As much as I firmly believe you should never mess with perfection, I’ll make allowances for Motörhead taking on The Damned’s song Neat Neat Neat because they had the good grace to team up with them.
Teenage Kicks seems a long way from this fingerpicked acoustic instrumental – but it was the original inspiration for young Irish guitarist Cian Nugent.
Polly Harvey wrote this song hoping Thom Yorke would sing it on her “New York” album Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea. And he did.
Johnny Cash’s recording of God’s Gonna Cut You Down, recorded just before his death in 2003, became all the more poignant when this posthumous video was released three years later.
Sometimes I choose a song not because I particularly love it but because it’s the right one at the right time. Like this.
Hayes Carll continues the rich tradition of comedy country sons with his heartbreak tale of his girl leaving him for Jesus.
I love a musical collaboration and this one is about as out-there as you could ever imagine – Jamaican roots reggae and Polish folk music.
Comet Gain went back to the garage for their DIY album Réalistes in 2002, with this big dirty ballad one of its highlights.
El Michels Affair make impeccably crafted cinematic instrumentals recreating the sound of late-Sixties and early-Seventies funk and soul.
Sibling duo Tonstartssbandht have released 17 albums in as many years without breaking through to the mainstream with their experimental sound.
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