jj

jj is this awesome Swedish duo that turns rap and r&b songs into chill electronic ballads. The singer has this amazingly angelic voice and at points you can barely remember that the songs are covers. They've just released two new songs, "let them" which samples "I Wanna Make Love" and then "i'm the one/money on my mind" which samples the xx's Intro. Also, my favorite of theirs is "ecstasy" which covers Weezy's "Lollipop." It's pretty sweet. Check it.

jj- let them
jj- i'm the one/money on my mind
jj- ecstasy
jj- My Life

Dubber Side of the Moon

In 2003, Easy Star All-Stars released a dub/reggae concept album called "Dub Side of the Moon" that reimagined all of the songs from the Pink Floyd albums as reggae jams. On October 18th, they are releasing a followup.......Wait for it......Dubber Side of the Moon. Its going to have even dubber (dubbier?) heavy dub and dubstep remixes of the original songs. Below is the version of "Money" from the album and it sure sounds pretty dank. Look for me to post more about the full album as soon as it comes out.

Easy Star All-Stars- Money (Alchemist Remix)



Also, here are some songs from the original "Dub Side of the Moon." Next time you want to really chiiilll, this is for sure the way to do it:

  Easy Star All-Stars / Dub Side of the Moon by Merol

They also have a bunch of other awesome covers:

Radiohead: Easy Star All Stars_Radiodread-Paranoid Android (feat. Kirsty Rock) by ashcolour

The Beatles: 02-easy star all-stars-with a little help from my driends ft luciano by falecomaanita

Top 40 Covers

I am a big fan of indie covers of top 40 songs. I like how they are able to strip down a heavily produced song and reinvent the music into something worth listening to and in some cases change the way you see the song. Lately, there's been a surge of these-- so, here are a few favorites.

Sia- Cooler Than Me (Mike Posner Cover)
Samuel- Find Your Love (Drake Cover)
Neon Trees- Baby (Justin Bieber Cover)

And some Kid Cudi covers:

Lissie- Pursuit of Happiness
Barbara- Pursuit of Happiness

This isn't a top 40 cover, but the most inventive cover on this list:

Blackbird Blackbird- Float On (Modest Mouse cover)

Billionaire

Neon Hitch really doesn't want to be a billionaire.

Billionaire by Neon Hitch

I'd be a billionaire. Why not?

Travie mccoy feat bruno mars - 'billionaire' by Rockerfeller333