Musicians covering each others work has been as longstanding a staple in music culture as substance abuse and misogyny. While the motivation to do so is often the child of an unholy marriage between lazy opportunism and musical sacrilege, in worthy hands it can be the most respectful of endeavors, often providing a useful roadmap to the covering artists influences. With emphasis on the latter, the following post is a mix of some of the more interesting cover versions I’ve collected on my travels.

Glass Candy – Iko (Dixie Cups)
Vampire Weekend – Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac)
Magic Arm – Daft Punk Is Playing In My House (LCD Soundsystem)
The Flaming Lips – Money (Pink Floyd)
JJ – Ecstacy (Lil’ Wayne)
3 Teens Kill 4 – Tell Me Something Good (Rufus & Chaka Khan)
Peter Bjorn & John – Summer Breeze (Seals & Croft)
The Cloud Room – Blue Monday (New Order)
Plaintains – I Feel Love (Donna Summer)
Monsters Are Waiting – I Wanna Be Adored (Stone Roses)
The Go! Team – Bull in the Heather (Sonic Youth)
California Poppy Pickers – Why Don’t We Do It In the Road (The Beatles)
My Brightest Diamond – Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey (The Beatles)
The Puppini Sisters – Walk Like an Egyptian (The Bangles)
Clare and the Reasons – That’s All (Genesis)
Thao – You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (Smokey Robinson)
Chromatic Flights – I Am a Rock (Simon & Garfunkel)
Casiotone For the Painfully Alone – Streets of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen)
You Say Party! We Say Die! – Nightswimming (R.E.M.)
The Chromatics – Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)
Hot Chip – Transmission (Joy Division)
Fischerspooner – The 15th (Wire)
Theophilus London feat. Lykke Li – Computer Love (Kraftwerk)
White Hinterland – My Love (Justin Timberlake)
Idiot Glee – Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
Ryan Adams – Everything In It’s Right Place (Radiohead)
Phoenix – Playground Love (Air)
Annie Hart and Slow Club – Killing Moon (Echo & the Bunnymen)
The Last Town Chorus – Do You Really Wanna Hurt Me? (Culture Club)
Taken By Trees – Sweet Child of Mine (Guns & Roses)
The Old Believers – This Must Be the Place (Talking Heads)
Kevin Davis – Fuck Tha Police (NWA Cover)
Antony and the Johnsons – Crazy In Love (Beyonce)
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra – Condition of the Heart (Prince)

Electric Adolescence – The Cover Up (right click to download) 80 mins/ 256 kbps/ 146MB