Cover - "Girlfriend" by the Pigeon Detectives

The Original: "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne

Genre: Garage Rock
Hometown: Rothwell, West Yorkshire, England
Latest Album: Emergency (2008)
Label: Dance to the Radio
Other Notable Songs: "Take Her Back" and "Romantic Type"

Fun Fact: They have been championed by such well known DJs as Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley, and performed at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2006, where they were tagged "the band most likely to leap to the main stage in 2007" in an NME review.

The Pigeon Detectives Website HERE.



The Original:

New Favorite - "Shoeshine" by Black Taxi

Genre: Dance Rock/Indie
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Latest Album: Things Of That Nature (2009)
Label: (unsigned)
Other Notable Songs: "Up Here For Thinking, Down There For Dancing"

Fun Fact: Black Taxi is performing in NYC at Le Poisson Rouge for their "Black Apple/You'll Shoot Your Eye Out" X-mas party on Saturday, December 18th at 11PM. Get tickets HERE.

Black Taxi Website HERE.

Black Taxi - "Shoeshine" from Resonance Interactive on Vimeo.

Local Music - "Kids In The Hall" by Byrds of Paradise

Genre: Punk Rock
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Latest Album: Omega Man (2010)
Label: Don Giovanni
Other Notable Songs: "Rowena" and "Rosebud"

Fun Fact: "Byrds of Paradise" was originally a TV series in the 90's starring Seth Green and Jennifer Love Hewitt. The band is currently planning their tour in the South and have made their single "Kids in the Hall" available to download for FREE on Byrds of Paradise website.

Byrds of Paradise Website HERE.

International - "Like Punching in a Dream" by The Naked and Famous

Genre: Alternative
Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand
Latest Album: Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010)
Label: Fiction Records
Other Notable Songs: "Young Blood" and "All Of This"

Fun Fact: Their single "Young Blood" debuted on the New Zealand chart at number one in 2010—the first New Zealand artist in three years to do so

The Naked and Famous Website HERE.

Acoustic - "Tall As Cliffs" by Margot and The Nuclear So & So's

Genre: Folk/Chamber Pop
Hometown: Indianaplis, IA
Latest Album: Buzzard (2010)
Label: Mariel Recording Company
Other Notable Songs: "Skeleton Key"

Fun Fact: The lead singer, Richard Edwards, was in a band during his college years called Archer Avenue, which was named after the street where the characters in The Royal Tenenbaums lived.

Margot and the Nuclear So & So's Website HERE.

Cover - "Crystalized" by Gorillaz

Original: "Crystalized" by the xx's

Genre: Alternative Hip-Hop
Hometown: Essex, England
Latest Album: Plastic Beach (2010)
Label: Parlophone/Virgin Records
Other Notable Songs: "Feel Good Inc" and "Clint Eastwood"

Fun Fact: The band's 2001 debut album Gorillaz sold over seven million copies and earned them an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band

Gorillaz Website HERE.



The Original:

New Favorite - "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" by Cage the Elephant

Genre: Blues/Rock
Hometown: Bowling Green, KY
Latest Album: Cage the Elephant (2008)
Label: Relentless Records
Other Notable Songs: "Shake Me Down" and "In One Ear"

Fun Fact: The single, "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked", was the free single of the week on iTunes for the week of April 12, 2009.

Cage the Elephant Website HERE.