Nouvelle Vague, “In a Manner of Speaking” (2004)
In the top 5 covers of all time if you’re into that sort of thing (I’m not sure I am). Such a beautiful approach, especially when compared to the thorny original.
Melin Melyn, “Masterplan” (2025)
Do they sound like (are great like) Super Furry Animals because they’re also Welsh? Or is it intentional? Real chicken/egg sitch here.
War, “Me and Baby Brother” (1973)
It feel so fun and reveletory that the riff here is exactly the same as “Losing My Edge”. And, from what I can tell, it’s totally coincidental! James Murphy wrote it as “rip-off” of the Killing Joke song “Change”, not this, but it sounds so much more like this.
Scruffy The Cat, “Bus Named Desire” (1988)
My trip through music history has brought me to the late 80s, and it’s interesting to hear some of the musical trends that still sound fun, but were never really recreated beyond the mid 90s. I never knew this song, and it’s really fun, but it’s also missing a certain depth that even the party music of the 21st century has.
Tennis, “12 Blown Tires” (2025)
Tennis has had a reliable–maybe too reliable, some (not me) would say–sound for over a decade now, but…this is a little tweak to the sound. Little, but welcome!