One-hit wonders: we know all about them, and we’ve heard them dozens and dozens of times, whether on the radio or because a band decided to cover one of those songs at a gig. However, just because ...
Hopeless Records is in the midst of rolling out a special new edition of its long-running compilation Hopelessly Devoted To You that features Hopeless bands covering other Hopeless bands to celebrate ...
It is the ultimate form of compliment from one artist to another when they record their own cover version of the original artist's work. Artists covering other artists have long been an integral part ...
There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...
Making a good cover song isn’t easy, and most bands are lucky if they can simply do justice to the original. However, there's a short list of bands and musicians that have outdone the original song ...
Another song list! This one is a personal favorite of mine, because it means I get to spend a lot of time with artists I like covering other artist’s songs. Last December, Paste crowned Merce Lemon’s ...
One-hit wonder songs were all over the place in the 1970s, across genres like disco, rock, new wave, and pop. And a select few of those one-hit wonders are really difficult to cover properly. Some of ...