Top Covers

Not a lot to say. I love a good cover. Here're a few of my favourites:

Ted Leo - Since U Been Gone (Kelly Clarkson Cover) / Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cover)


Allison Weiss - Kids (MGMT Cover)


Elle240 - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (Black Kids Cover)


Tegan & Sara - Dancing In The Dark (Bruce Springsteen Cover)


phoenix7blue - Call It Off (Tegan & Sara Cover)
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Alkaline Trio feat. Tegan Quin - Wake Up Exhausted (Tegan & Sara Cover)


Sixx and Seven - John Wayne Gacey Jr. (Sufjan Stevens Cover)


And a few mp3s:

Metric - Don't Think Twice It's Alright (Bob Dylan Cover) (zShare)

Disclaimer: I'm not a fan of Bob Dylan, and haven't actually heard the original version of this song. I am, however, quite infatuated with this cover. It's actually just half of Metric, Emily and James, and I imagine they stick pretty close to the original (just vocals and a lone acoustic guitar), but it's a treat hearing the two of them trade vocals on the verses and harmonize on the choruses.

From War Child's Help! A Day In The Life comp (Canadian version only), available from Maple Music and iTunes. Proceeds go to War Child Canada's humanitarian programs.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Diamond Sea (Sonic Youth Cover) (zShare)

Another perhaps surprising cover, although not in the choice of song (the link between YYYs and Sonic Youth is not un-obvious) but in the execution, which is mostly acoustic. Karen O.'s singing regularly blows my mind but here the "ooh-ooh-ooh"s are really etherally beautiful. You can literally hear her voice cracking with emotion on every line, and when everything opens up with "You're never not alone on a diamond sea"... chills.

From YYYs' excellent iTunes exclusive live session, available here. Their latest, It's Blitz, is out this spring, release date TBA.