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.
Fade To Black (Metallica) by The Tubs — digital track (Merge Records)
Don’t Look Back (The Remains) by The Peawees — from More Scraps LP (Wild Honey Records)
Problem Child (AC/DC) by Neo-Magics — from Leaving on a Jet Plane EP (Half A Cow Records)
So Beautiful (Simply Red) by White Fence — from Orange LP (Drag City Records)
The Shining (Badly Drawn Boy) by Shaking Hand — digital track (Melodic Records)
Easy Come, Easy Go (G.W. McLennan) by Ducks Ltd. featuring Martin Courtney — digital track (Carpark Records)
Pepper (Butthole Surfers) by S.G. Goodman — digital track (Slough Water Records)
I’m Rowed Out (The Eyes) by The Crystal Teardrop — from It’s Too Late single (Rise Above Records)
When You Were Mine (Prince) by Ryan Werner — from Dirty Hell LP (Forbidden Place Records)
Oh Well (Fleetwood Mac) by Deniz Tek — from The Beat LP (Wild Honey Records)
Thunderbird ESQ (The Gories) by King Automatic — from upcoming Playing 6 Garage & Sixties Hits! EP (Slovenly Recordings)
I Was A Pre-Teen Mccarthyist (Propagandhi) by Better Before — digital track
Sweet Leaf (Black Sabbath) by Thee Holy Brothers (Marvin Etzioni & Willie Aron) — from Sweet Leaf 7″ (Regional Records)
Somewhere There’s A Feather (Nico) by Tony Molina — from Dear Nellie Goodrich 7″ (Olde Fade / Slumberland Records / Speakeasy Studios SF)
Y.M.C.A (Village People) by UV and the Rays — from Rayos EP (Studio Sky)
Star Star (The Rolling Stones) by The Black Crowes and Whiskey Myers — video promoting their joint Southern Hospitality Tour 2026
Hey Ya! (Outkast) by Return to Dust featuring Mat Mitchell — streaming track (Republic Records)
The Little Red Rooster (Howlin’ Wolf) by Cactus feat. Dee Snider, Tracii Guns, and Jimmy Haslip — from Temple Of Blues II – All-Stars LP (Purple Pyramid)
Detroit Rock City (Kiss) by Dee Snider, Doug Alrich, Marco Mendoza, and John Tempesta — from Pure Fire – The Ultimate KISS Tribute (Cleopatra Records)
Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones) by Katrines — from Ramones EP
Satan & Sparky’s Dream (Teenage Fanclub) by Gooey Cookie — from Satan & Sparky’s Dream CD
Just Can’t Get Enough (Depeche Mode) by Daisy Chain — from Those Fucking Mod Basterds LP, aka The Johnny, Mary & Me Session 1993 (Soundflat Records)
What Was I Made For? (Billie Eilish) by Paul Weller — Radio 2 Jo Whiley Sofa Session, from Weller at the BBC Vol 2 LP (Warner / Parlophone)
DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love (Usher) by Radio Free Alice — for triple j’s Like A Version
Fan the Flames (Sheer Mag) by Raph Lehmann / Turtle Lamone — from Greetings from Dalmahoy EP (Limited Fun Records)
Famine (Sinéad O’Connor) by Kate Nash — from upcoming GERM 7″ (Kill Rock Stars)
For The First Time (Mac DeMarco) by Taylor Williams — digital track (Colemine Records)
I Really Love You (Dynamite Singletary) by Jason Joshua — from I Really Love You 7″ (Mango Hill Records)
Little Red Corvette (Prince) by Low Cut Connie — Live at The Current
Angels and Fuselage (Drive-By Truckers) by Ethel Cain — for triple j’s Like A Version
A Man Needs a Maid (Neil Young) by Orcutt Shelley Miller — from Hot Head 7″ (Silver Current Records)
Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield) by Bad Beats — from Shiver and shake LP, with 14 canadian cold cuts (Soundflat Records)
House Of The Rising Sun (traditional) by Wild Billy Childish & The North Kent Folkways Revival — from House Of The Rising Sun / Black Girl 7″ (Spinout Nuggets)
Since She Started to Ride (Jonathan Richman) by Hayman, Watkins, Trout And Lee — from Hayman, Watkins, Trout And Lee (Bonus Tracks) LP (Belka)
Hungry Heart (Bruce Springsteen) by Mad world — from Mad World Demo (Battle Scarred Records)
It’s Gonna Be Alright (Gerry & the Pacemakers) by Muck and the Mires — from The Ghost of Roky Erickson EP (Ghost Highway Recordings)
Check out our Dusted playlist on Spotify for more worthy cover songs.