Covers

Bon Iver – “With God On Our Side” (Bob Dylan Cover)

Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and the twelve-piece band he’s recruited to tour his awesome self-titled album brought something else pretty special to the stage the other night in Portland, Oregon…

MGMT & Atlas Sound – “Lucifer Sam” (Pink Floyd Cover)

For some exciting reason, it’s Pink Floyd week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the indiest of late night shows. Brooklyn psychedelic popsters MGMT took advantage of the occasion to…

Check Out: Neon Hitch – “No Hands” (Waka Flocka Cover)

Nothing’s better than a good indie cover of a top 40 rap song, and no one knows that better than British electropop singer and songwriter Neon Hitch, who’s dropped personal…

Bon Iver – “If Hollywood Don’t Need You (Honey I Still Do)”

While playing at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Bon Iver covered an old 80s country ditty from Don Williams called “If Hollywood Don’t Need You (Honey I Still Do)”. The band stayed…

Peter, Bjorn & John – “Try A Little Tenderness” (Otis Redding Cover)

Here's the latest installment from A.V. Undercover, where bands come in and choose a song from a list and then perform their own rendition of it. This week's edition finds…

The Kooks – “Pumped Up Kicks” (Foster The People Cover)

The Kooks stopped by BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge to promote their new album, Junk of the Heart, and performed a cover of Foster The People’s full blown hit “Pumped…

Tokyo Police Club – “Kim & Jessie” (M83 Cover)

If you've been keeping up with Tokyo Police Club's 10 Songs, 10 Hours, 10 Years project, then you've heard them tackle on tracks like The Strokes' “Under Control”, LCD Soundsystem's…

MP3: Tokyo Police Club – “All My Friends” (LCD Soundsystem Cover)

Tokyo Police Club are up to 2007 on their 10 years of covers project, a week in. I’d imagine that deciding to cover LCD Soundsystem’s unerring “All My Friends” for…

REC’D MP3: New HEALTH – “Goth Star” (Pictureplane Cover)

Experimental Los Angeles noise rockers HEALTH have been quiet since releasing their releasing their remix album, Health::Disco2 last year; and that itself only housed one new original song, the exceptional…

MP3: Tokyo Police Club Covers Phoenix, Queens of the Stone Age

Tokyo Police Club have added the 2005 and 2006 editions of their 10 Years, 10 Days, 10 Hours project, in which the young band records a cover for 10 hours…

Tokyo Police Club Cover The Strokes, Kelly Clarkson

If Tokyo Police Club wanted a way to be blogged and written about for ten days in a row without even releasing a new album, than they’ve certainly found one.…

MP3: Lightouts – “All I Want / Heroes” (LCD Soundsystem / David Bowie Cover)

Brooklyn rockers Lightouts share their third single after their Killers-esque debut single “See Clear” and “And It Comes and Goes” (we shared catchy b-side “Faces, Places”). We said we’d be…

Tokyo Police Club – “Sweetness” f/ Passion Pit

Yesterday we revealed that Tokyo Police Club were kicking off a new project entitled 10 Songs, 10 Hours, 10 Years where they would be covering ten tracks, each from one…

MP3: Tokyo Police Club – “Southside” (Moby / Gwen Stefani Cover)

Ontario's own indie rockers Tokyo Police Club have recently announced a new project called 10 Songs, 10 Days, 10 Hours, 10 Years in which the band will be covering ten…

MP3: The Vaccines – “Last Friday Night” (Katy Perry Cover)

Indie rockers The Vaccines stopped by BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge to promote their infinitely replayable collection of summer jams, their debut album, What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?…

REC’D MP3: Lemonade – “The Place Where You Belong” (Shai Cover)

Brooklyn by way of San Francisco’s woozy psychedelic pop wizards Lemonade covered Shai’s classic Beverly Hills Cop 3 jam, “The Place Where You Belong”. The band said that they love…

Little Dragon – “Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee)”

Swedish pop enthusiasts Little Dragon are gaining more exposure with every passing moment, whether it be due to the success of their most recent Ritual Union or frontwoman Yukimi Nagano’s…

MP3: Noah & The Whale – “Call Your Boyfriend” (Robyn Cover)

U.K. folk rockers Noah And The Whale recently released their third record, Last Night on Earth, and have been on the concert circuit ever since. The boys just stopped by…

Weezer – “Pumped Up Kicks” (Foster The People Cover)

At this year’s Orange County Fair, local talent Weezer took to the stage and performed a cover of recent Top 10 hit, “Pumped Up Kicks”, made famous by Foster The…

The Kills – “One Silver Dollar” (Marilyn Monroe Cover)

Allison Mosshart and Jamie Hince aka garage rockers The Kills were in Australia this past weekend for the Splendour In The Grass festival along with Kanye West, Coldplay, Modest Mouse,…

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