Found this cover of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire" courtesy of a couple friends and Gimme Tinnitus. Very cool take - it's all post-punk now with more shout-singing!
The Forms - We Didn't Start The Fire (Billy Joel Cover)
The Forms official site
The Forms on MySpace
Labels: BILLY JOEL, COVER, INDIE POP, INDIE ROCK, THE FORMS
If you've been looking for an interesting twee-world-pop take on Animal Collective's "My Girls", you'd be hard pressed to do better than this Taken By Trees cover! It's available on her most recent album, East of Eden.
Taken By Trees - My Boys (Animal Collective Cover)
Taken By Trees official site
Taken By Trees on MySpace
PS. Anyone watch Mad Men last night? Peggy...eww.
Labels: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, COVER, INDIE POP, TAKEN BY TREES
Back in the fold here, been a busy past 2 weeks! Anyway, I have some musical catching up to do. Up first is Calico Horse, a folky, experimental band from from San Diego. Calico Horse caught my attention recently by doing an excellent and breezy cover of Radiohead's "Idioteque".
Calico Horse - Idioteque (Radiohead Cover)
Calico Horse - Gold
Calico Horse official site
Calico Horse on MySpace
Labels: CALICO HORSE, COVER, FOLK, INDIE POP, RADIOHEAD
Today I've been graced with a cover of Van Halen's "Panama" by Rock Plaza Central. It's a brooding, folky sorta take on the song...sounds more like a Will Oldham or Cairo Gang song now!
Rock Plaza Central - Panama (Van Halen Cover)
Rock Plaza Central official site
Rock Plaza Central on MySpace
Labels: COVER, FOLK, INDIE POP, ROCK PLAZA CENTRAL, VAN HALEN
Hot Chip recently covered Joy Division's "Transmission" for the War Child Heroes compilation. Pick it up today and help a great cause!
Hot Chip - Transmission (Joy Division Cover)
Hot Chip official site
Hot Chip on MySpace
Labels: COVER, DANCE, ELECTRONIC, HOT CHIP, INDIE POP, JOY DIVISION
My dear reader, if you remember the end of 2008, I ranked The Chairs' cover of "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" #6 on my favorite covers of the year list. Looks like they're getting a head start on 2009 by tackling Bon Iver's "Flume"!
This cover takes Bon Iver's soulful lo-fi and gives it a sexy, Hot Chip "Made In The Dark" makeover. Enjoy!
The Chairs - Flume (Bon Iver Cover)
The Chairs official site
The Chairs on MySpace
Labels: BON IVER, COVER, INDIE POP, THE CHAIRS
10. This Is Ivy League - Crown Of Love (Arcade Fire Cover)
When I'm feeling less epic and more bedroom, I put this version on.
09. Throw Me The Statue - If This Is It (Huey Lewis And The News Cover)
I still want The Hold Steady to cover "The Power Of Love"!
08. The Editors - Acceptable In The 80s (Calvin Harris Cover)
The Editors wisely turn this song into a nice, moody build.
07. Spoon - Peace Like A River (Paul Simon Cover)
Spoon covering Paul Simon = j*** in my pants.
06. The Chairs - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel Cover)
Hard to do NMH justice with a cover, but The Chairs pull off their soft/loud prom-styled cover excellently!
05. French Kicks - Trouble (Lindsey Buckingham Cover)
I think the French Kicks have got their new sound...
04. Dirtbombs - Sherlock Holmes (Sparks Cover)
An excellent update of a classic tune!
03. Vampire Weekend - Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover)
Someone else's wet dream! Pretty well executed too.
02. La Pompe Moderne - Plus Dur, Meilleur, Plus Rapide, Plus Fort (Daft Punk Cover)
Usually stripping down Daft Punk doesn't work, but this low key acoustic take totally brings home the pork belly.
01. Ssion - Credit In The Straight World (Young Marble Giants Cover)
This might be considered the complete opposite of YMG's stripped down punk!
Labels: COVER, DANCE, ELECTRONIC, INDIE POP, INDIE ROCK, YEAR IN REVIEW
We're busy preparing our year end lists over here...chew on this Taken By Trees cover of "Sweet Child O' Mine" while you're waiting! Listen to it and reflect on all the questionable decisions you made this year...
Taken By Trees - Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N' Roses Cover)
Taken By Trees official site
Taken By Trees on MySpace
Labels: COVER, INDIE POP, TAKEN BY TREES
I guess it's just one of those weeks - been geeking out on acoustic covers of new wave songs. Must be the holiday season...and a need to chill out! Don't worry kids, the Let's Sexy Fighting 2008 xmas playlist is right around the corner...
José González - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division Cover)
José González official site
José González on MySpace
Labels: COVER, INDIE POP, JOSE GONZALEZ
This cover's been around for a while - I heard it again for the first time in years when I was out on Saturday! So here it is again.
Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division Cover)
Nouvelle Vague official site
Nouvelle Vague on MySpace
Labels: COVER, LOUNGE, NOUVELLE VAGUE
I hadn't heard "This Charming Man" in a long time until it came up on shuffle yesterday. It's such a great song, boppy, with crazy Johnny Marr guitar and Morrissey crooning...digging further into the archives also produced a Stars cover of the tune...something I imagine would go great on an xmas playlist!
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Stars - This Charming Man (The Smiths Cover)
Labels: COVER, INDIE POP, INDIE ROCK, STARS, THE SMITHS
I guess I'm all about the finger tapping this week.
Marnie Stern - Don't Stop Believin' (Journey Cover)
Marnie Stern on MySpace
Labels: COMEDY, COVER, JOURNEY, MARNIE STERN, VIDEO
I woke up about an hour early the other day and couldn't get back to sleep because the bassline from the Ssion version of "Credit In The Straight World" was repeating over and over in my head. Your turn!
Ssion - Credit In The Straight World (Young Marble Giants Cover)
Young Marble Giants - Credit In The Straight World
Ssion official site
Ssion on MySpace
Labels: COVER, ELECTRONIC, SSION, YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS
At their Wednesday show at the Fillmore in SF last week, Spoon closed out their second encore with a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Rocks Off". Thanks to the magical power of the internets, I am now able to share that experience with you, except that the recording is from Monday's show!
Spoon - Rocks Off (Rolling Stones Cover)
Spoon official site
Spoon on MySpace
Labels: COVER, INDIE POP, INDIE ROCK, SPOON, THE ROLLING STONES
Hey guys, gotta be quick this morning - still on my business trip. Check out The Cloud Room's cover of New Order's immortal "Blue Monday"! It's very Echo & The Bunnymen-ish to me.
The Cloud Room - Blue Monday (New Order Cover)
The Cloud Room official site
The Cloud Room on MySpace
Labels: COVER, INDIE POP, INDIE ROCK, NEW ORDER, THE CLOUD ROOM
Apparently now it's cool to cover Yes! Today's track finds the Grizzlebees doing a stripped down and droney version of the Yes classic, "Owner Of A Lonely Heart".
Grizzly Bear - Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Yes Cover)
Grizzly Bear official site
Grizzly Bear on MySpace
Previously on Let's Sexy Fighting...
The Joggers - Long Distance Runaround (Yes Cover)
(Sorry, I'm having Lost withdrawal or something!)
Labels: COVER, EXPERIMENTAL, FOLK, GRIZZLY BEAR, INDIE POP, INDIE ROCK
Got a flight to catch in the morning - check out this Editors cover of Calvin Harris in the meantime!
Editors - Acceptable In The 80s (Calvin Harris Cover)
Calvin Harris - Acceptable In The 80s
The Editors official site
Calvin Harris official site
Labels: CALVIN HARRIS, COVER, EDITORS, INDIE ROCK
This Is Ivy League's sound falls squarely between Simon and Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, and Belle and Sebastian. It's taken a while to grow on me, but "London Bridges" is a great song for lounging around, or perhaps to make brunch to. Mmm, brunch. Man, I need to eat.
Also check out their cover of The Arcade Fire's "Crown Of Love". Sounds like it'd have a place on the Juno 2 soundtrack...
This Is Ivy League - London Bridges
This Is Ivy League - Crown Of Love (Arcade Fire Cover)
This Is Ivy League official site
This Is Ivy League on MySpace
Labels: ARCADE FIRE, COVER, INDIE POP, THIS IS IVY LEAGUE
Have you ever wanted to hear a cabaret-jazz cover of Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"? Now thanks to La Pompe Moderne, you can!
Brought to light by Filles Sourires.
As for the video, bear with it, it'll pick up once the music picks up.
La Pompe Moderne - Plus Dur, Meilleur, Plus Rapide, Plus Fort (Daft Punk Cover)
La Pompe Moderne on MySpace
Labels: COVER, INDIE POP, LA POMPE MODERNE
I've been feeling a need to give the site a facelift recently...so here it is. What do you think? Tying into this is an after and before picture of Amy Winehouse. Whaaaaa? I think you overshot your target.
Also, thanks, Junior, for pointing out a cover I missed last year at Berkeley Place!
Arctic Monkeys - You Know I'm No Good (Amy Winehouse Cover)
Arctic Monkeys official site
Amy Winehouse official site
Labels: AMY WINEHOUSE, ARCTIC MONKEYS, COVER, INDIE POP, INDIE ROCK
