Old J is no stranger to the Mazzy Star classic, having previously covered it for a 7″ single. Here, he enlists Fred Armisen to play it on Late Night with Seth Meyers. It actually works quite well, considering the circumstances.
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I play enough Galaxie 500 and Luna on the show that I’d be remiss not to pass along these covers that Dean Wareham did for The Aquarium Drunkard’s Lagniappe Sessions…
Simpson caps off his absurdly successful year by taking his cover of When in Rome’s “The Promise” to Late Night.
The best song on the best album by Ryan Adams gets the Superchunk treatment, and the results are unsurprisingly great. Shame I can’t play it on the show. Off of the While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records comp, out November 18th.
My second cover song post in a row. This one is Mac Demarco lending his particular brand of whimsy to Angel Olsen’s “Lights Out”, from this year’s stellar Burn Your Fire for No Witness. Of particular note is Mac’s hairband and sharpie combo in lieu of an actual capo.
It’s getting to the point where anytime Courtney Barnett releases anything new, I immediately repost it up here. No point in changing now, though, so here she is covering The Breeders for the AV Club.