I got this e-mail last night from a guy promoting a band called Ivy League. I noticed that one of the songs listed in their upcoming ep is an Arcade Fire cover of Crown of Love. After a listen to the ep I’ve decided these guys are a clone of Kings of Convienence (which isn’t a bad thing necessarily). However, I really dig this cover. If you are into the KoC sound then buy their ep here.
Ivy League “Crown of Love” (Link no longer available)
Try this instead….
Ivy League “London Bridges”
**Thanks to everybody that listened and stopped by the station last night for my show. Here’s the full playlist:
M. Ward – Poison Cup
The Go! Team – Bull in the Heather (Sonic Youth Cover)
Phoenix – Long Distance Call (25 Hours a Day mix)
Silversun Pickups – Melatonin
Mobius Band – A Hint of Blood
Born Ruffians – Piecing it Together
Professor Murder – Free Stress Test
Ivy League – Crown of Love (Arcade Fire Cover)
Nobody & The Mystic Chords of Memory – Decisions, Decisions
The Dears – Whites Only Party
Horse Feathers – Blood on the Snow
Horse Feathers – Hardwood Pews
Hot Chip – Colours
Continental Divide – The Days Drag, But He’s Old
The Channels – The Network of Eaves
Changes – Modern Love
Chad VanGaalen – Sing Me 2 Sleep
Tap Tap – Way to Go, Boy
The Lovely Feathers – In the Valley
Interpol – Roland
Thom Yorke – Harrodown Hill
Grizzly Bear – Knife
Phoenix – Napolean Says
Bound Stems – Pulling on Pigtails
Tunng – Jenny Again
Sufjan Stevens – The Henney Buggy Band
Midlake – It Covers the Hillsides
Bishop Allen – Vain
Paper Route – Cityscape
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Diamond Sea (Sonic Youth Cover)
Owen – Bad News
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I was gonna write about Ivy League today too. “London Bridges” is really good stuff. You’re right about the KoC comparison…a very lofi and stripped down Koc, even a bit of Simon & Garfunkel as well.
Haha- I got the email and was going to write about it too. Good thing we didn’t all do it at the same time, eh?
I think that would’ve been great haha.
I wonder if this Ivy League knows about the old Ivy League from the UK in the 60s. They are still around (and something of a joke), but they had a number of great songs, most notably “Tossing and Turning” which you can catch occasionally on oldies stations. They were contemporaries of Gerry and the Pacemakers and other early Mersey/Brit Invasion people.
Heya Lucas! How’s it going?
I’ve been meaning to post those bands in those emails you’ve been sending out. There’s so much crazy good stuff in those.
I think Auburn is starting to represent itself well now hahaha