Indie Cover Songs, Vol. IV: Beck and the Record Club, The Very Best, Alberta Cross, Spinto Band, Spoon, The Kooks & More

Indie rock pioneer Beck and his Record Club is now well into their recordings of cover songs honoring the great Leonard Cohen as seen in the video above for “Sisters of Mercy.” The Record Club is a collection of musicians, lead by Beck, that include Devendra Banhart, MGMT, Wolfmother and Little Joy, who set out to highlight certain artists and bands that have influenced their musical careers. During the summer, the Record Club’s first series featured covers of Velvet Underground songs.

To kick off this playlist of cover songs, the Record Club present the first classic VU song the recorded, “Sunday Morning,” followed by another VU track, plus cover songs by other artists of Vampire Weekend, Pavement, Radiohead, The Strokes, The Smiths, MGMT, Bob Dylan, LCD Soundsystem, John Lennon and Oasis.

“Sunday Morning” (The Velvet Underground) – Beck and the Record Club (2009)

“Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” (Vampire Weekend) – The Very Best with Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit

Steel and Glass (John Lennon) – Alberta Cross

“Take It Or Leave It” (The Strokes) – Arctic Monkeys

“Big Black Smoke” (The Kinks) – Patch Up Boys

“Box Elder” (Pavement) – Pet Ghost Project

“Karma Police” (Radiohead) – Flunk

“Mr. Blue Sky” (ELO) – The Spinto Band

“Panic” (The Smiths) – Spoon

“Kids” (MGMT) – The Kooks

“Oh Sister” (Bob Dylan) – Andrew Bird

“All My Friends” (LCD Soundsystem) – The Main Drag