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Songs From Musicals: A CLLCT Compilation (2011)

Here's a really interesting compilation from the DIY and bedroom artists of CLLCT, a nice little place where artists of relatively small exposure share their music to their friends, fellow musicians, and, well, us! CLLCT has a lot of sound cover compilations that will probably make their way on to this blog someway or another. That is, if they keep CLLCT.com open or not. Some days it is there and others it is mysteriously vanished. Poof! Gone with the wind.

Song From Musicals is exactly what it says it is. 15 or so Lo-fi, indie, acoustic bands playing covers of songs featured in musicals. Who doesn't love musicals? Don't answer that. Whether you like musicals or not, I think you'll enjoy this compilation and the renditions that were put on by artists such as Carlz Barkely, Your Yellow Dress, Dipstick & Eggnog, Surprise Big Yawn, failedsitcom and Garden On A Trampoline AKA G.O.A.T. AKA James Eric (whom up'd this comp for us).

For the musical picks we've got high school musical classics like: Beauty and the Beast, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wizard of Oz, Les Mis, Music Man, and Sound of Music (bonus track). Classic musical films  like Pete's Dragon, The Muppet Movie (yes, I conceder those two classics), Little Shop of Horrors, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Torch Song, My Fair Lady, Xanadu and films and musicals in the between like Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You, Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, and the cult classic Hedwig and the Angry Inch. I know, no Cats or Guys n Dolls... but hey! There is supposed to be a volume two in the works! So be crossing those fingers, boys...

I really got to give it to James Eric for this one. Along with uploading the compilation to the website, he also contributed three covers (plus one more as a bonus)! And they are all good! My favorite has to be "Movin' Right Along" from the Muppet Movie, originally sung by Kermit and Fozzie. It is nice to see something other than The Rainbow Connection (and "It's Not Easy Bein' Green" but that song didn't rear its ugly head in the 1979 Muppet flick) covered these days.

Some of my other favorites from the bunch have to be: "Midnight Radio" (Hedwig) by One Tough Cookie, "What Have I Done?" (Les Miserables) by Kelly Latimore, "Something There" (Beauty and the Beast of which I totally went to the 3D showing a couple weekends ago!) by Carlz Barkley, and "I Swear I Saw a Dragon" (Pete's Dragon) by Dipstick & Eggnog.

Check this out for sure!

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P.S. I'm really surprised I did not make any musical jokes I may have regretted later.

Like: I may have been in the marching band but at least I wasn't in the musical.

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The Sarcastic Dharma Society

The Sarcastic Dharma Society is usually one guy but sometimes his friends play with him; that kind of situation. His name is Mat Vuksinich and he produces a pretty snazzy home recording type DIY singer-songwriter sound. He has an amazing cover album called Other People's Songs (Volume One). Most of the songs, with the exception of "Don't Let Me Down" by the Beatles, were made in 9 days (one song everyday for 9 days). The covers he picked are superb for the short time he had to work on them as well as on their own by their respected musicians. Smash hits by Andrew Jackson Jihad, Mount Eerie, Clem Snide, Why?, Bright Eyes and even Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to name a few (that's pretty much it) are nicely represented with a marvelous chord organ. The stand out track for me has to be "Shit On My Heart"by Meyercord. I don't really know much about Meyercord other than his first name is Ben and probably has a beard. But I do know that Shit On My Heart is an amazing song!

My overall favorite has got to be the bedroom recording style that goes into making this album. I really enjoy that kind of sound. It reminds me a lot of La Dispute's Hear, Here EP series for some reason.

The Sarcastic Dharma Society - Other People's Songs (Volume One)

This guy is in a little DIY collective appropriately called CLLCT. There's a lot of small acts that post their work (for free of course) such as Tinyfolk, Garden on a Trampoline, Madeline Ava, Wisdom Tooth, Akryllic Love, Foot Ox, Jordaan Mason, and a whole batch of other folks that should totally be checked out for the hell of it. There's also other interesting cover albums on the site as well.

Similar acts/sounds: Tinyfolk, Toby Foster, Meyercord, Foot Ox, Manipulator Alligator, and more.

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You can also grab his music at Less Than Three Records dot com.