Whiskey Daredevils Do Punkabilly Cover of The Cure’s “A Forest”

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Jun 022025
 
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“A Forest” is originally by The Cure, and is a classic piece of goth-rock. It was originally released in 1980 on the band’s second album, Seventeen Seconds. This tune had more production/polishing than any of the other songs on the album. It is also decidedly darker more ornate.

Whiskey Daredevils is a Cleveland, Ohio-based rock band. Self-described as being “America’s finest country punkabilly band,” this 4-piece outfit has both the gusto and the sound. So what did the punkabilly quartet do with this compositional masterpiece? Reinvent it. Continue reading »

The Best Cover Songs of February 2025

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Mar 032025
 
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Bring Me the Horizon — Wonderwall (Oasis cover)

Screamo Oasis? That’s sure to piss some people off! Can’t wait for the Gallagher brothers to weigh in. This reminds me of Biffy Clyro’s highly divisive “Modern Love” a few years back. Not generally my genre of music, but I do love when a band takes a swing like this.

The Great Leslie — Fix You (Coldplay cover)

For a couple weeks this months, my Google Alerts were taken over by some TV-performance show called Chefsache ESC 2025. Which I’d never heard of, and still only vaguely understand what it is (some sort of Germany-only Eurovision?). It produced some wild covers though. The Feuerschwanz medieval-metal version of “Dragostea Din Tei” must be seen to be believed. But we’ve written about that song before—they released it on an album a couple years ago—so, instead, here’s a group called The Great Leslie performing Coldplay like they’re Franz Ferdinand. Continue reading »

Check Out Lola Young’s Rousing Cover of The Cure’s “Close to Me”

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Feb 072025
 
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Though not their biggest hit when it came out – topping out at 24 – “Close to Me” became one of The Cure’s biggest hits over time. It’s one of only four of their singles to go platinum in the UK and is their 4th most streamed song. It’s pretty distinct in their catalogue for lacking guitar and featuring toy keyboards and a horn section (and an even more prominent horn section in the popular 1990 remix, which actually reached higher on the UK singles chart). Continue reading »

Coheed & Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez Covers The Cure via Dinosaur Jr

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Nov 122024
 
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Coheed & Cambria‘s lead singer and guitarist Claudio Sanchez has covered The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven,” for his monthly YouTube series, “Claudio Covers.”

“This song was introduced to me by some friends as a cover done by Dinosaur Jr. They were skaters, so the reference to “tricks” at the top of the song conjured up ideas of a smitten lover’s curiosity for executing kick-flips and rail slides,” wrote Sanchez in message accompanying the video. “It’s a strange but powerful relationship to have with a song when your introduction is someone else’s interpretation of it. I think that’s why I chose Just Like Heaven for this month’s cover.” Continue reading »

New Ska Cover of “Boys Don’t Cry” from Red Spot Rhythm Section and Erthe St. James

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May 302022
 
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We last saw Chicago’s Red Spot Rhythm Section on Cover Me back in August for their dubby cover of Tom Petty’s “You Got Lucky” from their album length tribute to him. The group is instrumental and works with different vocalists. On their new cover of The Cure‘s first hit “Boys Don’t Cry,” they’re joined by Chicago singer Erthe St. James. Continue reading »

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