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mp3:  Hardest Button to Button (White Stripes Cover)
Listen to “The Hardest Button to Button” from The Golden Filter

The glitz and the glamor of the New York music scene.  Always first to produce a dingy, yet gleeming sound, the New York clubs are constantly buzzing with great dance music, and endless artisan renaissance.  The Golden Filter, a two-piece from the big apple, thrive on sensuality, a “Yeah Yeah Yeah’s with a chaser” type effect.  Lead singer Penelope Trappes croons over Stephen Hindman’s air-tight arrangements to create some beautifully accessible electropop.  The band, formed in 2008, opened for The Presets on their 2009 United States tour and created quite a bit of buzz on the internet.  Besides, covers are hot right now.  The bottom line being though, whether or not New York wants the sound to be accessible . . . it’s too good to ignore.

The White Stripes has never felt more brooding and dark.  The thumping of Meg’s drums gives way to Hindman’s soft-touch, house beats.  Trappes whispers her lyrics into the voice module until you’re entranced into believing this isn’t a cover at all.

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