Sometimes cover songs are only OK. Some of them are actually quite terrible. These statements don’t apply to this track listing: all are jams and bangers and devastatingly great.
Here’s what you would have heard on the July 19, 2021 edition of the show:
1) Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit “Sad But True” (from The Metallica Blacklist)
2) Waxahatchee “Streets of Philadelphia” (Bruce Springsteen cover from Saint Cloud + 3)
3) The New Pornographers “Think About Me” (from Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac)
4) Old 97’s “Southern Girls” (Cheap Trick cover)
5) Foo Fighters “Life of Illusion” (Joe Walsh cover from One By One: Deluxe Edition)
6) Rose Cousins “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” (Whitney Houston cover)
7) Eric’s Trip “Laying Blame” (Sloan cover from murderrecords singles 1993-1996)
8) Sloan “Stove/Smother” (Eric’s Trip cover from murderrecords singles 1993-1996)
9) Mo Kenney “Sour Girl” (Stone Temple Pilots cover from Covers)
10) the Lovemongers “Battle of Evermore” (Led Zeppelin cover from the Singles soundtrack)
11) Soul Asylum “Sexual Healing” (Marvin Gaye cover from No Alternative)
12) Dinosaur Jr. ‘Goin’ Blind” (from Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved)
13) Jenn Grant “Eye of the Tiger” (Survivor cover from The Beautiful Wild)
