11 19th, 2008| 
Classic.
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Tags: Pavement, Shady Lane
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30
New York based producer and multi-instrumentalist Cassettes Won’t Listen, has recently become somewhat of an indie darling, being featured on Gorilla vs. Bear, as well as being asked by artists such as El-P, Dr. Octagon, Mr. Lif, and others to do remixes of their songs.
Recently however, he caught my attention with his five song cover EP, Small-Time Machine, featuring some obscure and classic indie songs, including one of my personal indie favorites, “Cut Your Hair” by Pavement. I’ll make sure to have a post titled “if I ever lived out my dream as a musician, these are the five songs I would cover” in the future, but for now I’ll stick to talking about this sweet cover and the original Pavement version.
“Cut Your Hair” is clearly about selling out and the role that image plays in the music industry, and somewhat ironically is Pavement’s best known song. Still though, to cover a Pavement song, you have to be pretty ambitious, and to pull it off while still making it your own takes real skill. And CWL did an outstanding job covering it.
You can get the five song EP for free on his website, and get a feel for his original songs while browsing through the rest of his site.
Cassettes Won’t Listen - Cut Your Hair (Pavement Cover)
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