The Damned Cover Pink Floyd on New Covers Album

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Dec 162025
 
The Damned Cover Pink Floyd

The second single from the upcoming covers album by The Damned has been released and it’s a cover of an early-era Pink Floyd classic. The Damned cover of “See Emily Play” is sung by the band’s guitarist, Captain Sensible. Sensible wrote that it “was the song that blew my mind (man!), so much that I went from merely appreciating music to becoming completely obsessed by it.” The song was released as a non-album single in 1967, and was written by Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett. Continue reading »

Quarantine Covers 7: Sheryl Crow, She & Him, Kurt Vile, St. Vincent, and More

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May 192020
 
quarantine covers
Amy Helm – Twilight (The Band cover)

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World Blanket Polishes Unfinished Syd Barrett Demo “Let’s Split” (Cover Me Premiere)

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Mar 262012
 

Michael Pomranz, who records with a rotating cast as World Blanket, based his upcoming record 2012 on the writings of psychedelic drug guru Terence McKenna. It comes as no surprise, then, that the man is a Syd Barrett fan. (Fun fact: he’s also the Tosh.0 writer who first discovered Rebecca Black’s “Friday” – but try not to hold that against him). Continue reading »

The King Khan and BBQ Show Reunite on Syd Barrett Cover

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Nov 092011
 

Just last week, we posted King Khan’s new quasi-solo Jay Reatard cover. We noted that this followed the dissolution of his beloved psych-garage outfit The King Khan and BBQ Show. Well, it also preceded the official reunion. Khan and Mark Sultan have returned following their acrimonious split with a new 7”. The A-Side is new song “We Are the Ocean” and the flip holds a post-Pink Floyd Syd Barrett cover.

The duo tackle Barrett’s “Terrapin,” which has also seen covers by Phish and Syd’s Floyd replacement David Gimour. Their version is a Nuggets-style psychedelic haze, tambourine and theremin soundtracking their return. Stream it below, then buy the 7” at Midheaven Mailorder.

The King Khan and BBQ Show – Terrapin (Syd Barrett cover)

Buy the “We Are the Ocean/Teremin” 7” at Midheaven Mailorder.

In the Spotlight: The Jesus and Mary Chain

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Oct 282011
 

In the Spotlight showcases a cross-section of an artist’s cover work. View past installments, then post suggestions for future picks in the comments!

In 1984 a band from Glasgow released a song that sounded like the inside of a jet engine factory, only you could hum it. The song was “Upside Down,” and it stayed on the UK indie charts for almost a year and a half. The band was The Jesus and Mary Chain, less content to push the envelope than to blow a hole through it with feedback and distortion. With their first album, Psychocandy, they made it official: here was a group that combined the squall of The Velvet Underground and the tunefulness of The Beach Boys to make torture chamber pop, producing a wall of sound that surely had Phil Spector nodding approvingly. Continue reading »

MGMT Become Psychedelic Lobstermen for Early Pink Floyd Cover

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Sep 292011
 

As expected, last night’s Pink Floyd tribute on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon dug a little deeper than the previous two (here and here). MGMT, a band who seem like they’ve seen The Wall a time or two, dug out “Lucifer Sam.” The Syd Barrett-penned tune first appeared on Floyd’s 1967 debut The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and hasn’t been heard much from since. Continue reading »

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