not my favourite Pinback song, but, as it's Pinback, great none the less!

Portastatic - Bright Ideas

I don't know if it fits into obscure, gem or alternative.

Great. So despite being completely off topic you still post something. That's spamming!

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and what the fuck is this asshat? at least he tried all you are is wasted space.

some of my favorite and lesser known alt-rock-ish tunes.

uilab - st. elmo's fire (snow). the final track in a one shot EP collaboration between stereolab and Ui, i think it's remixed by snowpony or features some of its members on this version.

add n to (x) - white scrapie. if i remember correctly jon spencer (blues explosion) does a guest appearance on this track, more of a spoken word deal than vocals.

esthero w. blue man group - white rabbit. a cover of the jefferson airplane classic and just as good as the original to my ears.

sounds interesting! will have to check these out when I get home!

another great cover that fits this criteria...

cat power - wonderwall. yes the oasis song, but it's phenomenal, best version i've ever heard.

well the original is really boring, so it's not that surprising and yes it's a nice version, but she has done much better songs, I think...