To plagiarize myself: 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.
A few weeks ago I compiled a few of my favorites for your listening pleasure. I bring you more of the like today. Enjoy yo’self.
Indie Covers Playlist, Part II
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1. Knife (Born Ruffians Cover) by Grizzly Bear
2. Heart It Races (Dr. Dog Cover) by Architecture in Helsinki
3. Crazy (Yeasayer Cover) by Seal
4. Romeo and Juliet (The Killers Cover) by The Dire Straits
5. Young Folks (The Kooks Cover) by Peter Bjorn and John
6. The Headmaster Ritual (Radiohead Cover) by The Smiths
7. Goodbye Horses (Harlem Cover) by Q Lazzarus
8. Wicked Game (Washed Out Cover) by Chris Isaak
9. Flakes (Florence and the Machine Cover) by Mystery Jets
10. Castles In the Snow (Sacred Animals Cover) by Twin Shadow
11. Left Behind (Yellow Ostrich Cover) by Beat Happening
12. Fall At Your Feet (Boy and Bear Cover) by Crowded House
13. Long Distance Call (Tokyo Police Club Cover) by Phoenix
14. We Will Become Silhouettes (The Shins Cover) by The Postal Service
15. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Fanfarlo Cover) by Neutral Milk Hotel
