"Summer Girls" by Hot Dad

 

Happy 159th Birthday to business owner David Ambercrombie!

In his honor, here's a vaporwave cover of "Summer Girls," the 1999 single from New Bedford, Massachusetts boy band LFO, by Austin, Texas artist Hot Dad.

"Radio Cure" by Tomorrow Tomorrow

 

Ethereal Los Angeles, California artist and producer Tomorrow Tomorrow covers "Radio Cure," a 2003 single from Chicago, Illinois indie rockers Wilco.

If you were hoping to cure a radio, sorry.  That ship has sailed.  The Sally Struthers ICS school is not currently taking applications for radio repair technician.

For another Wilco cover, the Puss N Boots version of "Jesus, Etc" can be found here.

"Life in One Day" by The Touch

 

"Life in One Day," the breezy 1985 synth pop single from Hampshire, UK new wave artist Howard Jones gets remade by Levittown, New York wedding band The Touch.

If you're wondering how The Touch got their name, it's simple, really.  They've got the touch.... they've got the POWERRRRRR!!

For another HoJo cover, the Down West version of "No One Is to Blame" can be found here.

"Paris (Ooh La La)" by Vivid Black

 

Denver, Colorado band Vivid Black cover "Paris (Ooh La La)," a 2010 funk rock single from Waitsfield, Vermont roots rockers Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.

"Never Been Any Reason" by The Great Pretenders

 Boardman, Ohio classics cover artists The Great Pretenders tackle "Never Been Any Reason," a 1975 single (with a catchy af organ hook) from Illinois rock band Head East.

The Riverwest 24-hour bike race held annually in Wisconsin has adopted the song as their official anthem, and stream the tune on a loop for the full 24-hour duration of the event, causing a spike in Spotify listenership that possibly earns the surviving band members a whopping four cents apiece.  Maybe.

"Twice" by Sun June

 

It's already the first day of June!  Thassssss crazy!

So, here's Austin, Texas indie pop group Sun June with their version of "Twice," a 2006 downtempo release from Gothenburg, Sweden trip hop band Little Dragon.  

"Love Me Again" by Bardcore North

 

Look, if we're all going to die from water shortages brought about by the proliferation of artificial intelligence, at least we can occasionally get a cool cover song from the planet wreckers.

Here's one!

Bardcore North, a Turkish site that uses AI to transform modern songs into Norse seafaring doom ballads scores big with their remake of "Love Me Again," a 2013 single from North Yorkshire, UK soul pop artist John Newman.