Sunday, March 20th, 2011

"Someday"

Basia Bulat covers The Strokes

Photo By Frank YangFrank YangIt’s hardly a polished recording, but this rehearsal space recording of Basia Bulat and her bandmates trying – maybe for the first time – a harmony-laden and plucked violin-enhanced cover of The Strokes’ “Someday” has a certain delightful charm that still brings a smile to my face no matter how many times I’ve listened to it.

And I’ve listened to it a lot, seeing as how I think it dates back to if not before her 2007 debut Oh My Darling. After all, I recall them breaking it out live for the album’s record release show at the Music Gallery in September 2007 when they had completely run out of material but the audience kept calling them back for more.

Clearly they’ve no shortage of material these days, what with last year’s Heart Of My Own doubling her recorded repertoire – not that being two albums into a career has stopped the Juno Awards for nominating her this year for “Best New Artist”. Odd, but an honour nonetheless and it allows her to play a smaller-than-normal show at The Great Hall on March 26 as part of Juno Fest.

As for The Strokes, they’re back this week after a half-decade hiatus with album number four, Angles.

MP3: Basia Bulat – “Someday”
Video: The Strokes – “Someday”

By : Frank Yang at 10:35 am
Category: Chromewaves Radio

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  1. 3/20/11 6:03 pm

     trang pak says:

    !!! Thanks so much for posting this! I’ve been looking for an mp3 of this song ever since it was taken off Basia’s MySpace page… awesome!

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