All posts in the month of August will be covers.

Originally by Neil Young

So the story goes that in 1989, Dinosaur Jr recorded “Lotta Love” for a Neil Young tribute record called “The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young.” The album also features The Pixies, The Flaming Lips, and Sonic Youth, among others. Apparently, they also recorded a second song, and then forgot/lost it for 22 years, until the band found it and put it online.

I like this cover way more than the “Lotta Love” track that ended up on the tribute album. I know it's rough, noisy, and not that well played, but that’s what makes it great.

All posts in the month of August will be covers.

Originally by Kill Creek

I’ve gone back and forth all month about whether or not I should post The Casket Lottery’s cover of “In The Meantime” or something else. I really love their version of the song, but with Sean Ingram singing, it just doesn’t feel like a Casket Lottery song. Best Man, on the other hand, sounds like the band could have originally written it.

All posts in the month of August will be covers.

Originally by The Melvins

This is my first and probably last Mastodon post. Their last couple of albums have bored the hell out of me. I have no issues with bands growing and changing, but don’t expect me to follow a long just because I liked the old stuff. I get to grow and change, too, or not at all. That shit is my call.

This song is taken from the mostly mediocre "We Reach: The Music of the Melvins" tribute album. There are some standout tracks like this one and the Isis/Agoraphobic Nosebleed track. Sean Ingram of Coalesce also makes an appearance on Blessing The Hogs’ cover of “Hog Leg.” Dude can’t stay away from cover songs.  

All posts in the month of August will be covers.

Originally by The Get Up Kids

Let's be honest here, I could do like 3 weeks of Coalesce covers. Dudes have done so many covers, including an entire Led Zeppelin covers album.  They even refer to themselves as a cover band in their cover of Amadeus.

Coalesce is one of my favorite bands of all time, and what I love about this cover is how much they own it. Yeah, the Zeppelin covers are good, and Sean's vocals are great, but musically it's still pretty much sounds like Zep. This sounds like Coalesce, top to bottom.

All posts in August will be covers

Originally By Fugazi

I’m not sure that this version is better than the Atom & His Package version, but it's pretty great.

All posts in the month of August will be covers.

Originally by Bruce Springsteen

Springsteen cover number four.

This song, and my playing it 30 times in a row one Sunday afternoon, is what made me want to do this month of cover songs. 

I love this cover.

All posts in the month of August will be covers.

Originally by The Mountain Goats

Hearing Atom play this at Michigan Fest in 2002 was actually the first time I had ever even heard of the Mountain Goats. And despite Atom’s performance, I didn’t investigate the band any further for like 5 years.

Somehow, despite sounding completely Atom & His Package, this still seems like a Mountain Goats song.

All posts in the month of August will be covers.

Originally by Bruce Springsteen

More Springsteen.

These two toured and only played Springsteen songs, and then released an album of the songs they played. Both the tour and the album were called “Darkness on the Edge of Your Town.”

Originally by Ghost Mice

All posts in the month of August will be covers.

The AJJ/Ghost Mice split was my introduction to this band, and I didn't realize for the longest time that this song was a cover. Even after I got pretty deep into the band, I still thought this was their song and not a Ghost Mice cover. Which is pretty stupid considering I also thought the split featured several covers of each band’s songs. This is also dumb, because each band covers only one of the other band’s songs.

I’m an idiot, but this is still a great cover.

All posts in the month of August will be covers.

Originally by Nick Cave

Two “Jack the Rippers” in a row is probably ill-advised, despite being two totally different songs. 

This thing slays. Go buy the record its on (iTunes or on vinyl), and then buy their full-length album and go see them. The live show is amazing.

I can not say enough how much I love this song and band.

All posts in the month of August will be covers.

Originally by Morrissey

I’ve got no love whatsoever for The Smiths or Morrissey. Not a drop. Every time I hear some cover I end up liking it, and I think “shit, maybe I was wrong and need to give it another go.” And every single time I get screwed by how much I hate it.

This song is from a 2005 EP called “Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey,” 6 tracks, all Morrissey covers.

Originally by Jawbreaker

All posts in the month of August will be covers.

I know everybody gets all wet and bothered about Jawbreaker, but for me, this is a Lucero song. It's too the point with me, that Jawbreaker’s original doesn’t sound right, that's the cover for me.

Every single one of the dozen or so times I’ve seen Lucero, they’ve played this. Hell, I think Ben even played when I saw him solo. They own this now, sorry Blake.