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Jeff Tweedy Covers Song from First 2026 Twisted Teens Album

Luke Poling — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:00:13 +0000

Jeff Tweedy‘s Substack Starship Casual has been a (sunken) treasure for Wilco fans, offering covers, songs in progress, and Tweedy’s droll commentary. This week, he offered a cover, proving that he is part of the growing group of fans of the group Twisted Teens. Tweedy included his cover of their song “Wild Connection” in his [Continue reading...]

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Dolly Parton Covers The Stanley Brothers in First Posthumous Release

Luke Poling — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:00:03 +0000

Parton contributed her version of The Stanley Brothers' "Bound to Ride," accompanied by the First Ladies of Bluegrass, a group made up of Alison Brown on banjo, Missy Raines on bass, Becky Buller on fiddle, Molly Tuttle on mandolin and Sierra Hull on mandolin.

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My Morning Jacket and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band Team Up for Neil Young Cover

Riley Haas — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:25:42 +0000

My Morning Jacket are joined by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band for a new cover of Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane"

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Hovig Nassanian Plays “Blackbird” By Way of Bach

Riley Haas — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:00:02 +0000

Pianist Hovig Nassanian interpolates some Bach into his new solo piano cover of "Blackbird" to honour the original inspiration for the melody

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Orville Peck Will “Always Love” Dolly Parton

Luke Poling — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:00:01 +0000

“I’m a little bit of a mess right now,” said Orville Peck as he took the stage for an in-store performance at Rough Trade East in London on Tuesday, August 25th. After informing the audience of Dolly Parton‘s passing, he began his set with a heartfelt version of Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.” “She [Continue reading...]

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(Almost) Full Albums: The Millennium’s “Begin”

Patrick Robbins — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:00:02 +0000

Millennium's 1968 album "Begin" has become one of the key touchstones of sunshine pop. Not all its songs get covered, but we're glad these ones did.

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Green Day, Rancid and Blink-182 Members Form Ramones Tribute Band

Luke Poling — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:00:48 +0000

A supergroup made up of members of Green Day, Rancid and blink-182 came together to form a Ramones tribute band called “Cretin Family,” and to perform at the Hollywood Forever cemetery in Los Angeles on August 30th. Created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Ramones’ self-titled debut record, the band took the stage with [Continue reading...]

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Bruce Springsteen Joins Bleachers on the Boardwalk to Celebrate “Jersey Girl”s

Luke Poling — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:09:35 +0000

Jack Antonoff and his band Bleachers played Asbury Park, NJ’s Stone Pony outdoor stage during the band’s annual “Shadow of the City” event and, what do you know, Jersey legend Bruce Springsteen showed up for a couple of songs. The “Shadow” celebration was originally scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend but needed to be rescheduled because [Continue reading...]

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U2 Covers The Pogues’ “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” for Shane MacGowan Tribute Album

Luke Poling — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:00:25 +0000

U2 has released their Shane MacGowan cover in anticipation of the tribute album to the late Pogues singer/songwriter. “Shane MacGowan was full of contradictions — and that’s where the truth of him lived,” said U2 guitarist The Edge in a press release. “He could be precise about what mattered and gloriously careless about everything else. [Continue reading...]

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Cabin Fever Perform Acoustic Cover of The Tragically Hip

Riley Haas — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:00:54 +0000

The final single from their 1989 debut album Up to Here, “38 Years Old” was not one of The Tragically Hip‘s biggest hits, just missing the Top 40 in their home country of Canada. (The Tragically Hip are an institution in Canada. For multiple generations, they are “Canada’s Band.” Culturally if not commercially, they were bigger [Continue reading...]

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