I think it’s a real measure of someone’s skills not only as a musician but as an artist when they are able to take someone else’s work and make it their own, while still remaining reverent to the original piece. My iTunes library is stuffed with covers, simply because I like to see how artists remaster music that isn’t theirs. I compiled a few for your listening pleasure.
Indie Covers Playlist
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1. Girl U Want (Freelance Whales Cover) by Devo
2. Teenage Dream (Foxes in Fiction & Weed Cover) by Katy Perry
3. Pink Moon (Beck Cover) by Nick Drake
4. Kids (The Kooks Cover) by MGMT
5. When You Were Young (Noisettes Cover) by The Killers
6. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (STRFKR Cover) by Cindy Lauper
7. Under Control (Tokyo Police Club Cover) by The Strokes
8. Pull My Heart Away (Alex Winston Cover) by Jack Penate
9. I’m Going Down (Free Energy Cover) by Bruce Springsteen
10. I’m Going Down (Vampire Weekend Cover) by Bruce Springsteen
11. Temptation Inside Your Heart (Morning Benders Cover) by The Velvet Underground
12. Bring It On Home To Me (Spoon Cover) by Sam Cooke
13. Computer Games (Yalls Cover) by Mi Sex
14. Baby I’m Yours (Arctic Monkeys Cover) by Van McCoy
15. Your Song (Ellie Goulding Cover) by Elton John
BONUS
Weezer and Foster the People have been covering each other at their live performances lately. I had the pleasure of hearing Foster the People perform “Say It Ain’t So” at Outside Lands two weeks ago and it was awesome. You can listen to low quality recordings of both covers below. I’m crossing my fingers both bands record these covers in the studio. Shitty recordings will have to do for now.
14. Pumped Up Kicks (Weezer Cover) by Foster the People
15. Say It Ain’t So (Foster the People Cover) by Weezer
