To promote their latest album, Memento Mori, British superstars Depeche Mode appeared on the Radio 2 series Piano room with the BBC Concert Orchestra. As a part of the show, they performed a version of the Gordon Lightfoot song “Sundown,” modeled after the Scott Walker version. Continue reading »
To promote the release of their new album The Valley of Vision, Atlanta rock band Manchester Orchestra appeared on SiriusXM to perform a cover of Cher’s massive club hit “Believe.” Continue reading »
In the most recent Barbershop Harmony Festival held in Hobart, Australia last year, Australian barbershop four piece The Electric Barbercats sang a version of a lesser known Weird Al Yankovic song “Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me.” Continue reading »
Irish rockers Inhaler know how to jump on a good thing – Miley Cyrus‘ latest single “Flowers” isn’t even a month old, but the Dublin band have already covered the track as part of their appearance on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. Continue reading »
Up and coming British indie-rockers Dead Pony’s latest single is a rocked up version of Nelly Furtado’s mid 00s classic “Maneater.” Said the band: “Maneater was always one of those iconic songs and I remember thinking it was so cool and fun. At the time we recorded it we were listening to a lot of early 00’s music like N.E.R.D, Justin Timberlake & Limp Bizkit so we took a lot of influence from those sounds.” Continue reading »
For a recent iteration of Triple J’s Like a version series, Aussie indie-rockers Dune Rats covered one of Australia’s all time best punk songs “Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again” by the Angels.
Joining them in covering this are a number of well known friends: vocalist Anna from Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, singer-songwriter Ruby Fields, guitarist Jackson from Beddy Rays, vocalist Kelly from TOTTY, and to make it even more special, John and Rick Brewster, members of The Angels. Continue reading »