronomy     Portland, Oregon
• Oct 12 2009     KEXP – Live session and Interview     Seattle, Washington
• Oct 12 2009     Nectar Lounge w/ metronomy     Seattle, Washington
• Oct 13 2009     Red Room w/ metronomy     Vancouver
• Oct 16 2009     Cameo     Brooklyn, New York
• Oct 17 2009     Shop     New York, New York
• Oct 18 2009     Sycamore     Brooklyn, New York
• Oct 19 2009     Knitting Factory     Brooklyn, New York
• Oct 20 2009     Webster Hall (DJ SET) – CMJ/STEREOGUM Opening Night     New
• York, New York
• Oct 21 2009     Bowery Poetry Club -IAMSOUND Records CMJ showcase     NYC, New York
• Oct 29 2009     Fool’s Gold on Morning Becomes Eclectic     KCRW
• Nov 10 2009     3rd & Lindsley     Nashville, Tennessee
• Nov 11 2009     40 Watt Club     Athens, Georgia
• Nov 14 2009     IS VENUE     Charlottesville, Virginia
• Nov 15 2009  First Unitarian Church     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Nov 16 2009     Black Cat     Washington, Washington DC
• Nov 17 2009     Bowery Ballroom     New York, New York
• Nov 21 2009     Pearl Street Downstairs     Northampton, Massachusetts
• Nov 22 2009     Club Metronome     Burlington, Vermont
• Nov 23 2009     Campus     Montreal
• Nov 24 2009     El Mocambo Club     Ontario
• Nov 27 2009     Lincoln Hall     Chicago, Illinois
• Nov 29 2009     The Varsity Theater     Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Dec 1 2009     Boulder Theater     Boulder, Colorado
• Dec 2 2009     Sheridan Opera House     Telluride, Colorado
• Dec 10 2009     WOW Hall     Eugene, Oregon

I’ve been listening to the jam “Life Magazine” by Cold Cave from Love Comes Close quite a bit the past few days, give it a whirl.

Cold Cave “Life Magazine”

I’ve been playing this game where I ask someone, “Have I told you that ‘I don’t want to change the world, I’m not looking for a new England, I’m just looking for another girl’ lately?” the past week, then saying it’s just a joke, maybe you heard the song in Half Nelson. Well, here it is… Billy Bragg’s “A New England” from his debut album Life’s A Riot With Spy vs. Spy.

Billy Bragg “A New England”

Billy Bragg “A New England (live at Glastonbury 6/28/92)”

Kirsty MacColl “A New England”

“A New England” lyrics:

I was twenty one years when I wrote this song
I’m twenty two now, but I won’t be for long
People ask when will you grow up to be a man
But all the girls I loved at school
are already pushing prams

I loved you then as I love you still
Tho I put you on a pedestal,
They put you on the pill
I don’t feel bad about letting you go
I just feel sad about letting you know

I don’t want to change the world
I’m not looking for a new England
I’m just looking for another girl
I don’t want to change the world
I’m not looking for a new England
I’m just looking for another girl

I loved the words you wrote to me
But that was bloody yesterday
I can’t survive on what you send
Every time you need a friend

I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
Is it wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you’d care

I don’t want to change the world
I’m not looking for a new England
I’m just looking for another girl
(Looking for another girl)
(Looking for another girl)
(Looking for another gi-rl)

Really digging on the first single from Yeasayer’s new album Odd Blood, due out 2/9/10 on Secretly Canadian.  Download for free (w/ registration) here.

“Ambling Alp”

“Ambling Alp (Memory Tapes remix)”

“2080″ (from All Hour Cymbals)

“Sunrise” (from All Hour Cymbals)

Odd Blood tracklisting:

1. The Children
2. Ambling Alp
3. Madder Red
4. I Remember ONE
5. Love Me Girl
6. Rome
7. Strange Reunions
8. Mondegreen

I’m finishing up a mix for a friend and figured I might as well create a new post here sharing two songs on it, by The Drums (a band I first blogged about here) and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, so enjoy…

The Drums “Let’s Go Surfing”

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros “Home”

My favorite part of this song comes during the ‘talking’ toward the end:

Him: Jade
Her: Alexander
Him: Do you remember that day you fell outta my window?
Her: I sure do, you came jumping out after me.
Him: Well, you fell on the concrete, nearly broke your ass, you were bleeding all over the place and I rushed you out to the hospital, you remember that?
Her: Yes I do.
Him: Well there’s something I never told you about that night.
Her: What didn’t you tell me?
Him: While you were sitting in the backseat smoking a cigarette you thought was gonna be your last, I was falling deep, deeply in love with you, and I never told you til just now.

MORE:

The Drums “I Wanna Go Surfing (The Clean Shaven Grins Out There remix)”

The Drums “Saddest Summer”

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros “40 Day Dream”

For all those in NYC right about now for CMJ, go see New Zealand’s Surf City, my favorite new band in a long time… You can still catch these shows:

• Oct 21 2009      Bell House Brooklyn GCT showcase w/ Pete & The Pirates, Let’s Wrestle, The Love Language     new york, New York
• Oct 22 2009     Advanced Alternative Media Party at The Suffolk 11.30pm     New York, New York
• Oct 24 2009     Bowery and Brooklyn Vegan Presents party at Pianos 12-6pm     New York, New York
• Oct 26 2009     Market Hotel     New York, New York

TUNES:

Surf City “Headin’ Inside”

Surf City “Records of a Flagpole Skater”

Surf City “Dickshakers Union”

OLD BLOG POSTS:

• Favorite New Band: New Zealand’s Surf City
• Two New Surf City Songs
• On Repeat: Surf City EP
• New Band I’m Digging: Sin Fang Bous