Covers for Sunday

Usual drill, it's Sunday, here are six covers for you. There's nothing much else to say except I have all week off next week and the kids are away. So how will my wife and I spend next week? By painting the house. Somewhere along the line I grew up by stealth. Oh well, on to the covers.

Can I Kick It - The Popguns (originally by A Tribe Called Quest) It's a fairly straight forward cover of one of my favourite hip hop songs. I'm underselling the cover, you should just download it and enjoy it.

Fences - Soft Pack (originally by Phoenix) One of my favourite current bands is covered by another of my current favourites from a different genre. What's not to like? Also, no foolish band name typos this time.

Heart Shaped Box - Sofia (originally by Nirvana) Following on from yesterday's 'new' Nirvana song here's a Nirvana classic covered in a way that sounds nothing like them at all.

Bad Reputation - Death Cab For Cutie (originally by Freedy Johnston) Listening to the radio at my sister's house today Death Cab For Cutie were on and she said they were a band she just couldn't get into. She felt/knew she should like them, she just didn't. I, of course, told her it's because she's too old. This song's for you sis x

Panic - Spoon (originally by The Smiths) Again this partly comes from an early morning conversation with my sister over coffee. She told me Morrissey had collapsed on stage in Slough, I laughed at Slough, it's a natural reaction for me, almost Pavlovian. The other part is I really enjoyed Spoon's cover of The Kinks from a couple of weeks ago and it was a popular download so here they are again.

I Am Trying To Break Your Heart - David Potts-Dupre (originally by Wilco) I can't explain why I like this. I love the original, but this seems to change everything I love about it and change it in ways I don't normally like. The first time I heard this cover I had to resist the temptation to skip it. Then it stuck in my head for the rest of the day and it's a frequent listen for me. I may not know why, but I do like this.

That's all for this week, enjoy the music.