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Covers
A blizzard-induced Internet outage and various snow-related activities forced the cover selection committee (read: me) to delay...
Due to an influx of late nominations and a prior social engagement, I’m going to hold off...
Well folks, it’s been a long and arduous journey, but I think we’ve done a half-decent job...
At the risk of “los[ing] serious street cred with [his] friends,” Mike D. nominates Glee’s (admittedly catchy)...
Here’s an eclectic bunch: Via email, Schuyler nominates Mike Posner covering Beyonce’s “Halo”; Mike nominates Dennis Brown’s...
Ian M. also submitted Built to Spill’s epic cover of “Freebird”; I’m nominating Beirut’s cover of Ary...
Klein nominates Donny Hathaway’s soulful take on Lennon’s “Jealous Guy’; Todd submits Phish’s version of the Stones’...
After reviewing the list of nominees, it’s pretty apparent that our submissions skew heavily towards quasi-ironic indie...
JosephFM nominates The Yeah Yeah Yeahs covering Sonic Youth; Sidereal recommends José González singing Massive Attack’s “Teardrop.”...
Yo La Tengo does the Beach Boys’ “Little Honda”:
Aguirre nominates The Scissor Sisters’ disco-infused version of “Comfortably Numb”; via email, Barry passes along Radiohead’s cover...
Jonathan of Canned Goods and Ammunition nominated a pretty amazing cover of “Creep” from the Afghan Whigs:
Commenter db links to Nouvelle Vague’s great Bossa Nova version of “The Guns of Brixton.” I’ll be...
Seu Jorge sings “Life on Mars”:
An epic (and topical) cover of Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the USA”: More cheesy pop songs should...
Stars’ version of “This Charming Man” should also be in the running:
Faye Wong singing “Dreams” in Cantonese gets my vote:
