As a listener, and a fan, I buy into the world of Vetiver, or at least what I imagine the world of Vetiver to be – what I want it to be.  It’s a place filled with dusty vinyl, vintage amps, seasoned sweaters, stone-built Bay area fireplaces and a little bit of mystery. [...]

As we mentioned last month, Vetiver recently released the EP More of The Past, a follow-up and companion piece to their album of eclectic covers, Thing of The Past. As we did with the LP, here are some the originals, including Nils Lofgren’s early work with his short-lived, early ’70s band, Grin, and New [...]

Earlier this week Vetiver released More of The Past, a companion EP to their album of eclectic covers, Thing of The Past. Like the LP, here we find Andy Cabic mining his vinyl collection for nuggets to both reinvent and pay homage to. An interesting side note, this EP was originally intended to be released [...]

As I mentioned in August, Vetiver’s 2008 all-covers album, Thing of The Past, has been a favorite around here over the past few months. Today, we’re taking that interest a little further. If you’re curious in the artists behind the scenes, below are the twelve original versions beginning with Elyse Weinberg and ending with Louisiana’s [...]

One of my frequent go-to LPs of the summer, Vetiver’s Thing of The Past, is an album made up solely of obscure covers – consequently giving the collection the feel of an original work. Relatively speaking, the most widely known tracks on the LP are arguably Loudon Wainwrights III’s “Swimming Song,” or Townes Van Zandt’s [...]