Blanketing Covers

Join the Patreon In 2007, Dashboard Confessional decided to release an album of cover songs to coincide with their upcoming tour. The result might be one of the best mixtapes Jon and Danny have covered on the show. Featuring Songs Originally Performed By: They Might Be Giants, The Movielife, Weezer, Grade, Men At Work, Townes Van Zandt, Counting Crows, The Cure, The Smoking Popes, The Afghan Whigs...

The amazingly talented Lauren Luiz from the band girlhouse joins us to talk about her thoughts on cover songs, her process, and most importantly, her amazing new album The Fourth EP!

Jon and Danny take a look back at the exciting month of music that came out in May.

Join the Patreon Danny and Jon get into one of the greatest dance songs of all time. They don't agree about a lot of the versions, but after hearing all of them, they do agree that the "dance" qualifier might be unnecessary. Featured Artists: illuminati hotties, August Green, Morgan Harper-Jones, Marian Hill, Tyler Ward, Tom Speight, Aiden James, L'Imperatrice, Roxane, Nora Van E...

Danny and Jon take a trip through the weird and fun world of "Stand By Me". Hitmakers and unknowns alike take a turn with the Ben E. King classic. Come see how our hosts feel about the wild variety this song has to offer.

April may have been the best month yet as far as new music goes. On top of that, Danny and Jon both found some great stuff from other eras. Join us on Patreon

In 1966, ? and the Mysterians released 96 Tears. The song has been credited as in influence in the early days of punk, so we thought that's where this episode was going. Find out if we were right! Join us on Patreon

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For the first time in the history of this show, we are doing a true first listen. Neither Danny, Jon, nor returning guest Brad Stasell had listened to the new covers album from T-Pain prior to recording the episode. Find out how we feel right along with us as we give On Top of The Covers a listen

The song has had many names and has been attributed to a few bands, but no matter how you shake it, it's a great rock and roll song. Stepping Stone has practically become a punk rock standard. It's such a good rock song that even the other genres that have taken it in can't help but make it rock.

For a long time, Amen, Brother by The Winstons was just the b-side of a moderately successful R&B song. Over time it has grown into something so much more. A 6-second drum sample from the track has become one of the most used, and most recognizable samples in the history of music. From its early days in hip hop, into various dance music genres, and eventually even crossing over into rock and r...

In 1961, Patsy Cline released "Crazy", a simple song about complex emotions. Since then, the song has basically become a country standard and a right of passage. Join us as we travel through the long history of this classic.

The Postal Service are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, and because of that, we are celebrating them! Give Up is an album full of classics, but the biggest among them is Such Great Heights. Listen to 20 years of covers with us and hear the different ways they've impacted music in that time.

In 1972, professor Gil Trythall went out to show what a Moog synthesizer was capable of. The results are mixed, but the journey through these synthesized country classics is well worth it.

A rising star in the world of cover songs, MacGregor Burns has been releasing a new cover song on TikTok every day for a year. We talk to him about how he decides what to play, what he looks for in a cover, and we listen to some of his all-time favorite covers. MacGregor's TikTok  MacGregor's New Single 

Danny and Jon take a step away from covers to talk about their favorite things from 2022. In part 2, they each countdown their top 5 favorite songs from the past year, and their favorite songs they heard about for the first time this year.

Danny and Jon take a step away from covers to talk about their favorite things from 2022. In part 1, they each countdown their top 5 favorite albums from the past year. 

The quintessential " t-shirt band", Joy Division inspired generations musically as well. Not just in the genres you'd think either. Exploring the world of Joy Division covers unveiled a great variety.

The Carpenters were one of the most successful pop duos of the 70s. Their songs are staples of adult contemporary radio to this day. In 1994, some of the biggest acts of the day paid tribute. The result was If I Were A Carpenter. Did it leave us on top of the world? Or did its rainy days and Mondays get us down? Listen in and find out.

By the time Rage Against the Machine broke up in 2000, they had already established an impressive legacy. But before they broke up they recorded what some consider to be their most impressive release to date. In December of that year, the band put out an album of covers. The songs are distinctly Rage Against the Machine songs but the spotlight is shared perfectly with each revolutionary original a...

We're back in the world of Shrek! Dan didn't realize it when he suggested it, but here we are. In 1966, The Monkees released a song written by Neil Diamond on their TV show. All these years later, it's still one of pop music's most recognizable songs, and a lot of people did a lot of really fun things with it.

On Record Store Day 2015, the prolific garage rocker Ty Segall combined two earlier EPs into one album of all T. Rex (and Tyrannosaurus Rex if we're being technical) covers. Listen through the record with us and decide for yourself if he did justice to the legendary glam rock band.

In 1997, Marcy Playground's Sex and Candy was all over the radio, but so many people didn't quite know what to make of it. What did it mean? What was it about? It was the 90's, so how Nirvana was it? We figure it all out as we comb through decades and genres to find the best versions of it.

In 2021, in conjunction with The Velvet Underground documentary on Apple TV+, Verve Records released a tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico . I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico features a who's who of indie rock superstars who all showed up to put their stamp on the seminal album. Danny and Jon go track by track and take it all in. Listen to our previous Ve...

The Velvet Underground has the reputation of being a hard band to crack. Danny and Jon weren't quite sure how they were going to get into them. Thankfully, Sheva Golkow is here to help! With Sheva's great assistance we work through the highs (and some lows) of the vast world of Velvet Underground covers.