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I like covers. Sometimes more than the original. This week, I’ve put together a partial list of the covers I’ve been listening to lately, which are either as good (Flim, Golden, Stairway to Heaven) or better (Common People, I Can’t Live Without My Radio, Heart it Races) than the original. And yes- that really is William Shatner on there.
In this week’s Mixtape:
01. I’m On Fire (Bruce Springsteen Cover) // A.A. Bondy
02. Flim (Aphex Twin Cover) // The Bad Plus
03. High and Dry (Radiohead Cover) // Jamie Cullum
04. Golden (My Morning Jacket Cover) // Marco Benevento
05. Common People (Pulp Cover) // William Shatner, Joe Jackson, and Ben Folds
06. I Can’t Live Without My Radio (LL Cool J Cover) // Halloween Alaska
07. Heart It Races (Architecture in Helsinki Cover) // Dr. Dog
08. Juicy (Biggie Smalls Cover) // Emily Wells
09. Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd Cover) // The Bad Plus with Wendy Lewis
10. Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin Cover) // Rodrigo y Gabriela
11. Green River (CCR Cover) // M. Ward
12. Mr. Grieves (Pixies Cover) // TV on the Radio
13. Sesame Street (Joe Raposo Cover) // Joshua Radin
