Sarah Winters Slows Down Kayne, Rihanna and More on Cover EP

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Jan 242012

There is a definite safety in covering top 40 pop songs these days, and it becomes pretty obvious when scanning through the endless Gaga, Britney and Rihanna covers. However, this doesn’t always mean that the cover artist has to play it safe. In the case of singer-songwriter Sarah Winters‘ Find Restless Cover EP, audiences are lucky enough to get some refreshing covers of Kanye West‘s endlessly covered hit “Runaway,” Rihanna‘s risque “S&M,” as well as covers of Usher and Frank Ocean. Continue reading »

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UK Singer-Songwriter Yasmin Experiments on Frank Ocean Cover

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Jan 112012

British DJ and singer-songwriter Yasmin might just be kicking off her musical career, but her cover of Frank Ocean’s “American Wedding” makes her sound like a seasoned veteran. She covers the song with a soft effortless charm that makes you almost angry that she’s been hiding such talent for so long. Her debut album’s set to be released this year, and her upcoming single “Light Up (The World),” featuring Ms. Dynamite, will be released on the 15th of January. It might seem like an easy choice for her, to cover an original song by another up and coming star Frank Ocean, but the song also features a sample from the classic Eagles song “Hotel California.” No pressure or anything… Continue reading »

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Download Covers of the Best Songs of 2011

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Dec 142011

As you are surely aware, all week we are meticulously counting down the Best Cover Songs of 2011. While we do that list, though, other publications have been putting out their own best songs list. There is no firm consensus for #1, but we are seeing many of the same tracks pop up over and over again. So we tossed together a set of the best free covers of the best songs of the year. Continue reading »

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Aussie DJ/Musician Joyride Simplifies Frank Ocean's "Novacane"

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Oct 182011

Frank Ocean may not be a huge R&B superstar now, but he likely will be soon. In addition to his recent collaboration with Jay-Z and Kanye West, Ocean’s got his budding solo career to brag about. This past May, he released “Novacane,” the lead single off his debut EP, Nostalgia, LITE. It’s a prime example of smooth R&B, especially with its head-bob-worthy beat and Ocean’s easy voice. But DJ and electronica soul musician Joyride shows us “Novacane” sounds just as good as a simple acoustic track. Continue reading »

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Eliza Doolittle Bounces Through Frank Ocean’s “Swim Good”

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Sep 192011

The boys (and girl) of Odd Future became certified sensations earlier this year, with Tyler, the Creator and the mysterious Earl Sweatshirt inspiring seemingly thousands of think pieces about hip-hop, violence, and misogyny (in other words, Eminem 2.0). In the middle of all the noise, though, one much quieter member of the Odd Future family snuck outside the OF circle to become a certified star in his own right. He appeared on Jay-Z/Kanye West’s new album and earned a couple of crossover hits that it’s hard to imagine his peers having. It’s Frank Ocean, whose “Swim Good” could become this fall’s cool song to cover. Continue reading »

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Telephoned Drop Latest Covers/Mashup Mixtape

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Sep 132011

No secret that we love Telephoned. The covers duo of Maggie Horn and Sammy Bananas consistently bring one of the freshest approaches to covers out there. We named last year’s Off the Hook mixtape the third-best covers album of 2010 and now they’ve released another: Good Call. It finds the duo branching out even further to redefine the “cover” concept. Their general M.O. – cover one song while remixing it with another – proves more fluid than ever and the song selection follow suit. Continue reading »

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Gavin Castleton Rethinks Frank Ocean's "Swim Good" with a Touch of Portishead

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Jul 142011

Odd Future vocalist Frank Ocean’s mixtape Nostalgia/Ultra includes several catchy pop gems, but none as moody and ominous as the grammatically-incorrect standout “Swim Good.” Picking up on the darkness in the song, Providence, RI native Gavin Castleton just released what he calls a cover/mashup/remix of the track, using a newly-recorded vocal track and samples from “Roads” by Portishead as well as Lee Oskar’s “Our Road” and Ananda Shankar’s “The Ocean.” Continue reading »

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