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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 100 Songs of 2013 (80-61)

Continuing along with my Top 100 Songs of 2013, here are songs 80-61:

80. Arcade Fire – Afterlife/Here Comes The Night Time/Supersymmetry/It’s Never Over (Oh Orpheus)

Afterlife:

Here Comes The Night Time:

(To whomever made this video: I want to shake your hand. Superb.)

Supersymmetry:

It’s Never Over (Oh Orpheus):

 

79. The Besnard Lakes – People of The Sticks

 

78. Slowriter – Silver Spaceships/April 8

Silver Spaceships:

April 8:

 

77. The National – Hard To Find/This Is The Last Time

Hard To Find:

(An absolutely heartbreaking song combined with an absolutely heartbreaking visual. This is when the internet wins life. Pure perfection.)

This Is The Last Time:

 

76. In The Valley Below – Peaches

 

75. USS – This Is The Best

 

74. Selena Gomez – Slow Down

 

73. The Killers – Shot At The Night

 

72. Frightened Rabbit – Nitrous Gas

 

71. Disclosure – When A Fire Starts To Burn

(Right, and it starts to spread…)

 

70. Avicii – Wake Me Up

 

69. Porcelain Raft – The Way Out

 

68. Ambassadors – Unconsolable

 

67. Frightened Rabbit and Manchester Orchestra – Architect

 

66. Editors – The Phone Book

 

65. Sky Ferreira – Boys/Omanko/Ain’t Your Right

Boys:

Omanko:

Ain’t Your Right:

 

64. CLMD vs. KISH – The Stockholm Syndrome

 

63. Linkin Park & Steve Aoki – A Light That Never Comes

 

62. The Belle Game – River

 

61. Grouplove – Ways To Go