What better time than now—before New Years comes and goes, before the inevitable post-holiday comedown sets in, before we all return to our dreary routines—to revisit the greatest present we here at CMG could muster in the past year or so: two tremendous hours of ’80s jams, as interpreted by 29 of our favorite indie bands, avant-garde song(un)writers, and rap producers.

Trust us, that new smart phone or tablet or chub pack of tube socks are worthless without these pumping through them:

Fantasy Covers Podcast / The ’80s Part One

http://cokemachineglow.com/podcasts/fantasycovers80s-partone-2011/

1. CONQUERING ANIMAL SOUND :: Cloudbusting (Kate Bush)
2. RICH AUCOIN :: Wild Heart (Stevie Nicks)
3. RAVENS & CHIMES :: Ocean Rain (Echo & the Bunnymen)
4. THUNDER & LIGHTNING :: The Chauffeur (Duran Duran)
5. ROOMMATE :: A Night Like This (The Cure)
6. BAD VIBRATIONS :: Take Me to the Other Side (Spacemen 3)
7. MAJICAL CLOUDZ :: Heaven Hill Rising (Hüsker Dü)
8. DOZENS :: Birthday (Sugarcubes)
9. EXTRA HAPPY GHOST!!! :: Filler (Minor Threat)
10. CYRILLIC TYPEWRITER :: Walking and Falling (Laurie Anderson)
11. LEVERAGE MODELS :: Party Fears Two (The Associates)
12. BAMBARA :: Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
13. JULIANNA BARWICK :: Heart and Soul (T’Pau)
14. MESITA :: The Rainbow (Talk Talk)

Fantasy Covers Podcast / The ’80s Part Two

http://cokemachineglow.com/podcasts/fantasycovers-the80sparttwo/

1. FRIENDZONE :: Little Red Corvette (Prince)
2. MIRACLE FORTRESS :: I Don’t Remember (Peter Gabriel)
3. ARMS :: Shipbuilding (Robert Wyatt/Elvis Costello)
4. JESSICA JALBERT :: Swingin’ Party (The Replacements)
5. A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW :: Deadbeat Club (The B-52s)
6. NEW GOD :: My Only Friend (Opal)
7. NEW ANIMAL f/ MORNINGDEER :: Road to Nowhere (Talking Heads)
8. .L.W.H. :: Plainsong [Plaintrap] (The Cure)
9. ALGODON EGIPCIO :: Love Will Never Do [Without You] (Janet Jackson)
10. CYRILLIC TYPEWRITER :: Gates of Steel (Devo)
11. LITTLE JUNGLES :: Angst in My Pants (Sparks)
12. DREAM JEFFERSON :: I’m Goin’ Down (Bruce Springsteen)
13. HOOD INTERNET :: Love is a Formula (Pat Benatar x Dr. Dre x The D.O.C)
14. ELEKTRONAVN SACRED SONGBOOK :: Express Yourself (Madonna)
15. RAE SPOON :: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Whitney Houston)
16. JENNY HVAL :: The Cool, Cool River (Paul Simon)