Music has a funny way of playing tricks on us. You think you know a song inside and out - its story, its artist, its soul - ...
Another song list! This one is a personal favorite of mine, because it means I get to spend a lot of time with artists I like covering other artist’s songs. Last December, Paste crowned Merce Lemon’s ...
No matter the genre, music is full of cover songs. Some artists record covers as an homage to those who inspired them. Others just like the song and want a version in their catalog. Sometimes, fans ...
Here are the best cover songs from 11 big pop-punk bands. When it comes to pop-punk bands playing cover songs, things typically go one of two ways. They either stay too true to the original as they ...
Making a good cover song isn’t easy, and most bands are lucky if they can simply do justice to the original. However, there's a short list of bands and musicians that have outdone the original song ...
Because I chose to fill this list with songs that are available on streaming services, my true pick for the best cover of the 2020s will simply just have to exist here, as an honorable mention. During ...
Play your biggest song(s); Yell the name of the festival (or host town/city) early and often; and Play a cover song. Not even the full-time nationally touring musicians and the seasoned concert-goers ...
Trivium's Matt Heafy has shown himself quite adept at covers through his social media channels over the last five or six years and now he and his band are seeking input from fans on which song they ...
Me listening to the Paradise soundtrack while writing this. Photo: Brian Roedel/Disney Using these covers is both a misguided choice and one of the things I appreciate most about Paradise. A drama ...
A cover of the song "Need" was removed after being online for six days. The cover artist, Steven Wilmot, credited Swift as a cowriter. A music industry expert says covering an unreleased song is ...