A pleasant surprise

This sort of caught me off guard. I picked up the Easy All-Star's tribute to Radiohead's OK Computer entitled Radiodread, from the library thinking it would be fun but what totally shocked me was how good it was. Seriously. It brings out a side of all the songs that were there, but now they're totally rocking. I actually am not a big fan of reggae in general but this is really enjoyable and easy to get into. Very much recommended:

Let Down (ft. Toots and the Maytails)
Paranoid Android (Ft. Kristy Rock)
Karma Police (ft. Citizen Cope)

While we're on the subject of surprisingly good covers...
Queens of the Stone Age - Christian Brothers (Elliott Smith Cover)

I thought they'd through on the distortion and turn this song into a real heavy groover that they like to dip into so often but they really just play the song how it was intended. The studio production and extra instruments give the song a new flare and Josh Hommes gets to sing the chorus in that charming but tough falsetto he's so good at.

Dan Rossen (Grizzly Bear) - Too Little, Too Late (JoJo cover)
I hadn't heard the original, so I youtubed it before listening to this. It's a pretty average waterd-down pop song and I didn't think there'd be that much creative room for him to do anything cool, it would probably just end up being another band trying to joke around and try to make a top 40 hit good, but he takes it to new heights, it's really incredible. It was recorded for fellow Grizzly, Ed's birthday. Speaking of Grizzly Bear
here's a remix of Dntel's To a Fault which feature Ed Droste of GB, off the album Dumb Luck (Which is by far one of my number one albums of the year)
Dntel - To a Fault (James Rutledge Remix)


Also, check out these sweet remixes from Amplive of some In Rainbow tracks:
Radiohead - Nude (Amplive Remix)
Radiohead - Weird Fishies (Amplive Remix)



That's all for now, enjoy. More playlists coming soon.