Covers

Florence-Never-Let-Me-Go

Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange aka Lightspeed Champion) offers this damn near breathtaking rendition of Florence + The Machine‘s “Never Let Me Go”.

The-Killers

The Killers cut into their album recording time to soundtrack the closing credits of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp’s new film, Dark Shadows with this cover of The Raspberries’ 1972…

OBERHOFER

Oberhofer has covered Kanye’s “Runaway” before, but they’ve finally released an official recording for their sprawling rendition. Oberhofer doesn’t quite convey the stark honesty and feeling Kanye does, but the…

Adam-Yauch-MCA

We lost a legend over the weekend. We’re still wrapping our heads around the idea of a world without MCA and it’s a bit dizzying. Tributes for Yauch are undoubtedly…

BEST COAST

Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino isn’t shy about her love for Fleetwood Mac, so we’re psyched that she’s finally covered one of their songs

School of Seven Bells

School of Seven Bells’ Record Store Day release took a little longer finding its way to the internet, but we’ve got the a-side for you now – it’s a cover…

Beach Boys

Earlier this week we got an entirely unnecessary new Beach Boys song, and today we get The Flaming Lips covering one of their masterworks, Pet Sounds’ centerpiece “God Only Knows.”…

SANTIGOLD

If you thought Lana Del Rey took a weird cover choice to her BBC performance recently (Kasabian’s “Goodbye Kiss”), you’ll be really wowed by Santigold’s choice to cover Creedence Clearwater…

YACHT

To promote their upcoming tour, YACHT have released a cover of Brigitte Fontaine’s timeless and ice cold classic, “Le Goudron.” YACHT capture Fontaine’s spirit and seamlessly project it through their…

LANA DEL REY

Lana Del Rey sings Kasabian’s 2012 single “Goodbye Kiss” for BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge and easily makes it her own. It’s quite lovely, check it out below:

Janelle Monae

I’d like this trend of crushworthy chanteuses covering 60s classics to continue, wouldn’t you? At an Easter gig at the White House (you made it!), Janelle Monáe did her best…

FLORENCE

You already know Florence and+the Machine stopped by MTV Unplugged late in 2011 to perform a selection of originals and covers, and they’re now releasing this recording as their second…

John Mayer Lana Del Rey

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s finally happened – John Mayer has covered Lana Del Rey. To clear up the confusion, no, you won’t get to hear him sing “take that body…

WHITE DENIM

One of the best bands to come out of Austin in a minute, White Denim, took their excellent song “Street Joy” and swapped out its lovelorn lyrics for R. Kelly’s…