Kurt Vile covers The Clash 'Guns of Brixton'
10 September 2013, 17:33
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Luke Morgan Britton
(News)
Google Plus are marking the recent reissue series from The Clash with a five-part video series about their influence on modern artists. One of the musicians recruited to take part is none other than Kurt Vile.
The Philly guitarist, who recently got his own day named after him in his hometown, has offered up this live rendition of the punk band’s ‘Guns of Brixton’.
You can watch that clip below, via Pitchfork.
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