The “08 Covers” Mix
October 16, 2008
Today’s mix is comprised entirely of covers of songs that were released in 2008, because we here at musicforants.com are big fans of covers and we like getting stuff fast. What’s more instantly gratifying then hearing an artist cover a song that was released just a couple months before (except maybe a Weird Al parody of that song)?
Whether it’s performed on British radio (Mystery Jets, Katy Perry, The Kooks), part of a full album covers project (Okkervil River), or recorded by a legendary band during some backstage downtime (Radiohead), all these covers have made their way onto the internet, and I compiled a mix of 8 of my favorite ”insta-covers” from 2008* for you. Let me know if there’s any more out there that I don’t about. Enjoy!
MP3 Radiohead – The Rip (Portishead Cover)
MP3 Dirty Mittens – White Winter Hymnal (Fleet Foxes Cover)
MP3 Holy F*ck – Balloons (Foals Cover)
MP3 The Kooks – Violet Hill (Coldplay Cover)
MP3 Katy Perry – Electric Feel (MGMT Cover)
MP3 Ola Podrida – Calling and Not Calling My Ex (Okkervil River Cover)
MP3 Panda Riot – Paper Planes (M.I.A. Cover)
MP3 The Mystery Jets - Blakes Got A New Face (Vampire Weekend Cover)
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Tags: Coldplay, Fleet Foxes, Foals, Holy Fuck, Katy Perry, M.I.A., MGMT, Ola Podrida, Portishead, Radiohead, The Mystery Jets, Vampire Weekend
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October 16th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Um, that Panda Riot cover is frickin’ awesome.
October 16th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Love the idea of the insta-cover phenom mix (thank you BBC!), thank you!
October 17th, 2008 at 1:15 am
The Fleet Foxes cover is interesting. I think it’s pretty bold to cover FF given the general high esteem they’re held in at the moment. Very brave! Great playlist, thanks!
October 17th, 2008 at 11:01 am
nice post!
my favourite 08 cover of the moment is also a mystery jets cover but of keep bleeding by leona lewis! HA!
i’m sure you’ve heard it.
anyways, thanks for the post!
-tamara
October 18th, 2008 at 11:02 am
some great covers there! Already had a couple, but thanks for the rest =)
October 18th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
hello: Is there any chance that you’d the whole performance by British Sea Power on Jools Holland?, by the whole performance i mean th’ three tunes they played
October 18th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
or maybe the the played for NPR or BB6 music?
October 18th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
the one, haha
October 19th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Katy Perry… no. never.
May 5th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Fleet Foxes cover is terrible–the whole centerpeice of that band is their perfect vocal harmonies and the girl sounds flat most of the time. The rest of the covers are great ! Thanks!