We love the internet, being a part of it and all. But one of the things we love it for the most is that anyone with a camera and cool idea can get songs out of about any artist, producing some cool, unique little shows. Take Austin’s own Retread Sessions, for example.
One of our favorites is the Black Cab Sessions, a Brit-based project that throws artists in the back of a cab and gets them to play while trolling around London. That’s it. Nothing fancy, nothing complicated. Just a camera, a confiscated car, and an artist. But the results are pretty fantastic, especially given the talent that they’ve been able to coerce into the backseat.
Thirty-three episodes in, and the Black Cabbies have already featured a number of Texas artists, including St. Vincent (doing the Beatles’ “Dig a Pony”), Bill Callahan (”River Guard”), Daniel Johnston (an amazing “Grievances”), Spoon (”I Summon You”) and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff offering up an awesome cover of Big Star’s “Big Black Car”! Check them all out below, and more Black Cab sessions at their website (though disappointingly not yet including Jens Lekman doing “Black Cab”).
Okkervil River - “Big Black Car”
Spoon - “I Summon You”
St. Vincent - “Dig A Pony”
Daniel Johnston - “Grievances”
Bill Callahan - “River Guard”
