Indochine is a French New Wave/rock band, formed in 1981. The band was very successful in France in the 1980s, as well as other parts of continental Europe and Latin America, with songs like “L’Aventurier” and “Canary Bay”. They also covered Dead or Alive ‘You Spin Me Round (Like a Record).’
Category Archives: Best Covers
Best Covers: Nick Cave ‘La Vie En Rose’
Nick Cave has shared a cover of Édith Piaf’s ‘La Vie En Rose’ from Jack Antonoff‘s soundtrack to The New Look. The Bad Seeds frontman’s heartfelt rendition of the song was produced by Antonoff for the new Todd A. Kessler-created historical drama.
Best Covers: Paramore ‘Burning Down The House’
Paramore have shared their cover of Talking Heads’ classic Burning Down the House. The song will feature on the forthcoming tribute album Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, being released by A24 Music. No date has yet been announced for the album release.
Best Covers: The Beaches ‘Boys Don’t Cry’
The Beaches shared a rendition of “Blame Brett” from the series a couple weeks ago and have now released a live cover of The Cure’s 1979 classic “Boys Don’t Cry,” which they’ve called “one of our fave things we’ve ever done.”
Best Covers: Christine and the Queens “Stayin’ Alive”
Christine and the Queens have dropped their rendition of the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive.”
The rendition — which arrives days after Barry Gibb was awarded Kennedy Center Honors — hues closely to the Saturday Night Fever classic, with the “Chris Version” putting their own reverbed flourishes on the track. The cover was accompanied by a visual directed by Chris and filmed in Venice:
Best Covers: Cigarettes After Sex ‘Wicked Game’
American dream pop band Cigarettes After Sex covered Chris Isaak classic Wicked Game.
Best Covers: Aretha Franklin ‘Let It Be’
Aretha Franklin’s genius took so many forms — as a singer, a songwriter, an album-crafter, a live performer. But the Queen was also one of history’s most audacious Beatle fans. Nobody ever sang the Beatles like Aretha.
When Paul McCartney wrote “Let It Be,” he sent an acetate demo to Aretha in hopes she’d record it, knowing full well she’d outsing him on it