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Thousands of Moons Ago/The Gates by DRUDKH and WINTERFYLLETH Check out this interesting split between two black metal powerhouses – Ukraine’s Drudkh and England’s Winterfylleth. Drudkh spends the A-side paying homage to a few acts in the Eastern European underground (Hefeystos, Unclean, and Sacrilegium), and Winterfylleth actually devotes
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Black Santa Rides The Fire Train by MONOLITHS. The Massachusetts rock outfit MONOLITHS. has a pretty diverse set of covers on this new Bandcamp release they’ve recently dropped, and Death Grips ranks among the handful of artists these guys decided to cover. Their song of choice: “No Love,” which
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With September’s “Don’t smoke in bed,” Xiu Xiu gave us our first glimpse at its upcoming Graveface Records debut Nina, a collection of 11 Nina Simone covers done in the style of free jazz. Since then, the band has shared two more tracks from the project, “Just Say
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The Flaming Lips are teaming up with touring mates Tame Impala for an EP that will see both acts covering two of each other’s songs. Tame Impala has elected to take on “Are You a Hypnotist??” and “Silver Trembling Hands,” while The Flaming Lips have chosen “Runway, Houses, City,
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“Ya Hey” is probably one of the most annoying songs on Vampire Weekend’s often-good third LP, Modern Vampires of the City. However, that didn’t stop Phosphorescent from ambling through a quite beautiful performance of it when they stopped by KCSN. Led by Matthew Houck’s well-worn and amber
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Kurt Vile covers Nine Inch Nails Watch Kurt Vile’s hazy take on Nine Inch Nails’ very first single, “Down in It,” for The A.V. Club‘s “A.V. Undercover” series. Kurt brings his easygoing charm to the track’s “white rap” vocals, and receives able backing from bandmate
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Prolific psych-rockers The Flaming Lips have shared yet another new music video; this time for a cover of Devo’s “Gates of Steel.” Shot during the same live session as the “Turning Violent” video that dropped last week, the Freedom of Choice cut is brilliantly adapted to fit the radiantly
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Latin music supergroup Ondatrópica covering man, myth, legend Fela Kuti on this new single of theirs for Soundway Records. If you’re unfamiliar with this band, they just so happened to put out one of the most ambitious records in modern Latin music last year. The band features approximately forty
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Mac DeMarco covers Weezer Jangle pop prince Mac DeMarco drops a smile-inducing performance of Weezer’s “Undone” thanks to the good people at The Onion‘s A.V. Club. DeMarco and his band don’t seem to ache over recreating every detail in the song perfectly. Instead, to go for
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Yep, I’m not messing with you on that title. Ghost is actually covering Abba here, and Dave Grohl has somehow drummed his way onto the track. The track is apparently the b-side for the band’s latest single, which there will be a release for in April–according to
