Like A Version
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Old-school triple j faves, Birds Of Tokyo went along for triple j’s Like A Version this week. The Birds’ took on Halsey’s 2018 hit, ‘Without Me’. They toned it down a bit with less dramatic instrumentals and gentler vocals. Then they played their own track ‘The Greatest Mistakes’ too, which they released just one week […]
In a move that we’re surprised hasn’t happened sooner, a band has finally covered the immortal Vanessa Carlton standard ‘A Thousand Miles’ for triple j‘s ‘Like A Version‘. That band is Ceres, and they killed it. Opting to swap out the iconic opening piano notes for delicate guitar strums, Ceres give the song a powerful makeover […]
Australia, Childish Gambino, has a very special treat for you. While in the country for his headline Splendour set, Gambino stopped by triple j to perform in a special, mid-week edition of Like A Version. Yeah, it’s a good day. Gambino and his band took on a rendition of ‘Lost In You’ by Chris Gaines […]
K.Flay’s individualistic vocal style and songwriting has been really shaking up the hip hop and pop genres. So, when we saw she’d chosen actual pop queen Gwen Stefani’s ‘Hollaback Girl’ I was honestly thrilled. It starts out pretty slow with K.Flay’s hazy and husky kind of singing and builds really slowly. It builds so slowly […]
Punk rocker boys, FIDLAR have taken on fellow Californian, Billie Eilish for this week’s Like a Version. They chose Eilish’s ‘Xanny’ to somehow slow down but speed up at the same time. FIDLAR’s stance on ~ substances ~ is no secret, so ‘Xanny’ was an interesting choice. The original ‘Xanny’ is all about Eilish’s experience […]
SAFIA were up this morning for triple j‘s Like A Version and gee whiz what a gooden. They took on Queens Of The Stone Age classic ‘No One Knows’, stripping it back and calming it right down. The Canberra, electro-pop gang have a serious knack for making anything sound slightly more dramatic with their dynamic instrumentals and of […]
Australia has been heaping buckets of froth over Dear Seattle‘s Friday Like A Version cover of Missy Higgins‘ iconic 2004 tune ‘The Special Two’, and it turns out they’ve even won over Missy herself! The legendary Aussie singer took to Twitter today to give the Sydney indie punks’ rendition of her The Sound Of White hit […]
New Zealand, alt-pop, power duo Broods were up for Like a Version this week. They took on Mac DeMarco‘s ‘My Old Man’ and spun it into a dreamy pop cover that effortlessly transitions into Empire Of The Sun‘s ‘We Are The People’ for a beautiful finish. They also performed their single, ‘Too Proud’ off of […]
East-London Dreamy Pop Fave, LAUREL was up for Like a Version this week and honestly, can she do anything wrong? She took on Jungle’s ‘Happy Man’, simplifying the track, sprinkling some groove into it, and making it all dreamy with her vocals. The subtler instrumentals and her vocal prowess bring a really different sound to […]
So, 2019 has seemingly been the year for Like A Versions and AURORA wasn’t ready to drop the ball. With a slowed down and ridiculously beautiful rendition of The Beatles’ ‘Across The Universe’ AURORA has made our Friday. The Norwegian artist and friends stripped the classic track back, performing it with just a guitar, a […]
