Not all new music is really new, as many artists cover songs. Sometimes these are songs by their favorite artists, e.g. as a tribute to such a musical hero for a special reason, or they simply feel that a song deserves to be dusted and polished to reacquaint fans with great songs from the past. Other times, bands cover songs as a parody. Regardless of intent, some of those cover versions are so good or so much fun, we’d like to put a spotlight on them. Chosen from a wide range, here are—in a kind of random order—a bunch of successful covers from last month—links to pages where you can add them to your wantlist included.
Why Can’t We Live Together (Timmy Thomas) by My Morning Jacket — from Peacelands LP (ATO)
Disappointed in You (Johnny Thunders) by Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders — from After The Dolls EP (Heavy Medication Records)
Ballad of a Thin Man (Bob Dylan) by Top Jimmy and The Rhythm Pigs — from Pigus Drunkus Maximus LP (Blind Owl Records)
Perfect Day (Lou Reed) by Al Green featuring RAYE — from To Love Somebody EP (Hi Records / Fat Possum Records)
Starman (David Bowie) by Fasby Barnes And Fernando Perdomo — the first taste of a new album of Bowie covers (Forward Motion Records)
Kiss Off (Violent Femmes) by The Dandy Warhols — from upcoming Pin Ups LP (Beat The World Records / Little Cloud Records) (this cover song was previously released in 2012)
Blue Monday (New Order) by Matt Berninger — digital track (Concord Records)
Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer) by CHVRCHES — from Tell Me Lies (Season 3) soundtrack
Pump Up the Jam (Technotronic) by Neo-Magics — from Yes! We Have Bananas LP (Half A Cow Records)
Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) by The Wood Brothers — for The A.V. Club
I Can’t Pretend (The Barracudas) by Gene Champagne — digital track (Rum Bar Records)
My Brave Face (Paul McCartney) by Kurt Baker — from Undertow Afterglow 7″ (Wicked Cool Records)
Problems (Sex Pistols) by The Chuck Norris Experiment — from Hott Stuff Vol. 3 LP (Chaputa! Records)
Semi-Charmed Life (Third Eye Blind) by Ian Sweet — from Or Something soundtrack
Police On My Back (The Equals) by Parker Woodland — digital track (Flak Records)
No Kind of Superstar (Weston) by The Lousy Hitchhikers — from Ambiguous Meanderings compilation
Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush) by Noise Box — digital track (Flor y Nata Records)
I Ran (So Far Away) (A Flock Of Seagulls) by The Beaches — digital track
So Long, Marianne (Leonard Cohen) by St. Jimi Sebastian Cricket Club — digital track
Road to Nowhere (Talking Heads) by Rogê — from Naive Melodies compilation (BBE)
Yoshimi (The Flaming Lips) by Dragon Chopstick — from Dragon Chopstick – Demo EP
U Should Not Be Doing That (Amyl and the Sniffers) by Franz Ferdinand — for triple j’s Like A Version
I’m Not Like Everybody Else (The Kinks) by The Damned — from Not Like Everybody Else LP (earMUSIC)
Back To You (The Riverdales) by The Goods — digital track (DandyBoy Records)
Paranoid (Black Sabbath) by Savages — digital track
True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston) by Beck — from Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime LP (Capitol)
Check out our Dusted playlist on Spotify for more worthy cover songs.
I love these lists of cover songs. Please never stop doing them 🙂