I thought "Rome" was a pretty cool track on a record (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix) that, at first glance, is overshadowed by the opening salvo of "Lizstomania" and "1901." It gets a nice re-working (not sure whether to consider this a remix or a cover) by Devendra Banhart, which supposedly signals a forthcoming cover version of Wolfgang... featuring the likes of Grizzly Bear and Animal Collective.
UPDATE: The album is for real. You can get more details and download the animal collective track here.
A couple of reservations about the track: I think part of what makes Phoenix really interesting is that they sort of deconstruct words and remake them in order to get them rhythmically perfect and dance-able. I think the remix pays too much attention to what are essentially nonsense lyrics. And it also eliminates the best part of the original which were those huge reverb-y guitars at 1:31 before the chorus.
so probably just another remix album to build up the blog hype, but as far as those go it should be a good one.
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