Leonard Cohen Archives

The Best Cover Songs of February 2026

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Mar 032026

Asher White — Casper (Jessica Pratt cover)

Why does Asher White have a record titled Jessica Pratt? Because, as it turns out, it is a full-length cover of singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt’s 2012 debut record—which happens to be self-titled. Pratt herself approves: “White’s curiously inventive renditions took me by surprise,” she said in a press release. “A broad sweep stylistically and production-wise. Not just homage, but a record in its own right.”

The Belair Lip Bombs — Happiness (The 1975 cover)

“It was the first single that came out of their latest record and I just listened to it for like two years straight,” singer Maisie Everett said of the 1975 song the band covered on Like a Version. “I still do.” Continue reading »

The Best Cover Songs of January 2026

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Jan 302026

The Beaches — I Ran (So Far Away) (A Flock Of Seagulls cover)

The Beaches released one of the best albums of last year with No Hard Feelings. Now they’ve followed up with a Flock of Seagulls cover. Why? Why not! They don’t veer too far away from the original arrangement, but add an extra dose of indie-rock crunch. Halfway through it gets a little more shoegazy and expansive, with a huge build.

The Damned — Making Time (The Creation cover)

This deeper cut is a high point of the Damned’s new covers record, which, per our review, “takes the song into near heavy metal territory, if leavened by the catchy choral chorus, which, especially with the bass and drums, comes over like the Who in their prime.” Continue reading »

Storefront Church Records Cover of Leonard Cohen’s “I’m Your Man”

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Jan 192026

The title track of Leonard Cohen‘s eighth album, “I’m Your Man” is now one of his most streamed songs, as well as one of his most covered. It wasn’t a hit at the time – what Cohen song was? – and it didn’t get a lot of critical attention, but now it’s a bona fide classic.

Storefront Church is the chamber pop project of former Phoebe Bridgers drummer Lukas Frank. His new “I’m Your Man” has a peculiar lyric, one that embodies romantic/sexual obsession but also can make you laugh. Frank leans into the obsession side, replacing the original’s synth-pop/sophisti-pop sound with a much darker, almost goth sound. Continue reading »

The Best Cover and Tribute Albums of 2025

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Dec 152025

Follow all our Best of 2025 coverage (along with previous year-end lists) here.

Hip-hop oldies become jazz instrumentals. Cult folk songs become grand spaghetti-western soundscapes. Blink-182 hits become DIY bedroom jams. We’ve got ’90s hardcore bangers shredded on acoustic guitar, Spanglish Latin-pop takes on Air Supply and Elvis, and, maybe most outrageously of all, a wild experiment in turning everyone from Chappell Roan to Smash Mouth into emo/screamo.

It’s an especially unruly set this year, but a rewarding one. Enough preamble. Dive in.

Mavis Staples Covers Kevin Morby on New Album

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Sep 032025

Kevin Morby pulled no punches when describing hearing Mavis Staples‘ cover of his song, “Beautiful Stranger,” on her new album, Sad and Beautiful World. “Mavis also wields that extremely rare power to take a song somebody else wrote and make it entirely her own,” said Morby. “As the person who penned ‘Beautiful Strangers,’ I feel I have every right to say; her version is better.” Continue reading »