Covers

If your guard is up upon seeing a headline about Mark Kozelek covering a traditional pop song, it'd be hard to blame you — the…

For Tame Impala's latest contribution to Australian radio station Triple J's "Like a Version" cover series — which previously saw the band take on OutKast's…

Taylor Swift has performed with a lot of purported role models on the 1989 World Tour, but few (if any) of the duets have felt…

Kelly Clarkson filled in a "Blank Space" of her Piece by Piece Tour when she covered Taylor Swift's standout 1989 cut while touring in Canada. The…

Something about bluegrass covers just tend to work — listen to how easily the Punch Brothers' hectic, speedy mandolin strumming lends itself to the Strokes' "Reptilia."

Nick Jonas covered Years & Years' hit "King" for BBC Radio 1, opting to strip the track of its electronic blips and speedy pace, and instead…

Say this for Jack Antonoff: Most Beatles covers struggle with the notion of doing anything new or interesting with their renditions for fear of besmirching…

Jack White tried his hand at Harry Connick Jr.'s big-band classic "Blue Light, Red Light (Someone's There)" for his latest Lazaretto B-side. The somewhat spooky-sounding track…

The Orwells left their gritty punk garage to hit the slopes for a performance of the Stooges' 1969 classic, "I Wanna Be Your Dog," as part…

Proudly NSFW punk outfit FIDLAR decided to record a cover of Sheryl Crow's 1996 classic "If It Makes You Happy," because why wouldn't they? The…

Fall Out Boy aren't terrible. The songs off their upcoming album aren't great, but the pop-punk foursome are talented musicians, and they tend to be…

To celebrate SPIN's 28th birthday, we'll be looking back at all our covers, from the Herb Ritts-shot Madonna image that appeared on our very first…

To celebrate SPIN's 28th birthday, we'll be looking back at all our covers, from the Herb Ritts-shot Madonna image that appeared on our very first…

In 1985, the first issue of SPIN arrived with the following statement of purpose from founder Bob Guccione Jr.:…

Three more covers of songs from U2's 1991 pivot-into-artsiness Achtung Baby recorded for British music magazine Q's compilation commemorating the album's 20th anniversary have arrived…