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We Believe In Father John Misty’s Cover Of R. Kelly’s ‘I Believe I Can Fly’
How does a musician hope to top Pulp, James Murphy, Sleigh Bells, Killer Mike, Grimes, Hot Chip, and Cloud Nothings, all of whom were booked to play on the S.S Coachella? If you’re Father John Misty,...
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When Samuel L. Jackson Sings Taylor Swift’s ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back...
“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” is about a girl who rebukes the advances of her jerk ex-boyfriend, who wants for them to end the feudin’ and fussin’ and get back to the lovin’. Or that’s at...
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Courtney Love Covered Jay-Z’s ’99 Problems’ At Sundance
For some reason unknown to seemingly everyone, Courtney Love was at Sundance this year. She wasn’t promoting a film or anything, so who who knows why she was there. But she was there, making news for...
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Watch Fred Armisen, Yo La Tengo And Marnie Stern Cover TLC’s ‘Waterfalls’
As if inspired by VH1′s forthcoming biopic on TLC — and the fact that “TLC” has taken on some awful, terrible, no good, end-of-culture-as-we-know-it connotations lately, and needs to be reclaimed for...
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Hear Best Coast Cover Roy Orbison With Her Pet, Snacks The Cat
“Crying” was written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson in 1961. It’s since been honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and Rolling Stone ranked it as the 69th greatest song of all-time. But it wasn’t...
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Jimmy Fallon’s Ragtime Gals (And Mystery Guest) Give ‘SexyBack’ The...
I’d like to promise you this is the last time I’ll be writing up something Jimmy Fallon-related this week (because get a room already), but unfortunately I cannot make that promise, as we’re only two...
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Gamma Squad Gets An Exclusive Look At The Cover Of ‘Worlds’ Finest’ #11
Gamma Squad has the exclusive look at the gatefold cover for Worlds’ Finest #11, and needless to say, it’s not the good news it looks to be. Worlds’ Finest, for those not following the book, ties in...
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Dinosaur Jr.’s Cover Of Phoenix’s ‘Entertainment’ Is Even Better Than The...
The Wes Anderson font in the image above makes perfect sense: Dinosaur Jr.’s lazy (in a good way), hazy, beautiful cover of the first single from Phoenix’s Bankrupt!, “Entertainment,” could be the...
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Watch Conan O’Brien Cover Elvis’‘Hard-Headed Woman’ And Have Your Day Improved
In my play-by-play of Conan’s final show in Atlanta, I made mention of how he closed the audience-only portion by regaling us with a made up song. The fun, non-threatening reminder that the nicest guy...
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At Long Last, Here’s The Banjo Cover Of Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ You’ve All...
As we’ve documented previously, people are going nuts making covers of Daft Punk’s inescapable “Get Lucky.” And now we can add a bonafide banjo cover to the this, thanks to a guy named Charles Butler....
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Bill Murray Performed The 2nd Greatest ‘I Will Always Love You’ Cover Ever On...
When Cajun Boy shared Bill Murray’s simply spectacular Liberace-esque entrance to Letterman’s 20th anniversary show last night video to the rest of his appearance wasn’t yet available, and since we’re...
View ArticleStop What You’re Doing And Enjoy Twin Shadow’s Haunting Cover Of...
Today was destined to be a good day for me merely because it marks the start of the NFL season. FOOTBALL. FOOTBALL. FOOTBALL. But it’s been made exponentially better by the fact that with this post I...
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Low’s Cover Of Rihanna’s ‘Stay’ Is Devastating And Beautiful
Low is about as understated as a band can be. For 20 years, the members of the Duluth, Minnesota, trio have been making stark, bittersweet minimalism sound gorgeous and enchanting, so it came as quite...
View ArticleHere’s The Best Cover Of TLC’s ‘No Scrubs’ You’ll Hear All Day
Here’s a cover of TLC’s “No Scrubs” by Bastille that’s so much better than the “No Scrubs” cover Creed did a while back. (Creed never did a “No Scrubs” cover to my knowledge, but I wouldn’t put it...
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FINALLY: Captain Picard Sings ‘Let it Snow’ On ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’
Last time we checked in on James Covenant, he had recreated Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” with Star Wars footage. Now he’s turned those editing skills towards our favorite lobster with which we...
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This Cover Of ‘I’ll Be There For You’ Will Make You Long For ‘Friends’
Take a good look at these three young men for a moment and then ask yourself, do they look like the kind of guys who are about to completely blow your minds with a delightfully melodic cover of the...
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Ron Jeremy’s Reenactment Of Miley Cyrus’s ‘Wrecking Ball’ Is A Vision To Behold
Today was the first day that I’ve actually listened to the Miley Cyrus hit “Wrecking Ball” in its entirety, because I’ve found it quite difficult to get past her Mars Attacks!-like “Eck-eck-eck”...
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Watch This Fantastic Guzheng Cover Of ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ Nail The Solo And...
We brought the New Orleans-style cover of Guns N’ Roses classic “Sweet Child o’ Mine” earlier, but now comes a cover with a little Chinese flavor. Musician Michelle Kwan turns the traditional Chinese...
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Godzilla Stomps All Over Empire On Its New Cover
The beast of public relations has been woken from its slumber, and it’s been promoting Godzilla quite heavily. First there was the trailer, then the poster, and now Empire’s gotten in on the fun....
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