Tag: covers
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“Oh, baby, baby…” never sounded so sweet as it does on Tove Styrke’s luscious cover of Britney Spears’ very first single, “…Baby, One More Time,” which Tove has given a new bass groove, equal parts funky and electro. The basic construction and tempo of the original song are still there; for the most part, Tove…
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Monarchy’s lovely cover of Beck’s “Lost Cause” will be on their Re|Vision EP, which will be nine cover versions and a remix. It will be released on the 15th of June. “Lost Cause” was commissioned by Julian Ballestros, a fan who supported the duo through the “choose a cover” option when they were doing their…
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Armed with just the guitar and the sound of Chris Chu’s voice, POP ETC deliver an inspired cover of Tom Petty’s classic “I Won’t Back Down.” Their rendition is true to the original but there’s a different vibe about it just the same with Chu delivering more of a pop vocal and singing the chorus…
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Let me be honest: Natalie Imbruglia is one of my favorite artists. Here in the States, she’s most known for her cover of Ednaswap’s “Torn,” but there is so much more to her than that. In my opinion, just about everything she’s ever done is flawless, right down to her B-sides. And she has finally announced…
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The Austin, Texas-based folk duo The Wind + The Wave are Dwight “The Wind” Baker and Patricia “The Wave” Lynn. They met in 2009 when Dwight’s wife forced him to stop hiding in the studio and get out of the house, prompting him to go check out a friend’s band. And Patty’s last band happened…
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Another wonderful retro cover from She & Him’s soon to be released covers album Classics, which will be released on December 2nd.
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The idea of anyone covering Simon and Garfunkel probably makes you yawn, but this rendition of “America” by First Aid Kit is quite the touching tribute, their voices and gentle acoustic guitars the equivalent of a warm blanket on a freezing winter’s night. It’s super mellow, devoid of percussion, but if you’re a fan of…
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When a band is as beloved as The Beatles, covering them is always a risky proposition. If your covers are too similar then people will deem them pointless and say that the original versions are better. But if you change them dramatically, well, people will still say the original versions are better. Unless, of course,…
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“You know you like it but it drives you insane,” sings Romanian pop star Inna on her marvelous if minimalist cover of AlunaGeorge’s “You Know You Like It.” The original version of this song was great, but Inna strips it to its core and somehow renders it that much more beautiful. That she has such…
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Inspired by Metallica and Guns ‘N’ Roses, who each released collections of unexpected cover songs, Butcher Babies bring you Uncovered, a collection of killer — and brutal — cover tunes to hold fans over until their next album of original material. Each member of the band selected one tune for the EP, which was produced…
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Imagine if Kanye West’s “Street Lights” was covered by a woman. And she sang it, instead of rapping it. Like Foxes’ gorgeous cover of Drake’s “Hold On We’re Going Home.” Well, that’s precisely what we have for you today with Kairos’ beautifully sung version of the Kanye classic. And, no, she doesn’t use auto-tune, the…
