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How Julia Jacklin found inspiration in pop music for her new album Pre Pleasure
The Australian singer-songwriter talks about her process, incorporating new sounds, and art in a time a crisis
Flight Of The Conchords' Bret McKenzie on embracing the '70s and '80s to create Songs Without Jokes
The Kiwi composer opens up about being (somewhat) dramatic on his new album, his duet with Kermit the Frog, and Zoom calls with Homer Simpson
Pavement reveals what they learned from Sonic Youth, R.E.M. and Echo & the Bunnymen
As the indie rock legends gear up for their 30th anniversary reunion tour, the band members recall great bands they've shared the stage with
Bernie Taupin tells us what's pop, what's country, and what it's like writing with Elton John
Talking about his new book Scattershot, lyricist Bernie Taupin reflects on the early days of his career
Duran Duran's Roger Taylor talks about exploring the band's dark side with their new album
The Fab Five drummer discusses Danse Macabre, reuniting with Andy Taylor and Warren Cuccurullo, and hanging out with Dolly Parton and Judas Priest
The Walkmen cover Holiday Road
For Holiday Undercover, we did away with the master list of songs and simply asked bands to come to the ol' round room and play a song—with two rules: It had to be a cover, and it had to somehow be ho
Brendan Benson covers Merry X-Mas Everybody
You may know Brendan Benson as the rock-solid solo artist whose career launched with 1996's One Mississippi. Or perhaps you recognize him as the singer-guitarist in The Raconteurs who isn't Jack White
Kate Nash covers Merry X-Mas Everybody
Recognize this song? Intrepid Undercover watchers whose memories stretch back a few days will recognize "Merry X-Mas Everybody" by Slade as the song that Brendan Benson covered. But here's a wildly di
Andrew W.K. covers Silent Night
We tried to rope our old pal Andrew W.K. into doing the original Undercover series, but our schedules didn't quite mesh. We're making up for that with two Holiday Undercover appearances—the second, wh
Andrew W.K. and Rodney The Mailman cover Silent Night
Andrew W.K. had just wowed our office with several vastly different versions of "Silent Night," including one with a very somber delivery, and we thought to ourselves, "Which one will we use? They're
Shearwater covers Randy Newman
To address some commenter concern about song choices for Holiday Undercover: We actually encouraged everyone who participated to think outside the Christmas-carol box. (I was hoping against hope that
Dresden Dolls cover Neutral Milk Hotel
It's a treat to see the fantastically theatrical Dresden Dolls stripped down to their component parts, and we were delighted that Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione made Holiday Undercover part of their
Fran Healy covers Joni Mitchell
You might recognize Fran Healy as the singer of Scottish band Travis, who, along with Coldplay, picked up the mantle for thoughtful Brit-rock after that wacky genre "Britpop" died in the late '90s. He
The Music Tapes cover Let It Snow/Zat You, Santa Claus?
Indie-rock fans might recognize Julian Koster's name from Neutral Milk Hotel's classic In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, to which he contributed banjo and singing saw. Koster also leads The Music Tapes,
Vetiver covers The Ramones
We were secretly hoping that someone would tackle the Ramones' not-exactly-classic "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)" for Holiday Undercover, and Vetiver fulfilled that Christmas wish.
Badly Drawn Boy covers Do They Know It's Christmas
It's tough to make a star-studded charity single like Band-Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas" sound intimate, but if anybody can do it, it's Badly Drawn Boy, a.k.a. British singer-songwriter Damon Go
Electric Six covers You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Electric Six first caught the world's attention with "Danger! High Voltage!"— a massive single that was assisted on the chorus by their fellow Detroiter Jack White. But the band—led by Dick Valentine—
Mannequin Men cover Nuttin' For Christmas
Chicago band Mannequin Men initially considered performing John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" for Holiday Undercover, but changed their minds to this '50s chestnut after the Lennon song proved a
Peter Wolf Crier cover Last Christmas
Peter Wolf Crier's two albums—the latest is the excellent Garden Of Arms—come across as much more serious than this holiday cover version might lead you to believe. Here, they tackle Wham's treacly 19
Dawes covers Christmas Time Is Here
Vince Guaraldi's jazzy holiday ballad "Christmas Time Is Here" might initially seem like an odd choice for the L.A. folk-band Dawes, but the guys were looking to challenge themselves with some "weird
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