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Watch The Flaming Lips and Nels Cline Cover The Beatles

Shot during the band’s New Year’s Eve set in Oklahoma City, Wilco guitarist Nels Cline joins the Flaming Lips for a 17-minute version of The Beatles’ “I Want You (She’s So Heavy).”   read more

Listen to Ryan Adams Cover Ratt’s “Round and Round”

Need an 80s fix today? Check out alt-rock singer Ryan Adams’ acoustic cover of Ratt’s hair-metal hit “Round and Round” after the jump.   read more

Chamberlin "Cabinizes" Indie-Pop Covers For New EP

In defining the term "CA-bin-IZE," Chamberlin refers to the act of taking a song with unique, modern elements and strips it down at their cabin, showing the strength of the song at its core."  read more

Totally Awesome Violin Cover of Bon Iver's "Perth"

Bon Iver’s most recent, self-titled album was ranked one of our favorites so far this year, and we just can’t seem to get enough of it. This violin cover of the first track off the album, “Perth,” by Melbourne instrumentalist Tim Keen features him playing all of the parts on violin and even tackling the drums. It’s as gorgeous as the original....  read more

The 15 Best Songs Covered By The Flaming Lips

From The White Stripes to Kylie Minogue, we've compiled a list songs that have received a trippy makeover from the masters of fake blood and bunny costumes.  read more

Phosphorescent Covers Neil Young

There are few recent artists creating music as rewarding as Phosphorescent. Likewise, there are few veterans songwriters that can top what Neil Young has done in his career. So when the former covers the latter, it makes for one happy combination. Matthew Houck and company recently covered “Are You Ready For The Country?” as part of Mojo’s Harvest Revisited companion disc....  read more

The 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

Watch Nicole Atkins Cover The Avett Brothers

Nicole Atkins recently covered The Avett Brothers’ “Pretend Love” for The Voice Project....  read more

Covering Radiohead's The King of Limbs in 24 Hours

It hasn't even been a week since Radiohead released The King of Limbs...  read more

Watch Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig Cover Dave Matthews Band

Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig is trying to cover “Crash” from Dave Matthews Band. Luckily, because of the times we live in and the fact that, well, he’s the frontman of Vampire Weekend, we get to watch. But what’s special about this video is that it’s far from complete. In fact, it’s only 58 seconds of Koenig attempting the song, with major mistakes and a retake. Along with the upload, Koenig writes, “Fuk the haters. i won’t stop trying to master this song.”...  read more