Hollow Hand + Aoife Nessa Frances: The Lagniappe Sessions @ Aquarium Drunkard

Irish singer-songwriter Aoife Nessa Frances and Max Kinghorn-Mills (Hollow Hand) recorded two covers for Aquarium Drunkard's The Lagniappe Sessions: Robert Wyatt's Shipbuilding (MP3) and Yo La Tengo's Always Something (MP3). Aoife about the latter:

I’m a big fan of Yo La Tengo, we listened to a bunch of their songs leading up to our recording sessions and decided to record “Always Something”. It was important to us that we felt free when it came to making this music and I think we were able to explore new musical territories, something more abstract than both of our projects, drawing inspiration from bands like MBV & Suicide.

» hollowhand.com
» aoifenessafrances.com

John Peel: Peel Sessions online

Dave Strickson has made a page listing as wealth of Peel Sessions. Fabled English DJ John Peel was the initiator of the program where band of their songs live, often before they even had a record contract. And if they were lucky (and interesting enough) they were invited back. His beloved Undertones are there with five sessions, but also John Cale, Joy Division and Yo La Tengo. More seesions are added every now and then to this treasure trove of live music.

Cover Me: Friday I'm In Love

Watch the Yo La Tengo video for their cover of The Cure classic Friday I'm In Love. It's a track from their Stuff Like That There album.

» yolatengo.com