Thursday, June 4, 2026

"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.

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

"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.

Monday, June 1, 2026

"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.  

Sunday, May 31, 2026

"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.

Saturday, May 30, 2026

"Get Low" by Swish and Flick

 


New York City wizard rockers Swish and Flick cutesy up the crunk on their version of "Get Low," a 2002 release about releases (skeet-skeet) from Atlanta, Georgia Southern hip hop artist Lil' Jon.

Friday, May 29, 2026

"The Joker and the Thief" by Asteroid Brains


 

Neo-Psychedelia band Wolfmother had their 2006 hard rock single "The Joker and the Thief" covered by fellow Sydney, Australia natives Asteroid Brains.

I doubt that the song was based off of this image, but it's all I could think of upon hearing the title.