Grant-Lee Phillips: NINETEENEIGHTIES

I recently found out about Grant-Lee Phillips who is a folk musician. I came across his site because he recently released a record called NINETEENEIGHTIES that is all covers of 80's alternative music (back when alternative actually meant something) done in a modern folk style. I found this site because it was linked to from a Smiths/Morrissey blog that I follow. They linked to it because he covers a Smith's song on the album.

I am a big fan of the original songs and I really like his covers which are available on Itunes. When you search on Itunes use "Grant Lee" instead of "Grant-Lee". "Love my way" is probably my favorite.

This is a really cool album for those who grew up on these songs and hopefully younger folks will hear it too and maybe go back and discover some of the best stuff of the 80's.