Music·Posted on Apr 23, 201317 A Cappella Covers Of Indie Rock SongsBands like Vampire Weekend, Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, and Grizzly Bear are great and all, but what if their music was eight million times more earnest? And, like, had beat boxing?by Matthew PerpetuaBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Modest Mouse's "Float On" by Temple University's Broad Street Line View this video on YouTube youtube.com 2. Grizzly Bear's "Two Weeks" by Trevor Day School's a cappella group View this video on YouTube youtube.com 3. Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc." by The Harvard Lowkeys View this video on YouTube youtube.com 4. Animal Collective's "Leaf House" by Momo and the Coop View this video on YouTube youtube.com This one is a bold choice, but stick around for when the part where they all get weird and start saying "kitties! kitties!" because it is pure gold. 5. Death Cab for Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" by the University of Richmond's Choeur du Roi View this video on YouTube youtube.com 6. Vampire Weekend's "Mansard Roof," "Oxford Comma," "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," and "I Think Ur A Contra" by Columbia University's Nonsequitur View this video on YouTube youtube.com Columbia happens to be the alma matter of all four members of Vampire Weekend. 7. Passion Pit's "Little Secrets" by Wesleyan University's The New Group View this video on YouTube youtube.com 8. Florence and the Machine's "Spectrum" by Intentional Accidentals View this video on YouTube youtube.com The bit where they throw in a little bit of Destiny's Child's "Say My Name" is very inspired, in a very Pitch Perfect sort of way. 9. The New Pornographers' "The Bleeding Heart Show" by The Compulsive Lyres View this video on YouTube youtube.com 10. Fleet Foxes' "White Winter Hymnal" by McGill University's Effusion View this video on YouTube youtube.com Fleet Foxes was basically a gift from above to a cappella groups everywhere. 11. Tune-Yards' "Bizness" by UPenn's Dischord View this video on YouTube youtube.com ...and so was Tune-Yards, really. 12. Of Montreal's "Gronlandic Edit" by Colorado College's Room 46 View this video on YouTube youtube.com 13. Bon Iver's "For Emma" by Georgetown University's GraceNotes View this video on YouTube youtube.com 14. MGMT's "Kids" by Michigan State University's Accafellas View this video on YouTube youtube.com 15. The Postal Service's "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" by Illinois Tech's TechTonics View this video on YouTube youtube.com 16. The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" by After Eight View this video on YouTube youtube.com 17. Belle & Sebastian's "Funny Little Frog" by Mizzou Forte View this video on YouTube youtube.com