Everybody likes a good cover song. They are coming out all of the time, but only receive scattered coverage on blogs and mainstream music websites. Our approach has been to build up a solid mix of indie cover songs over time, and publish them in less frequent, but more extensive, playlists.
There are some terrific cover songs from Cymbals Eat Guitars of an Elliott Smith classic, indie folksters Deer Tick covering a Rolling Stones’ oldie; Jens Lekman of Paul Simon; Radiohead covering Neil Young; Ruby Isle’s
interpretation of The Decemberists’ “The Rake Song”; and The Morning Benders tearing a page from the 80s to cover The Smiths.
“On The Beach” (Neil Young) –Radiohead
“I Won’t Share You (The Smiths) – The Morning Benders
“Ballad of Big Nothing” (Elliott Smith) – Cymbals Eat Guitars
“The Rake Song” (The Decemberists) – Ruby Isle
“Across The Universe” (The Beatles) – Rufus Wainwright
“Dead Flowers” (The Rolling Stones) – Deer Tick
“You Can Call Me Al” (Paul Simon) – Jens Lekman
“Dedicated To The One I Love” (The Shirelles) – The Bromheads
“I Shall Be Released” (Bob Dylan) – Jeff Tweedy
I’m On Fire (Bruce Springsteen) – A. A. Bondy
“Two Headed Boy” (Neutral Milk)- Robin Pecknold
“Two Weeks” (Grizzy Bear) – Ruby Weapon
“Donna” (Ritchie Valens) – The Dimes