Top 50 Cover Songs of 2015 (50-26)

Here’s the list of My 50 Favourite Covers of 2015 (50-26). (Original artist is in parentheses.)

50. FKA Twigs – Elastic Heart (Sia)

 

49. Houndmouth – Runaround Sue (Dion)

 

48. E^ST – Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve)

 

47. Sympathy and The Lion – Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen)

 

46. Ezra Furman – Crown of Love (Arcade Fire)

 

45. Years and Years – Hotline Bling/Dark Horse (Drake/Katy Perry)

 

44. #1 Dads – Two Weeks (FKA Twigs)

 

43. Brandi Carlile – Murder In The City (The Avett Brothers)

 

42. Watkins Family Hour – Steal Your Heart Away (Fleetwood Mac)

 

41. Milky Chance – Shake It Off (Taylor Swift)

 

40. The Killers – The Bucket (Kings of Leon)

 

39. The Vaccines – Night Changes (One Direction)

 

38. Charles Bradley – Changes (Black Sabbath)

 

37. Muse – Lies (Chvrches)

 

36. PVRIS – Talking Body (Tove Lo)

 

35. Walk Off The Earth – Cheerleader (OMI)

 

34. Bob Wayne – Skyfall (Adele)

Cool cover. Can’t find a link to share at present.

 

33. Chvrches – What Do You Mean (Justin Bieber)

 

32. The Belligerents – Praise You (Fatboy Slim)

 

Bonus: Patti Smith – Smells Like Teen Spirit (NIrvana)

 

31. Lucius – Wake Me (Bleachers)

 

30. Ben Gibbard – Archie, Marry Me (Alvvays)

 

29. Catfish And The Bottlemen – Read My Mind (The Killers)

 

28. Missio – Zombie (Cranberries)

 

Bonus: Kasabian – Sesame Street Theme/Good Vibrations (Beach Boys)

 

27. Disclosure and Sam Smith – Hotline Bling (Drake)

 

26. Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires – Mutineer (Warren Zevon)

 

Top 20 Songs of October 2015

Here are my favourite songs of the month:

20. Suede – Outsiders

 

19. New Order f. Brandon Flowers – Superheated

 

18. Alex G – Salt

 

17. Duke Dumont – Ocean Drive

 

16. Adele – Hello

 

15. Zhu & Alunageorge – Automatic

 

14. Calvin Harris & Disciples – How Deep Is Your Love

 

13. Nelly f. Jeremih – The Fix

 

12. Silversun Pickups – Friendly Fires

 

11. Nicole Dollanganger – You’re So Cool

 

10. Day Wave – Come Home Now

 

Bonus: Eric Hutchinson – Watching You Watch Him

 

9. Fetty Wap – 679

 

8. Big Grams – Lights On

 

7. Naughty Boy f. Beyonce, Arrow – Running

 

6. Ryan Adams – Out Of The Woods/Black Space/Shake It Off

 

Bonus: Ingrid Michaelson – Parachute

 

5. Jr. Jr. – Gone

Brilliant song and video. This is happiness incarnate.

 

4. Shawn Mendes – Stitches

One of the best pop songs of the year.

 

3. Metric – For Kicks/Celebrate

They’re some of the most gifted songwriters/melodicists walking on the face of this earth.

 

Bonus: Wolf Alice – Blush

 

2. Justin Bieber – Sorry

As I mentioned when I roasted him, all he needed was a hit. And cot damn, he finally has one. A genuine, lethal pop smash, this is.

 

1. The Helio Sequence – Battle Lines

The stunning album-opener from the always reliable, always brilliant, always soul-shaking Helio Sequence. I love this band so, so much.