Everyone Loves A Good Cover

We're always in search of new fun covers, so when we found out about the Guilt By Association compilation, we were excited.

To be released on August 28th on Engine Room Recordings, the GBA comp will feature artists such an Devendra Banhart, Petra Haden and Mooney Suzuki covering hits by Oasis, Journey and Cher respectively.

Wes Verhoeve of Engine Room gave this as his reasoning for the compilation (like we needed one!):

“A lot of really great bands were being dropped from the major labels at that time, and we thought it would be a cool idea to have bands like that cover some of the acts that were actually being supported by the majors.” Verhoeve adds, “The bands that were approached were all very enthused by the whole concept, and many of them even had a song in mind right away. I think it's a perfect example of a good song appealing to everyone with a love for music, even if the original packaging of the song might not be one’s cup of tea.”

Here's the full tracklisting:

1. Petra Haden: ”Don't Stop Believin’” (Journey)
2. Devendra Banhart: “Don't Look Back In Anger” (Oasis)
3. Mark Mulcahy: “From This Moment On” (Shania Twain)
4. Luna: “Straight Up” (Paula Abdul)
5. The Concretes: “Back For Good” (Take That)
6. Jim O'Rourke: “Viva Forever” (Spice Girls)
7. Goat: “Sugar We're Going Down” (Fall Out Boy)
8. Will Oldham/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy” “Can't Take That Away” (Mariah Carey)
9. Woody Jackson Orchestra featuring Money Mark: Love's Theme (Love Unlimited Orchestra)
10. Porter Block: ”Breaking Free” (High School Musical)
11. Mooney Suzuki: ”Just Like Jesse James” (Cher)
12. Geoff Farina: “Two Tickets To Paradise” (Eddie Money)
13. Casey Shea: “Chop Suey” (System of a Down)
14. Superchunk: “Say My Name” (Destiny's Child)
15. Mike Watt: “Burning For You” (Blue Oyster Cult)

Head to the Guilt By Association myspace to hear the Petra Haden, Will Oldam and Devendra Banhart tracks.

Also, for those of you who got skillz with filming, this contest is for you:

Engine Room Recordings has set up a contest to create a music video for one of three selected tracks off the record (Petra Haden’s a capella version of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’”; Devendra Banhart’s rendition of Oasis’ “Don’t Look Back in Anger” and Will Oldham’s cover of Mariah Carey’s “Can’t Take That Away”). The public is encouraged to pick one or more songs and send in a concept for the video. Five semi-finalists will be selected to create full videos for their selected song(s), with one winner chosen, whose work will be promoted with full credit as the official video. More details and official rules are available on the album’s myspace page.

G'luck!