The Internets are talking about Sexton Blake (not this one, but this one), who is one Josh Hodges hailing from Portland OR. His "Sexton Blake Plays the Hits!" is exactly what it sounds like. Some of the covers, like this one, are pretty straightforward. His version of "I Need Love" is inspired but "Human Nature" dissolves into a treacly mess, embodying everything I find repulsive about indie white boys suffering from an acute — and effete — case of sinceritis*. You can't help but think he's hoping to walk in Cat Power's path to recognition here, although his largely faithful and completely harmless covers are nothing like her most blistering, nearly unrecognizable ones. I'll hop onto the nostalgia train for B.D. Eyes though, since it gets me every time (listen to the Mylo track if you feel the same way).

Sexton Blake - Bette Davis Eyes

Mylo - In Your Arms (King Unique remix)

*sinceritis: an affliction in which someone's constant sincerity and self-seriousness evokes an "Are you fucking with me here? Your unwavering earnestness is confusing me" reaction in those around them. Symptoms include excessive eye contact, overusing the name of one's conversation partner, and a seeming inability to process sarcasm.