John Legend and The Roots - Wake Up (Arcade Fire cover, studio version) //

We posted the video of the live version of this cover from John Legend and The Roots a couple of months ago.  This week, the much better studio version surfaced. 

What do you think?  How does it measure up to the original?  Make sure to listen to the whole thing as it only gets good and funky after the four minute mark.

-MW

John Legend and The Roots - Wake Up (Arcade Fire cover) //

Doesn’t quite pack the punch of the original, but still awesome that they did this.

-MW

New Album // John Legend and the Roots // Wake Up!

Listen to the full album, courtesy of NPR

Music to your ears - from mine - with love
<3 L.Sizzle

The Kills - Pale Blue Eyes //

Levis - The Kills -Pale Blue Eyes

Alison “VV” Mosshart (1/4 of Dead Weather) and Jamie “Hotel” Hince re-crafted the delicately aching 1969 tune by The Velvet Underground, “Pale Blue Eyes.”

Check out more Levi’s Pioneer Sessions goodies (i.e. FREE downloads), including NAS, She & Him, John Legend & The Roots, Passion Pit and more…

-K

The Roots - The Fire (music video) //

Thanks @questlove for alerting us to The Roots’ new music video/short war film.

-MW

The Roots and John Legend - Wake Up Everybody (feat. Common) //

If you didn’t get enough of The Roots and John Legend on How I Got Over, you can look forward to a full album of collaborations titled Wake Up!, due September 21.

-MW

The Roots - Doin’ It Again (feat. John Legend) //

Between the Monsters of Folk remix/cover/mash-up that dropped last week and now this new track featuring John Legend, the new Roots album How I Got Over is shaping up to be pretty strong. 

-MW