Christmas songs tend to be bastions of forced cheer and endless good tidings. If you’ve heard Josh T. Pearson’s beautiful, slit-your-wrists album Last of the Country Gentlemen, you’d expect him not to really go in for all such holiday niceties. And, on his new Christmas EP, he doesn’t. At all. Instead, he covers five beloved Christmas hymns, transforming them into bleak lamentations that feel holy and profane at the same time. Continue reading »
This past March, Cover Me trekked to Austin for South by Southwest 2011 and returned with several new discoveries. One of the finest was Josh T. Pearson. The ex-Lift to Experience frontman stunned us at a backyard BBQ with his heartbreaking country originals and one cover, of Boney M’s “Rivers of Babylon.” At the time, that was the only cover he performed. Two months later, we have three more that will blow you away. Continue reading »
Yesterday we began our SXSW wrapup by introducing you to Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, Sondre Lerche, PS I Love You, Still Corners, and Candy Golde. Today we round things off with five more finds. These artists blew us away in Austin and, though they’ve never appeared on the site before, we’re sure they will again. Continue reading »
The Best Cover Songs of 2011 
Under the Radar: Camera Obscura 
They Say It’s Your Birthday: Jonathan Richman 
Noah Blows Up on YouTube with Acoustic Cover … 
Ellen and the Escapades Whip Up “Addicted To … 
Hey, Here’s More Lana Del Rey Covers 
Superhumanoids Get Sleepy With Cover of Ramon… 
The Civil Wars Unplug Portishead’s “Sour Time… 
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