Minnesota indie rockers Ruby Isle have come up with a pretty unique idea… gain the music community’s attention by covering the tracks we talk about most.

Last week Ruby Isle decided to cover the number one song on elbo.ws. It happened to be Shadow Falls by Hello, Blue Roses. We posted about it here. This turned out to be a really fun experiment. In only a few hours we tried to take a beautiful, somber, ambient song and turn it in to a party jam. It turned out so well that I decided to send it to a few friends and they all really seemed to like it. Some people also pointed out that it was a very surreal experiment in that we actually released a cover of a song before the actual song itself was officially released. It really pointed out the immediacy of the musical world we live in where release dates have really become nothin’ but a number.

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The series has since seen eight covers ranging from Destroyer’s “Foam Hands” to a “cover mix” of Stephen Malkmus’ song “Baltimore” and M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes”. The latest addition is a cover of Headlights “Cherry Tulips”.

Find Ruby Isle and all their covers on Myspace.

Check Out:
“Cherry Tulips” (Headlights cover)
“Hello, Blue Rose” (Shadows Fall cover)

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