josh jones: m.i.a. cover.

dl: JOSH JONES - Paper Planes (M.I.A. cover) (Z - YSI)
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When the new single from the 29-person Swedish pop group I'm From Barcelona popped up on stereogum, a lot of folks were disappointed that it wasn't a M.I.A. cover. Understandably so! The song in question, "Paper Planes", has the exact same title as what's now become dear ol' Maya Arulpragasam's first top ten hit. Up until that point, there'd been a handful of remixes of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes", a bunch of versions with rappers hopping on the track, and a video of Rihanna doing a live cover. Surprisingly, there were no full cover versions cyber-seducing our secret lives...

That all changed over the weekend when the combined forces of The Yellow Stereo and Cable & Tweed came together to bring us a live cover by Chicago's Panda Riot. This happened to coincide with the actual panda riot that occurred this weekend in Williamsburg. Coincidence? I think not.

I don't know this Josh Jones character, but I heard his cover last week when I randomly decided to look at this guy's blog. It's so pretty that it should be in Sony Bravia commercials or some junk.

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BONER TRACK: PANDA RIOT - Paper Planes (Live M.I.A. cover) (Z - YSI)

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