Your niche genre of the day: Bardcore (medieval covers of modern songs)
The Dark and Middle Ages (c.600-1600 CE) had its own sort of music, some of which endures today. For example,
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Cover Versions
Random music news for Friday, May 8, 2020
This is a strange coincidence: The 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles Let It Be album is Mother’s
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Still can’t get enough of Tiger King? Some metal bands take on covers of Joe Exotic’s country songs
I have a theory about why Tiger King has been such a phenomenon on Netflix: With all of us living
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Random music news for Saturday, August 3, 2019
On this day in 1977, the Tandy Corporation (parent of Radio Shack–remember them?) released the TRS-80, one of the first
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Miley Cyrus turned into a rock star at Glastonbury, covering NIN and Metallica
I’ll say this about Miley Cyrus: She’ll try anything once. Last Sunday was a good day for metal at Glastonbury
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Random music news for Wednesday, April 3, 2019
On this day in 1973, the first-ever handheld mobile phone call was made. As for music news on April 3,
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PUP asked fans to cover their new single with almost zero instructions. Here’s what happened.
In a stroke of crowdsourcing/viral marketing brilliance, Toronto’s PUP offered up a challenge to anyone who chose to accept the
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This Transformers-themed cover band covers Led Zepellin
I get it. To cut through the noise, you need a gimmick. But to create a band themed around Transformers?
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Watch this kid rip through “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on a ukulele
His name is Feng E. Nice work, kid. Here’s his Facebook page. (Via Leslie)
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Monday fun: Sock puppets repurpose System of a Down for puppies
Sock Puppet Parodies have been around for a while, but it’s always a good time to trot out something like
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Random music news for Saturday, November 24, 2018
It was 55 years ago today that Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald dead thereby cementing the “who killed JFK”
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