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RUN FOR COVER: NO DOUBT VS. MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted December 8, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover

Run For Cover is a weekly music column comparing cover songs to the original version. Prepare for a major bending of rules as we hear musicians throw around genres, tempos, style, and intent. Whether they’re picking up another’s song out of respect or boredom, the results have impressed us.

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Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover Tagged With: 1986, 1990s, 2013, 2014, alt-rock, Boston, Column, Columnist, COPE, Cover, Cover song, Dig, DigBoston, Don't Speak, Grammys, grunge, HOPE, I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child, Indie Rock, It's My Life, Loud, Manchester Orchestra, No Doubt, Punk, rock, Run for Cover, ska, Ska Punk, Thrice, Underneath It All

RUN FOR COVER: INTERPOL VS. AZEALIA BANKS: “SLOW HANDS”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted November 21, 2014 Filed Under: Run For Cover

Run For Cover is a weekly music column comparing cover songs to the original version. Prepare for a major bending of rules as we hear musicians throw around genres, tempos, style, and intent. Whether they’re picking up another’s song out of respect or boredom, the results have impressed us.

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Filed Under: Run For Cover Tagged With: 1991, 1991 EP, 2000, 2002, 2004, 212, Antics, Ariel Pink, Azealia Banks, Boston, Broke With Expensive Taste, Column, Columnist, Cover song, Dig, DigBoston, Fantasea, Harlem, hip hop, Indie Rock, Interpol, lp, mixtape, Music, New York City, Nina Corcoran, Post-Punk, rap, rock, Run for Cover, Slow Hands, The Strokes, The Walkmen, Theophilus London, Turn on the Bright Lights, TV on the Radio

STEVIE WONDER VS. WILL SMITH: “I WISH / WILD, WILD WEST”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted November 7, 2014 Filed Under: COLUMNS, MUSIC, Run for Cover, Run For Cover

For someone in his 60s, Stevie Wonder is more than an American icon. He's a prodigy. Will Smith knew that and didn't even try to play with the original. Instead, he got as ridiculous as it gets.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, MUSIC, Run for Cover, Run For Cover Tagged With: 1967, 1988, 1990, 1999, 2014, action, Boston, Column, Columnist, Comedy, Cover song, Dig, DigBoston, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Film, hip hop, I Wish, Jaden Smith, movie, Nina Corcoran, pop, R&B, rap, Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder, Superstition, TD Garden, wild wild west, Will Smith, Willenium

RUN FOR COVER: NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS VS. COLD WAR KIDS: “OPIUM TEA”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted October 17, 2014 Filed Under: Uncategorized

Cold War Kids take Nick Cave's song and do their best getting a smile out of his grim number.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 2000, 2004, 2013, 2014, Australia, Boston, Cabaret, California, Cold War Kids, Column, Columnist, Cover, Cover song, Dear Miss Lonely Hearts, Dig, DigBoston, Hang Me Up To Dry, Indie Rock, Modest Mouse, nick cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Nina Corcoran, Opium Tea, Punk, Run for Cover, Singer-Songwiter, Spoon, Sunny

PERFUME GENIUS VS. THE NATIONAL: “LEARNING”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted October 13, 2014 Filed Under: COLUMNS, MUSIC, Run For Cover

The National keep the same atmosphere present and repeat it as an echo, letting their vocals and spaced guitar offer a hug to Perfume Genius, albeit several years later

Filed Under: COLUMNS, MUSIC, Run For Cover Tagged With: 2010, 2013, 2014, Aaron Dessner, Baritone, Boston, Bryce Dessner, chamber pop, Column, Columnist, Contest, Cover, Cover song, Daniel Johnston, Dessner, Dig, DigBoston, Emotional, gay, Gay Rights, I Need My Girl, Indie Rock, Learning, LGBTQ, Lo-Fi, love, Matt Berninger, Mike Hadreas, Nina Corcoran, Perfume Genius, Piano, Run for Cover, Too Bright, Trouble Will Find Me, Valentine's Day

RUN FOR COVER: SMOKEY ROBINSON VS. POND: “TEARS OF A CLOWN”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted October 10, 2014 Filed Under: Performing Arts

Covering Motown staples can be a tricky thing: there's so much foundation, so much charm, and so little room for improvement. Pond acknowledged that and sat down to play their own loose, fun version.

Filed Under: Performing Arts Tagged With: 1966, 1970s, 2012, 2013, Australia, Beard Wives Denim, Boston, Column, Columnist, Cover, Cover song, Dig, DigBoston, Hobo Rocket, Indie Rock, Lonerism, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Music, Nick Allbrook, Nina Corcoran, Pond, pop, Psychedelic Rock, R&B, Run for Cover, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Tame Impala, Tears Of A Clown, The Flaming Lips, The Miracles

LYKKE LI VS. FRIENDLY FIRES: “I’M GOOD, I’M GONE”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted September 26, 2014 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Run For Cover

Friendly Fires made “I’m Good, I’m Gone” a sultry dance track to end your evening on the perfect note. Make sure to use it as such.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Run For Cover Tagged With: 2007, 2008, Bodybuilders, Boston, Column, Columnist, Dance, debut, Dig, DigBoston, Electronic, England, English, Europe, Friendly Fires, german, Green Day, How Deep is Your Love, India!, Indie, Indietronica, Kompakt, Lykke Li, Megaphone, Mercury Music Prize, Morocco, Music, Music Video, Nina Corcoran, Paris, Photography, pop, portugal, Punk, radio, Reggae, Run for Cover, saxophone, singer songwriter, Stop motion, Sweden, The Rapture, Youth Novels

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