[Watch] Peter Wolf Crier - "Last Christmas (Wham! Cover)" A.V. Club Performance

Peter Wolf Crier cover "Last Christmas"

I know Shey has already gotten into the holiday spirit but I told myself that I'd wait until it was officially December, but thankfully November zipped on by and look where we are already! To kick off the Christmas season we have a new take on the Wham! 1984 classic "Last Christmas" from Minneapolis band Peter Wolf Crier. Of all the renditions that I've heard of this song, I have to give the guys props for creating a version that feels more serious than the rest.

Give the gift of Peter Wolf Crier in the form of their latest album Garden of Arms.

Many thanks to A.V. Club for having the guys in for this performance!

[Watch] St. Vincent - "Dig a Pony" (Beatles Cover)

Pigeons and Planes points towards this great sounding cover from St. Vincent. It's of The Beatles' Let It Be track, "Dig a Pony". Apparently it's not uncommon for Annie Clark to perform this and has done so for a few years but that doesn't make it any less beautiful to hear. See what you make of it up at the top and enjoy the fret skills of one talented lady!

[News] Bob Dylan Tribute Album: 'Chimes of Freedom' Tracklist Feat. QOTSA, My Morning Jacket, Pete Townshend & More

In celebration of Amnesty International's 50th Anniversary, a collection of Bob Dylan covers has been put together and is set for release in January on the 24th to be precise. The full tracklist has appeared and it's frikkin' crazy! Like good crazy and absurd crazy, you know?! It'll be a 72 track monster compiling 4 discs and a host of talent from the world of music. It also throws a few weird number sin but hey, you gotta take the good with the bad. 

Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International will include covers from the likes of Queens of the Stone Age who take on "Outlaw Blues" from 1965's Bringing It All Back Home. My Morning Jacket tackle "You’re A Big Girl Now", Mariachi El Bronx add their fine acoustic goodness to "Love Sick". The Who’s Pete Townshend tackles the crooner number "Corrina, Corrina" and Cage the Elephant do "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll". Now, thrown into the mix we have Miley Cyrus covering Blood on the Tracks' "You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go". The one I really don't want to see covered in glitter and crap is "Don't Think Twice it's Alright" but that's been taken up by none other than Ke$ha. KE$SHA!? But still, this compilation will definitely be worth a listen. The full track listing of pure awesome can be found after the jump via CoS.

Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International Tracklist:
Disc 1
01. Raphael Saadiq – Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
02. Patti Smith – Drifter’s Escape
03. Rise Against – Ballad of Hollis Brown
04. Tom Morello The Nightwatchman – Blind Willie McTell
05. Pete Townshend – Corrina, Corrina
06. Bettye LaVette – Most of the Time
07. Charlie Winston – This Wheel’s On Fire
08. Diana Krall – Simple Twist of Fate
09. Brett Dennen – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
10. Mariachi El Bronx – Love Sick
11. Ziggy Marley – Blowin’ in the Wind
12. The Gaslight Anthem – Changing of the Guards
13. Silversun Pickups – Not Dark Yet
14. My Morning Jacket – You’re A Big Girl Now
15. The Airborne Toxic Event – Boots of Spanish Leather
16. Sting – Girl from the North Country
17. Mark Knopfler – Restless Farewell

Disc 2
01. Queens Of The Stone Age – Outlaw Blues
02. Lenny Kravitz – Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35
03. Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli – One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
04. Blake Mills – Heart Of Mine
05. Miley Cyrus – You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
06. Billy Bragg – Lay Down Your Weary Tune
07. Elvis Costello – License to Kill
08. Angelique Kidjo – Lay, Lady, Lay
09. Natasha Bedingfield – Ring Them Bells
10. Jackson Browne – Love Minus Zero/No Limit
11. Joan Baez – Seven Curses (Live)
12. The Belle Brigade – No Time To Think
13. Sugarland – Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You (Live)
14. Jack’s Mannequin – Mr. Tambourine Man
15. Oren Lavie – 4th Time Around
16. Sussan Deyhim – All I Really Want To Do
17. Adele – Make You Feel My Love (Recorded Live at WXPN)

Disc 3
01. K’NAAN – With God On Our Side
02. Ximena Sariñana – I Want You
03. Neil Finn with Pajama Club – She Belongs to Me
04. Bryan Ferry – Bob Dylan’s Dream
05. Zee Avi – Tomorrow Is A Long Time
06. Carly Simon – Just Like a Woman
07. Flogging Molly – The Times They Are A-Changin’
08. Fistful Of Mercy – Buckets Of Rain
09. Joe Perry – Man Of Peace
10. Bad Religion – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
11. My Chemical Romance – Desolation Row (Live)
12. RedOne featuring Nabil Khayat – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
13. Paul Rodgers & Nils Lofgren – Abandoned Love
14. Darren Criss featuring Chuck Criss and Freelance Whales – New Morning
15. Cage the Elephant – The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
16. Band of Skulls – It Ain’t Me, Babe
17. Sinéad O’Connor – Property of Jesus
18. Ed Roland and The Sweet Tea Project – Shelter From The Storm
19. Ke$ha – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
20. Kronos Quartet – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

Disc 4
01. Maroon 5 – I Shall Be Released
02. Carolina Chocolate Drops – Political World
03. Seal & Jeff Beck – Like A Rolling Stone
04. Taj Mahal – Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream
05. Dierks Bentley – Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Live)
06. Mick Hucknall – One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
07. Thea Gilmore – I’ll Remember You
08. State Radio – John Brown
09. Dave Matthews Band – All Along the Watchtower (Live)
10. Michael Franti – Subterranean Homesick Blues
11. We Are Augustines – Mama, You Been On My Mind
12. Lucinda Williams – Tryin’ To Get To Heaven
13. Kris Kristofferson – Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
14. Eric Burdon – Gotta Serve Somebody
15. Evan Rachel Wood – I’d Have You Anytime
16. Marianne Faithfull – Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Live)
17. Pete Seeger – Forever Young
18. Bob Dylan – Chimes Of Freedom

[Listen] Ed Sheeran - "Who You Are" (Jessie J Cover)

Earlier in the week the tireless Ed Sheeran paid a visit to the Radio 2 studio for a little chin wag with Dermot O'Leary. Whilst there though he laid down a few tracks for the listeners of the show. Ed seems to be able to play anytime and anything he puts his mind to. This time around he put in a great cover of Jessie J's track "Who You Are" with the results being below for your listening pleasure courtesy of our friends at The House of Coxhead. For the full interview and the performance of "Lego House" jump over here to the official Beeb site.

[Listen] Deadmau5 - "Codex" (Radiohead Cover)

Joel Zimmerman aka Deadmau5 likes to keep busy and when he isn't re-writing the history books or on the road he's in his studio making tracks, or as this example shows, covering tracks. The Daily Swarm points towards a cover he's created of none other than Radiohead, and not just any Radiohead track, one from their latest LP The King of Limbs. The track doesn't sample the original though and instead uses only Mau5's skills on a computer to re-create "Codex" in a completely different light. A good light nonetheless. Give it a listen below.

Radiohead - Codex (deadmau5 cover) by fuckmylife

[Listen] Holy Ghost! Cover Ministry's "I Wanted to Tell Her"

In the midst of their North American tour, DFA duo Holy Ghost! have released a collaborative cover of Ministry's "I Wanted to Tell Her" with John MacLean (of The Juan MacLean) and Nancy Wang (of The Juan MacLean and LCD Soundsystem).

The cover, which was released by Mountain Dew's Green Label Sound, will be accompanied by a video that pays tribute to the 1986 movie Rad. You can listen to the cover below, as well as watch the teaser for the upcoming music video after the jump.

[Watch] The Horrors - "Suffragette City" (David Bowie Cover)

This time last year we posted a video of the lovely Robyn covering none other the the purple king, Prince.  The session was recorded as part of SEAT's On Track series and today comes another delightful cover for us to enjoy. The Horrors take on David Bowie's "Suffragette City" in a one take to vinyl recording at Metropolis Studios. The results can be enjoyed at the top of the page and they're pretty darn good. What do you guys think?

The Horrors' latest LP Skying is out now.

[Listen] The Antlers Cover The xx's "VCR"

On November 22nd, The Antlers will be following up their recent LP Burst Apart with an eight-track outtake EP titled (together). The EP will feature collaborations with Neon Indian, Nicole Atkins, and Bear in Heaven, and will also include a cover of The xx's "VCR." Below, courtesy of Pitchfork, you can listen to The Antlers' cover of The xx track.

MP3: The Antlers: "VCR (the xx Cover)"