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Photo by Michael Leviton Art-pop artist Katy Pinke and session guitarist Will Graefe have teamed on an upcoming album that sees them reimagining songs from artists as diverse as Paul Simon, Bobbie Gentry, and SZA. The duo just released a cover of Elliott Smith's "Everything Means Nothing to Me." The cover is just as sparse as the original, and is true to Smith's song while still being completely reworked. Both have an intense intimacy to them, with the biggest change being the original is a piano ballad that morphs into a full band track, and the cover is simply Pinke's vocals and Graefe's guitar. Plus, the new version is more folk-jazz than Smith's. You can listen to Katy Pinke and Will Graefe's version of "Everything Means Nothing to Me" below. Patterns is due out August 29 on Glamour Gowns. For more on Katy Pinke, check out the artist's website . For Will Graefe, check out the artist on Instagram .

Photo via Facebook Damien Vincent is a Brisbane based musician recording under the name Juniper Stone. His music is described as a cross between indie pop and neo soul. His latest single, "Patterns," starts off as a very chill version of bedroom pop. It grooves around at its own meandering pace and is a pleasant enough song. And then the horn kicks in, and the song becomes mesmerizing. It's an old timey horn style, and even sounds like it was recorded nearly one hundred years ago. It's a fascinating coupling: New, completely modern music with a more antique sound. "Patterns" is the perfect kind of song to listen to as we say goodbye to summer up here in New England. In a press release, Damien Vincent says of his new song: "'Patterns' was meant to emulate the feeling I had on a day last year where I was floating along a lake in a small canoe with a good friend, I found myself being quite mesmerized by how beautiful all the ripples and patterns in...