After revisiting last year’s top covers roundup this week and being pleasantly surprised at how well those tunes have held up, we’d be remiss not getting in the 2012 best-of game for a moment with another reel of standout takes. Here are 16 cuts that still resonate even after the initial buzz of “who covered … Read more
TwentyFourBit is an independent music news and discovery site I founded in 2009. Years earlier, the idea came up after a solo gig at CBGB, where the postered walls of that late venue recalled a time when fellow artists — more than traditional media outlets — led their own conversation on the future state of music. … Read more
If ever there were an heir apparent to the poetic legacy and measured grace of Leonard Cohen, Bill Callahan would be my pick—with perhaps Jens Lekman, in terms of humor, being a worthy runner-up. Now the man formerly known as Smog has joined a host of artists paying their debt to Cohen in the wake … Read more