Ears Wide Open: Robotanists

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If you were paying attention, you’ve probably heard L.A. quartet Robotanists’ rendition of Bryan Adams’ “Heaven,” which appears on the cool charity covers collection “Uncovering a Cure.” (Oh, you missed that? Get it here.) That song, along with six other interpretations, appears on Robotanists’ new EP “Shapes and Variations.” Sarah Ellquist, Daniel de Blanke and crew use songs like Lykke Li’s “Dance, Dance Dance,” the Black Keys’ “All You Ever Wanted” and INXS’ “Never Tear Us Apart” like putty. Most fun, though, is the reshaping (and gender-flipping) of Joe Jackson’s “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” – which, when Ellquist sings it, becomes a long cool drink of water called “Are You Really Going Out With Her?”

||| Download: “Are You Really Going Out With Her?”

||| Live: Robotanists celebrate their EP release by playing the 9 p.m. set Saturday at the Garden Party at Edgar Varela Fine Arts, 209 S. Garey St., downtown.

Photo by Jessy Plume