Wednesday, April 6, 2011

My Favorite Covers

"When You Sleep": Memoryhouse (My Bloody Valentine Cover) 
Gorgeous piano cover of MBV. 

 

"No Cure For The Lonely": Nadja (Swans Cover)
Nadja basically takes the cure and drowns it in distortion and fuzz. Interestingly enough, it works. 


"He's A Whore": Big Black (Cheap Trick Cover)
This song just rules. Also notable is Big Black's cover of "The Model" by Kraftwerk. 


"When Your Lonely Heart Breaks": Puerto Rico Flowers (Neil Young Cover) 
Is it redundant if I constantly post PRF and say how awesome it is? Yeah it's redundant but I don't care.


"Just Like Heaven": The Watson Twins (The Cure Cover) 


"Heartbeats": Jose Gonzales (The Knife Cover) 
In Gonzales' hands, a former Swedish synthpop ditty becomes the most heartbreaking song in the world.


"Landslide": The Smashing Pumpkins (Fleetwood Mac Cover) 


"Where Did You Sleep Last Night": Nirvana (Leadbelly Cover)
I don't like Nirvana (pshhhhhhh, whatever), but I do love Leadbelly, and the whole grunge vibe just works really well with the traditional blues style.
 


"Under Pressure": Xiu Xiu (David Bowie Cover)
Xiu Xiu manages to make the most strangely beautiful Bowie cover. 



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