December 20 2008

Faux Slang, Team Whatever, Starfire

Faux SlangWe’re back! And thank you for your suggestions on file hosting; we’re checking them all out as we hit crunch time. So we need to hit ‘em hard today and get you guys some quality covers to make up for lost time.

Today’s first cover comes via Last Christmas friend and Philly neighbor Philebrity who featured us last year. This year, they get in the action and present the world with Faux Slang, which they describe as having enough “early Teenage Fanclub sludge to mask the true pain that lies at the core of this sad, sad tune.”

Faux SlangLast Christmas


Team Whatever give us what I believe is our first kazoo cover! Most precisely, the vocals are done via kazoo, which is rather charming actually. Frankly I’m surprised it took 3 years to come across a kazoo version.

Team WhateverLast Christmas

You really have to appreciate a band with confidence. Firstly, Starfire’s myspace address is “starefireowns.” Secondly, their bio states, “Starfire is the collaboration of 2 of the most amazing pop minds of all time.” They only have this cover up on page though, so we cannot completely verify the accuracy of this statement. We can however declare that this is a good slow dance/pop version that would comfortably on your 2K8 holiday mix.

StarfireLast Christmas


tags: acoustic, dance, kazoo, pop, rock

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December 12 2008

Delaa, Studio 99, The Christmas Angels

This is crazy, I think this is the only hip hop version to actually rap the original lyrics! SeƱor Delaa does his thing over the Human Nature version and other than that, we don’t know much about his cover.

Delaa – Last Christmas


This is very much like the original Wham! version, but slightly more current. Studio 99 are one those, well, studio bands, who release albums with covers of all your favorite hit songs. They have collections of Barbars Streisand hits, ABBA hits, the Venga Boys (I know!) pretty much anyone who has ever released an album, has a Studio 99 cover album.

Studio 99 – Last Christmas

You can find nearly 1500 Studio 99 covers on amazon



I think the Christmas Angels are similar to Studio 99 in that they only exist to release inexpensive covers (though only Christmas covers in this case) however, their arrangements are incredibly more interesting.

The Christmas Angels – Last Christmas

You can find their album Traditional Christmas Songs on amazon.com




And here is an updated version of the Wham vs. Modjo mix, which now includes Stardust (to it’s detriment I think)…


tags: acoustic, hip-hop, pop, remix, video

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December 10 2008

Rumblefish, The Enemy, Fox Force 5

RUMBLE PAINS Rumblefish are a Korean pop-rock group, with a great cover here. I think I call it great because there’s a certain familiarity in their version…It reminds me of an ’80s American family sitcom or something. This is probably only because it’s the instrumental version, the vocal version is great too though.

RumblefishLast Christmas


I think we are being duped here. While we completely love the Providence band The Enemy, we aren’t sure what the heck this is.

The EnemyLast Christmas


Ok so, Fox Force 5 presumably get their name from Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, but I can’t help thinking of Star Wars whenever I see this version come up.

Fox Force 5 – Last Christmas


tags: a capella, acoustic, rock

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December 7 2008

Dale North, Brittany Bennet and Joep is Evil

Dale North and Pac Man Dale North’s site has a pretty diverse set of music featured. Not only does he write original music, and do his own arrangement’s of classic songs, but he also does a number of interesting video game remixes with the band The OneUps and the studio he co-founded, OneUp Studios. And he offers all this free for download! If you’re a holiday nut (and I know you are), make sure to check out his Super Mario’s Sleigh Ride for a pretty fun, unexpected track. Oh yes, and he also covered “Last Christmas” though it’s nothing like his work with the OneUps. Check out goto80’s cover for a video game-made version.

Dale NorthLast Christmas

You can find free downloads on Dale’s site, the OneUp’s site, and Volume 2 on amazon.com




Aspiring artist Brittany Bennett is actually pretty good at what she does. This particular track is a just her and a guitar, but check out her other songs on myspace. They’re more involved, full-band affairs and sound just as good as anything on the radio right now.

Brittany BennettLast Christmas


Whoa, this is wild. I guess it’s metal? This would actually be a great “surprise” track on a rather traditional holiday mix because it starts out like the Wham! original and then BAM!

Joep is Evil – Last Grindfast


tags: acoustic, metal, pop

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