Listening to a new Fiona Apple song feels like getting a drop of water after a long time in the desert. I so enjoy her unique voice and I miss it during the long breaks she tends to take between albums. That's why I was so excited to come across a recording of her singing the Cy Coleman song "Why Try to Change Me Now?" I've heard Frank Sinatra's whimsical version of this old jazz standard, and Read more

I still haven't gotten around to seeing Across the Universe, but here's another take on the Beatles song. Fiona, intense as always, did a cover of the song for the movie Pleasantville — which I loved. Her rendition is sleepy and beautiful, and slow. Even though this video is shot in black and white, a main theme of the movie's plot, and slowly pans around creating a soothing effect, there is Read more

A sexy, sultry, saturated crime scene. If that's the look Fiona was going for for this video, she didn't miss a beat. Fiona's glowing eyes — she has the most gorgeous green eyes doesn't she? — add a fabulous creepy factor. I would say that Fiona was feeling quite randy when she, A) wrote this song, then, B) delivered this video. Her lanky limbs, in addition to many other limbs laying about Read more

Singer extraordinaire Fiona Apple and mini-mogul Mary-Kate Olsen. Source Read more

Cold War Kids already won me over with a stellar debut album, Robbers & Cowards, and the awesome interview the band did for BuzzSugar. But now, the boys from Long Beach have done something even cooler: They've posted free MP3s of six cover songs that the band played at a recent breast-cancer benefit show. The very eclectic set includes CWK's version of songs by Fiona Apple, Tom Waits, Elvis Read more