[LISTEN] Gabrielle Aplin - Perfect Day (Lou Reed Cover)

Gabrielle Aplin shot to fame a few years back thanks to some huge exposure on a TV advert, but her talent was always there, just waiting to be found - and it looks like she's readying something beautiful here. She dropped on into Dermot O'Leary's BBC Radio 2 show to perform a stripped back cover of her 'favourite song in the world' - Lou Reed's "Perfect Day".

Just listen to those vocals!

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Kevin Drew covers Lou Reed's "What’s Good"

Canadian radio station - CBC - hosted a special live show back in March which was paying tribute to the late, and great Lou Reed. Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew covered Lou Reeds "What's Good" during that show, and now you can check it out!

Courtney Barnett and Billy Bragg cover Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning"

New star coming out from Australia, Courtney Barnett has teamed up with Billy Bragg for a folk-style cover of the Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning".

It was recorded live for Australian TV’s RocKwiz. Scroll on down to check it out.

Morrissey to release Lou Reed cover on vinyl

Hipsters will be shedding a tear in joy as Morrissey will be releasing his cover of Lou Reed's "Satellite Of Love" on vinyl on December 2nd with the B-Side set to be announced, it'll be released on 7" and 12" vinyl with the usual digital copy.

Track of the day... Gorillaz - Stylo

With the new album coming out very soon, I've decided to review Stylo by Gorillaz.

If you've not heard it yet, 'Stylo', the new single by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's rebellious, always-interesting pop project, Gorillaz, is all over the internet today, and you owe it to yourself to track it down immediately.

Whisperings about the forthcoming LP, 'Plastic Beach', imply it will be a typically dynamic, eclectic affair, boasting guest spots from Snoop Dogg, Mark E Smith, Lou Reed and many more.

The sinister groove of "Stylo" catches Albarn and his band of disparate collaborators in a far less buoyant mood than we left them after Demon Days, which should anticipate an interesting sound for their next album. Until then, there's plenty to savour from this wonderful preview of the next album, maybe the single of 2010, so far..? Yes.

Gorillaz - Stylo (Radio Edit)

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