Elite Gymnastics Gives Grimes a Birthday Gift: A Taylor Swift Cover
Best. Birthday. Ever. read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen to R.E.M. Cover ABBA
It seems like since R.E.M. called it quits back in September, rare bootlegs and other previously unheard tracks—whether they’re offered up by the band or not—have been consistently cropping up on the Internet. The latest is a 1984 recording of the group covering ABBA’s “Does Your Mother Know?”. Give it a listen below. (Thanks to Consequence of Sound for the tip.)... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe 20 Best Cover Songs of 2011
The beautiful thing about writing a song is the life it takes on once it leaves you. These 20 songs found new life this year, interpreted by some of our favorite artists. Here are the 20 best cover songs of 2011. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayListen to She & Him Cover Buddy Holly
Keeping up with the quality of the other Buddy Holly covers on the upcoming tribute album Rave On Buddy Holly, She & Him give us a preview of their take on Holly’s “Oh Boy.”... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPrince Wants to Make Covering His Songs Illegal
Via The A.V. Club: Recently, Prince performed on George Lopez’s Lopez Tonight, during which he announced that thinks covering songs should be illegal. Or at least covers of his songs.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDuncan Sheik to Release Album of '80s Cover Songs
Duncan Sheik, singer-songwriter and Broadway composer, will release an album called Covers 80s that features reworkings of tracks like Depeche Mode’s “Stripped,” New Order’s “Love Vigilantes” and The Cure’s “Kyoto Song.”... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe 20 Best R.E.M. Covers of All Time
Two years ago, we looked at the Best R.E.M. songs of all time, but today we look how some of those great songs have been interpreted by others.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe 20 Best Cover Songs of 2010
The artists who made our list transformed the songs they chose, playing to their own strengths while keeping the core elements that made the song great in the first place. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySeven Brilliant, Terrible and Brilliantly Terrible Metal Covers of Pop Songs
Your average metal band usually has wildly different musical sensibilities from top 40 radio pop (and that goes double for said average metal band's fans). But is there really any good reason for that other than genre segregation that forbids metal fans from rubbing their leather-clad elbows with bubblegum popsters? That question may remain unanswered for now, but some metal acts are bridging the divide with covers of pop tracks that range from excellent to execrable. Let's take a look, and see how they stack up against the originals.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCrosby, Stills, Nash to record covers album with Rick Rubin
Like a lesson in permutation, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young relates to a dizzying number of recording acts: CPR (Crosby, Pever & Raymond), Manassas, Stephen Stills, The Stills-Young Band, Crosby & Nash, Graham Nash, Neil Young. ... read more
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