The Black Crowes Cover Yet Another Rolling Stones Deep Cut Live

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Jun 292026
 
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The Black Crowes, currently on the road promoting their new album, A Pound of Feathers unveiled another Rolling Stones song, this time at their stop in Camden, New Jersey.

Prior to the tour’s start, they released a cover of “Star Star” alongside tourmates Whiskey Myers. Then at a stop in Japan, they busted out a cover of “Bitch.” And now at a recent show in New Jersey, they returned to The Stones’ 1972 album, Goat’s Head Soup and debuted a version of “Dancing with Mr D,” that album’s opener. Continue reading »

The Best Cover Songs of March 2026

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Mar 312026
 
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Anna Prior — No More Drama (Mary J. Blige cover)

Metronomy drummer Anna Prior is back with a new EP, Firefly. The first single is a cover of the Mary J Blige classic. “I’ve wanted to do a cover song for a long time and I just never found the right one that fit with my sound,” Prior wrote. “The overall tone and feeling of the original fit so well with the ‘A minor’ theme of the EP that I just couldn’t resist. It’s a song that shaped my late teenage years and I really hope I’ve done it justice and I don’t get sued.” [Editor’s note: You won’t. That’s not how covers work…]

Bonnie “Prince” Billy — Trustfall (Pink cover)

Last December, the prolific Bonnie “Prince” Billy hopped onstage with Yo La Tengo to cover—of all people—current Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee Pink. The song was a pretty deep cut too, a single from 2023. Will Oldham must really like that song, because he’s returned to it again in a solo incarnation. As if that combo wasn’t wild enough, add this one: This video was recorded at the early 18th-century pub The Lamb in Bloomsbury London, regular haunt of Charles Dickens. Continue reading »

Matt Berninger and Rosanne Cash Cover The Velvet Underground for New TV Show

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Mar 122026
 

The fourth Velvet Underground album Loaded opens up with “Who Loves the Sun,” a fun, light, upbeat song, complete with a chorus including backup singers singing “ba-baba-ba.” And a new cover of the song by Matt Berninger and Rosanne Cash is serving as the credits music for the new Hulu series, Sunny Days.

“I’ve been a Trent O’Donnell fan for a long time,” said Berninger. “We became good friends when he cast my brother, Tom, in an episode of his show No Activity, and we’ve had a close, creative bond ever since. When he asked me to cover the Velvet Underground for Sunny Nights, I immediately thought of it as a duet with Rose and John [Leventhal].”

When describing the division of labor in recording the song, Berninger said, “John did most of the work while Rose and I drank chardonnay in the garden in the sun.”

While the song is a pretty straight-ahead version of the song, Berninger’s vocal tone adds some darker qualities not completely missing in the original.

 

The Best Cover Songs of August & September 2025

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Sep 302025
 
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Benson Boone — When We Were Young (Adele cover)

Benson Boone gets clowned on, but dude can sing (and, yes, backflip). “When We Were Young” is not exactly an easy song to nail. But, at a tour stop in Columbus, he did just that—one of many covers he’s been doing on the road.

BRAINSTORM — The Boys Of Summer (Don Henley cover)

Every summer comes, inevitably, more “Boys of Summer” covers. This metal-ish version comes from German power-metal vets BRAINSTORM (all caps so you know they’re serious). Singer Andy B. Franck says: “Even though ‘The Boys Of Summer’ deals with rather nostalgic themes of ‘summer love’ and the memory of a past relationship, for me – at the time a 13-year-old – it was, beyond the metal anthems of the 80s, a great song that I associated with summer, girls and the corresponding feeling for many, many years…Even today, this song still evokes great memories for me, and since it’s also a song about questioning the past, this track fits perfectly into our times.” Continue reading »

Thurston Moore Honors Sterling Morrison’s Birthday with Velvets Cover

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Sep 042025
 
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August 29th would have been Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison’s 83rd birthday. And to pay tribute to Morrison, guitarist Thurston Moore released a new cover of the Velvets song “Temptation Inside of Your Heart.” Joining Moore on the track are Deb Googe (My Bloody Valentine), James Sedwards and Jem Doulton. Moore was a member of Sonic Youth from 1981-2011. Continue reading »

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