sunbear’s peddlin’ of charli xcx worked wonders around these parts, as her latest album true romance has been getting plenty of spins around my ears. at a recent in-store performance in chicago yesterday, charli decided to have some fun and show off her pipes in a great cover of the ~esteemed~ and ~chart-topping~ backstreet boys hit, “i want it that way.”
-grizzly
i first heard of the stepkids when they opened up for mayer hawthorne on his ‘how do you do’ tour, and have been keeping casual tabs, but this “suit and tie” is a little too awesome. listen to the band’s jazzy rendition in the video above.
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after ellie goulding propelled fun a little bit with her cover of “some nights,” looks like the fun boys decided to send one back goulding way with a piano/acoustic cover of her single “anything could happen.” and considering nate’s voice is much stronger than ellies, we know who won the contest…that i just made up now.
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had enough beyonce yet? not us, and not the xx either. the band recorded this downtrodden cover of bey’s “i miss you” late last week while performing in our neighboring austin, texas. listen above.
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for shits and giggles, asap hit the bbc live radio to cover gnarls’ “who’s gonna save my soul,” just to show off a bit of his singing “talents.” he throws in a freestyled verse at the end too.
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after hearing the bushes rustle with rumbles of the rising pop duo alunageorge, i had still yet to hear tracks from the group. sure enough, a cover of frank ocean’s “thinking of you” got me on board real quick. pep in step, synths and plenty of rhythm to groove to, the airy vocals do this particular cover some justice.
for bonus shits and giggles, hit the jump to listen to an original, “body music,” from an upcoming LP of the same name.
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not a good cover by any means, but i applaud that this exists. radiohead isn’t an easy band to cover, but frank’s affinity for the band started plenty of time ago, even making an appearance on a nostalgia. ultra skit.
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with the here comes my man EP hitting itunes yesterday, gaslight anthem took to the web to post streams of the songs. “skinny love” was previously recorded from the bbc sessions, and this one sounds much, much better.
listen to a couple of others below the jump: “misery” and “hold you up.”
-grizzly
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ellie’s fairly hit or miss on covers, and i say that in a “usually” sense. i can’t decide if i love this or hate it, but she’s cute with it regardless.
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cool that she covered it, but it’s pretty…weak.
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give it up for DāM-FunK, y’all. no stranger to funk, stones throw and the artist released a cover of “17 days,” the esteemed b-side from “when doves cry.” this is taken from dam’s EP, i don’t wanna be a star, which you can cop here. listen below.
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ms. lana took to her headlining set last night in sydney, australia to perform nirvana’s famed single from 93′s in utero. as sacrilegious as all of this felt typing out, the cover isn’t too shabby, if you can look past some of the mumbles.
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boy george’s lack of relevance over the past decade hasn’t been that big of an issue, but his talent has never subsided. in a new clip online, george covers a fuckin’ lana del rey song, and it’s quite good. he even had a music video for the occasion!
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a fallon performance of “bad religion” removed, frank ocean has already been drawing comparisons to the likes of prince and r. kelly, so why the fuck wouldn’t he cover “when you were mine” at an LA show? let’s hope for a better quality video (which will replace the one up top) and while we’re at it – have frank hop in the studio for this one.
“super rich kids” with earl below the jump.
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i mean, i know this is basically the indie version of karmin, but i can’t look away. that chick who killed her cover of incubus’ “i miss you” takes a go at an a capella rendition of ocean’s “thinking bout you.” very good.
-grizzly