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Grizzly Bear Show Vampire Weekend the Correct Way to Appreciate Paul Simon
1. Grizzly Bear, “Mother and Child Reunion†(Paul Simon)
From April’s Paul Simon tribute show at BAM, this excellent cover — which recasts Simon’s 1973 original basically as a Grizzly Bear song — sort of makes us wish Vampire Weekend would ditch Graceland and buy a couple of Grizzly Bear albums. [Gorilla vs. Bear]
2. Keane, “Spiralingâ€
If the one thing you’ve always liked most about Keane was the fact that they don’t sound anything like the Killers, we have some terrible news. [Keane via Stereogum]
3. Lil Wayne, “So Many Guns, I’ma Shoot Oneâ€
Wayne opted not to include this not-bad track on Carter III, probably because he felt that “Shoot Me Down†glorified gun violence in a similar but slightly catchier way. [Nah Right]
4. Asher Roth, “I Love Collegeâ€
Over the riff from Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So,†the mix-tape circuit’s current favorite white guy extols the virtues of academia. And also drinking. [Nah Right]
5. Crystal Stilts, “Crystal Stiltsâ€
It’s not easy for a band to cut through the blog noise these days, but if this Brooklyn quintet can write a few more surf-rock songs named after their band that are as good as this one, we see big things in their future. [Stereogum]