Somebody That I Used to Know (COVERS)

ORIGINAL! The recent weeks have seen an influx of covers for the massive single
 Somebody That I Used To Know by Australia's hottest up-and-coming
artist Gotye (featuring Kimbra).  The original video has received almost
44 million views and some of the larger covers, such as the four featured
above have also reached viral status.  The originality of Gotye's brand of
art-pop has also seemingly sparked the creativity of his fellow artists and
 it shows in their own interpretations of the single.  For their cover, Walk
Off The Earth has each of the band's five members performing a part of
the song on only one shared acoustic guitar.  The Hip Hop world has also
taken note of the song, with Dice Raw and STS both incorporating the
song as a beat for new tracks.  Perhaps the biggest cover to date came
when The Big Pink covers the track for their recent BBC Live Lounge Session.


Gotye's most recent album Making Mirrors has been certified two times
platinum in Australia, and will be released in the United States January
31st via Samples'N'Sounds/Fairfax Recordings/Universal Republic.  He
has been selling out concerts all over Australia and has already received
ealy support from American tastemakers such as Pitchfork and KCRW,
who featured the album on their "Morning Becomes Eclectic" show.  MTV
Buzzworthy clearly stated their fanship when they described Gotye as "just
about one of the coolest artists we've come across in a hot second.  His style

is almost hard to define -- we could say indie folk, we could say indie pop, we

could say indie alternative, but what we really wanna say is that it's just pretty

effinf amazing."


Gotye made a brief trip stateside this past fall for the CMJ Festival, where he
was among the most buzzed about artists.  He will be back for an extended
tour beginning the first week in February with sold out shows in Los Angeles
and New York City and culminating in scheduled appearances at Coachella
With an energetic live show which can easily be mistaken for a listen to the
album if you close your eyes, this upcoming run of North American dates
should solidify the sort of mainstream stardom for Gotye in the U.S. that he
currently experiences in his homeland.

Tour Dates:

2/2/12 - El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA (SOLD OUT)

2/6/12 - Bowery Ballroom - NYC (SOLD OUT)

3/22 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC

3/23 - TLA - Philadelphia, PA

3/27 - Webster Hall - New York, NY

3/29 - Paradise - Boston, MA

3/30 - Corona Theatre - Montreal, QB

3/31 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON

4/3 - Park West - Chicago, IL

4/4 - Varsity Theatre - Minneapolis, MN

4/6 - Bluebird Theatre - Denver, CO

4/8 - Vogue Theatre - Vancouver, BC

4/10 - Neptune - Seattle, WA

4/11 - Venue TBA - Portland, OR

4/12 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA

4/15 - Coachella Festival - Indio, CA

4/22 - Coachella Festival - Indio, CA The Big Pink - "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Gotye cover BBC Live Lounge) The Big Pink - "Somebody That I Used to Know" (Gotye cover BBC Live Lounge) by TheNJUnderground