Julia Holter covers Arthur Russell

Leaving Records, an experimental beat-making/electronic/indie cassette label in LA, has teamed up with Stone's Throw to release Dual Form, a 53-minute, 19-track summary of a quirky scene, with tracks by reasonably well-known artists like Dntel, Sun Araw and Odd Nosdam, as well as some up and comers (Cyclist's track "Visions" is pretty good, as is Oscar McClure's "LaBelle Gross").

Julia Holter, who has made a name for herself with eerie, electronically enhanced art-pop sometimes inspired by Greek drama, sometimes not, contributes a cover of Arthur Russell's "You & Me Both." It's live. You can hear the audience background noise. And it's relatively simple, compared to some of the more elaborately constructed cuts on the comp. But it's very emotionally resonant, a tiny bit spooky, and utterly unaffected. You can hear it here:

Not that nostalgic for Fleetwood Mac...

...but this Liars cover of "Chain" (from the latest Mojo giveaway CD) is awesome. It's dark, claustrophobic and stalker creepy which is quite possibly more in line with what was going on with Fleetwood Mac around Rumours than the sunny covers. Also worth hearing on the disc -- Julia Holter's ghostly, attenuated "Gold Dust Woman" and the Besnard Lakes' sweeping, space-rocking "You Make Loving Fun."



It's always bizarre when stuff you'd change the radio station for, whenever it came on, that you couldn't stand to hear even one more time becomes a touchstone. Though I guess if I can survive the Bee Gees revival, this should be easy.