Gillian Welch & David Rawlings cover the Dead. The Soft Boys & Yo La Tengo do Dylan (& the Velvets). PJ Harvey does Joy Division. Chappell Roan goes cowgirl. A Tribe Called Quest get inducted.
I'm a fan (to a point) but I wonder how long she can mine that vein of re-gendering commonly-worked pop tropes (a la "Good Luck, Babe!", among others).
I guess we'll see. I'm also a fan, less of the songs I've heard to date than her whole gesamtkunstwerk (worried I've now used that pretentious term twice this month, re: Charli and Chappell ... seems useful, tho)
thanks for that Waxahatchee jam. I have a new favorite song obsession
Music-wise, that Chappell country song is so generic.
Fair enough, although I wonder — given the un-generic spirit & lyrics — if that isn’t part of the point.
I'm a fan (to a point) but I wonder how long she can mine that vein of re-gendering commonly-worked pop tropes (a la "Good Luck, Babe!", among others).
I guess we'll see. I'm also a fan, less of the songs I've heard to date than her whole gesamtkunstwerk (worried I've now used that pretentious term twice this month, re: Charli and Chappell ... seems useful, tho)
Let's hear it for ten-dollar words! A Happy New Year to you and yours.
Thanks for these great recs Will, Happy New Year!
Thanks Judy, and for your great work here this year — cheers!