Like A Version
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English pop, RnB artist, Jorja Smith has performed a jazzed up, soulful cover of Fugee’s ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’ for triple j’s Like a Version segment. The Grammy-nominated artist took to the triple j studios with a flowered up mic stand and her band to perform the 1996 hit song. Her rendition fell […]
Ruby Fields has delivered a ripper of a Like a Version for triple j, covering The Church’s classic The Unguarded Moment. The punk rock artist scored herself a top ten position in the Hottest 100 over the weekend, coming in at #9 with her track Dinosaurs. Performing the proven-favourite of the Aussie public, her original […]
Berlin-based, Byron Bay-bred and Daft Punk-cosigned act Parcels stepped into triple j‘s ‘Like A Version‘ studios today to, bravely, cover Whitney Houston‘s booming rendition of ‘I Will Always Love You.’ True to form, Parcels’ cover of a cover (the original was sung by Dolly Parton) strips away all the orchestra and grandeur of Houston’s version and […]
Colombian-American singer-songwriter and Kevin Parker’s mate, Kali Uchis, has hit the triple j studios to cover a 1993 Björk song for the station’s Like A Version covers segment. Uchis, who was just in town for FOMO Festival (and played a sideshow in Sydney last week), recreated ‘Venus As A Boy’ from Björk’s first solo album […]
Aussie rockers Hockey Dad have opened up triple j‘s weekly Like A Version covers segment for 2019 with a cover of Macy Gray’s 1999 hit ‘I Try’. The Wollongong band teamed up with their mate Hatchie for the cover, turning the pop smash into a swaying rock tune, but keeping its iconic laidback hooks. While […]
The numbers have been crunched and the list of triple J Like A Versions that we frothed most in 2018 is IN. The year’s top 10 most-viewed videos to come out of the weekly covers segment have been revealed, and it’s pretty heavily dominated by visiting international artists who stopped by JHQ to have a crack. […]
Australia’s adopted English sons The Wombats have capped off triple j‘s Like A Version covers segment for 2018, with a very Christmas-y cover of Bing Crosby’s ‘White Christmas’. Covered in tinsel and backed by a small orchestra, The Wombats brought the festive cheer with their cover, before their tour manager stepped out to join the […]
Kendrick Lamar‘s 2015 To Pimp A Butterfly track ‘Alright’ has received an epic, jazzed-up cover from triple j Unearthed‘s newly-crowned Artist Of The Year, Kwame. Making his debut on triple j‘s Like A Version covers segment on Friday, Kwame delivered a passionate rendition of the Black Lives Matter anthem, complete with an intricate jazz section […]
It’s hard to believe that today marks the first ever time The Presets performed an original and a cover for triple j‘s Like A Version, but today is also our lucky day. In celebration of Aus Music Month, the electronic legends stepped into the studio and offered up an electrified, synth-filled version of Midnight Oil‘s anthem […]
For sure some of the best parts of the ABC‘s Ausmusic Month are the Like A Versions that come with it; this morning’s saw The Herd take on Wafia‘s ‘Bodies’, and strewth… The Herd gathered some ace pals, including Okenyo, to take along to the triple j studios to cover ‘Bodies’ — a powerful track […]
