Covering Nirvana is a trusty maneuver any punk band can rely upon, and Minneapolis trio VIAL are the latest to attempt it. The band’s version of Nevermind burner “Territorial Pissings” is out today. Like Rid Of Me’s take on “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” it’s slightly rawer than the Butch Vig sparkle we’re used to hearing, and it sets up VIAL with a crowd-pleasing cover to perform in perpetuity. Listen below or buy it at Bandcamp.
There are some songs that are hard to imagine anyone else singing. “Ring of Fire” is truly a song that needs Johnny Cash’s voice to pull it off. And “Respect” is now completely synonymous with Aretha Franklin. But would you believe that neither of them was the original singer or songwriter on their top hits? […]
The Dead Tongues, the longstanding indie-folk project of North Carolina’s Ryan Gustafson, have an ambitious new release on the way. Two companion albums, Body Of Light and I Am A Cloud, are coming this summer — the former in June, the latter in August, when both will be combined as a 2xLP physical release. Across […]
At this point, it’s difficult to talk about Taylor Swift without coming off like a business reporter who’s breathlessly extolling some company’s perpetually skyrocketing stock price. Swift’s commercial success is so far beyond anything that her peers have managed that it doesn’t feel fair to compare anyone else to her. Case in point: Swift’s new […]
