This is the new best backseat “Somebody I Used To Love” cover. Better than the original.
Music Buzz If you enjoy stop motion, animation, the musical group Belle & Sebastian, London scenery, and The Primitives' 1988 song “Crash,” this video is for you.
Music Buzz Not bad, not bad at all. I have a feeling we'll be seeing more from this young lady. (via thedailywh.at)
Music Buzz Odds are you haven't heard “Criminal,” a failed single off of Britney Spears' most recent album. Which is fine! Because this acoustic cover of the song by 20-year-old singer-songwriter Garret Borns is better than the original, anyway. That said, he could stand to lose the toothpick. And the John Mayer bird faces. (via The Daily What)
Music Buzz Some question the extent of Lana Del Rey's natural talent. But it's no question that she's inspired some very talented amateurs to cover some of her more popular songs.
Celebrity Buzz Empire Magazine scored the first official fancy photos from “The Dark Knight Rises,” one of Bane and one of Batman. Looks like Bane needs some moisturizer.
Celebrity Buzz Happy 71st birthday, Raquel Welch! I respect Raquel Welch for a number of reasons. Mostly, because she's been on the cover of every magazine from Playboy to Cigar Aficionado - but partly because of her cameo in Naked Gun 33⅓.
Music Buzz I like Coldplay a lot better when it's Robyn. Other things I like: That Chris Martin has so little shame at this point that he unironically titled this song “Every Tear Is A Waterfall.” Or maybe that's a thing I don't like? I'm increasingly having trouble telling the difference nowadays. (via thehairpin.com)
Music Buzz Even if you don't have a musical bone in your body, chances are you've probably played the recorder. This one is dedicated to the greatest songs that drove our parents crazy.
Way better than you'd think. Give it a shot.
By Oklahoma artist Luke Dick. Really kind of brings out the inherent creep factor in the lyrics to that song. Yikes. (via @QuincyMoore.)
This is beautiful. So glad this guy could find multiple versions of himself to make this happen. (via TheDailyWh.At)
Music Buzz They Might Be Giants covered Chumbawamba's Tubthumping as part of A.V. Club's Undercover 2011 project and it's pretty damn amazing. (via A. V. Club)
Jeremih, of “Birthday Sex” fame, performs a cover of Adele's “Rumour Has It.” I would not have expected that.
Here's a video of Beyonce covering Queen from her new concert tour. Vocals are great (as usual), but she totally fucks up the lyrics. SMH.
For the upcoming tribute album, “Rave On Buddy Holly,” Florence and the Machine recorded a powerful cover of “Not Fade Away.” (via officialhype.org)
Music Buzz Unlike the Spanish Inquisition, this is much more pleasant. 20 cover songs that have been changed up a bit in style to give the cover a slightly different flavor.
Music Buzz I still can't get enough of Nyan Cat! For more ways to get the “nyan nyan nyan” stuck in your head, here are some of the best covers about the poptart cat flying through space.
Britain's Got Talent singing sensation, Connie Talbot, does a beautiful cover of Adele's “Someone Like You.”
Music Buzz Well, you probably realized that some of these were covers. In fact, you were probably like, “What do you take me for? I knew some of these were covers!” But some of these are really surprising! “Torn”?! WTF is Ednaswap? Jesus. This whole project gave me an existential crisis.
11-year-old Vicus from South Africa covers All-4-One's “These Arms”, and does so in an amazing fashion. (Via.)
Someone fixed all the lyrics from songs by Taio Cruz, Eminem, Cee Lo Green, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, and Katy Perry.
Sara Bareilles sings “Fuck You.” If you haven't seen it already, you should also check out her cover of Single Ladies.
Hugo, a banjo player/voacalist who was born in England and raised in Thailand, does a fantastic rendition of Jay-Z's 99 problems. (via.)
Music Buzz Almost everybody has heard the Eva Cassidy version of 'Over the Rainbow' or the Jimi Hendrix cover of 'All Along The Watchtower'. But here are some should-be-classics that you have probably never heard before.