80 songs from the 80s, performed by members of Magnetic Fields, TMBG, and more

This week, musician Michael Hearst launched an ambitious new project: 80 covers of 80 songs from the 1980s, with a new one released every week.

Over the next 80 weeks (!!), 80 From The 80s will feature guest appearances by an impressively wide range of musicians—including Stephin Merritt and Claudia Gonson of Magnetic Fields; John Linnell of They Might Be Giants; Tanya Donelly of, well, Tanya Donelly (also Breeders and throwing Muses); John Cameron Mitchell, creator of Hedwig & the Angry Inch; Amanda Palmer of Dresden Dolls and Neil Gaiman's Divorce; and of course, Jonathan Coulton. — Read the rest

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