Cover Story
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsA podcast dedicated to music, Cover Story comes to you from a porch by the ocean. In Seasons 1 & 2, we explore some covers songs we really dig!
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Episodes
Conga Line Paddy Wagon
August 03, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MBOn Side A we revisit The Cardigans. We have featured The Cardigans before and their brilliant cover of Black Sabbath’s “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.” This time, the Cardigans are covering Kraftwerk – a German band known for being the innovators and pioneers of electronic music. Our Side B takes us down South to New Orleans and Alabama as we discuss Fats Domino’s easy going, boogie-woogie version of Hank William’s Jambalaya. We hope you enjoy! Thanks for listening. Support the show
Basically Canadian...
July 17, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MBEpisode 37 is going to make you feel warm and fuzzy on the inside. On Side A we talk about one of Amanda's favorite new artists, the Canadian singer/songwriter, Charlotte Cornfield, and her cover of Lucinda William’s “Fruits of My Labor.” Amanda was first drawn to Cornfield when she heard the song, “Pac-Man” which has quickly become a staple on her playlists . Our Side B features a conversation with Matt about Joy Division who were pioneers of the post-punk movement and LCD Soundsystem’s co...
Yummy, Gooey, Grilled Cheese for Sale
July 04, 2022 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBToday’s episode is one that Amanda has been waiting to record, perhaps, since the 7th grade which was when she first got her hands on one of her favorite cassette tapes of all time: The Pixies Doolittle. On Side A we talk about Nada Surf’s cover of the seminal classic by The Pixies, "Where is my mind?". And, as promised on our last episode, we are going to take Filler out of his comfort zone as we bust out the tie dye and strap on our Birkenstocks to talk about one of my favorite covers of ...
Yesterday Felt Like a Holiday...
June 20, 2022 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBEpisode 35 was a delight to record. Our Side A features a beautiful cover of Paul Simon’s Graceland by Justin Townes Earle - a brilliant songwriter who built his own legend but couldn’t outrun the darkness that came with it. Our Side B features legendary singer, songwriter, and musician Chris Cornell and his band Soundgarden. Their song Black Hole Sun was covered beautifully by the jazz pianist Brad Mehldau. We hope you enjoy! Support the Show.
Aqua Dookie
June 06, 2022 15:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBEpisode 34 is vibrant: Our Side A features, Kendrick Lamar, one of the most talented and poetic hip hop MC’s of the past decade taking inspiration from one of Filler’s favorite jazz guitarists Grant Greene. Our Side B has our volume set to 11 as we discuss Metallica and their latest album, Blacklist, which features a ridiculous number of covers. This episode also brings back our “Call in Listener” segment as Johnny Night Train, from the band Jet Ransom, gives us a call to wax poetic about C...
Cigarettes & Toast
May 23, 2022 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBThe episode features a band that inspired us to "Get Back" in the recording studio for Cover Story! We kick off the episode talking about The Beatles cover of Buddy Holly’s “Crying, Waiting, Hoping” on our Side A. And, to further wet your whistle, Side B features a very hip cover cover cover of Leonard Cohen’s Lover Lover Lover…We hope you enjoy Episode #33. Side A: "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" Buddy Holly/ Beatles Side B: "Lover Lover Lover" Leonard Cohen/Ian McCulloch Support the Show.
Nature is Funny
May 09, 2022 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBCover Story is back with all new episodes! We are kicking off the 2nd Season of Cover Story with a very vibrant episode: “Nature is Funny." Our Side B takes us from the gritty, early days of Punk where we zero in on Iggy Pop and The Stooges and their incredible influence on some of our favorite musicians like Kurt Cobain, Joey Ramone, and Patti Smith. Our Side A takes us on a circuitous route to Nigeria as co-host Matt Filler connects the dots from David Byrne to Hot Chip and helps answer th...
Summer of Love & Marinara
May 01, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBEpisode 31 is super dynamic as our Side B takes us 50 years back in time to talk about Woodstock, the most important music festival of all time, and some legendary cover songs that catapulted little known artists at the time like Joe Cocker and Santana into mainstream rockstars. Our Side A takes us not nearly as far back but still feels like a time warp as Filler talks about one of Amanda's favorite bands from her formative years New Order and a brilliant cover of their song Ceremony. Sid...
Episode 30: The Wedding Episode
June 05, 2019 01:00 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBSide A: very cool first dance songs - Dylan, The Proclaimers, UB40... Side B: Bonnie & Clyde - Serge Gainsbourg/Stereolab Support the Show.
Episode 30: The Wedding Episode
June 05, 2019 01:00 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBSide A: very cool first dance songs - Dylan, The Proclaimers, UB40... Side B: Bonnie & Clyde - Serge Gainsbourg/Stereolab Support the show (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cover-story/id1316021270)
Episode 29: Hot Rat Zapper
May 24, 2019 00:00 - 53 minutes - 24.3 MBThis episode features two very dynamic yet differnet artists. Our Side A features Frank Zappa and his live cover version of Bolero. Bolero is a one movement orchestral piece by the French composer Maurice Ravel. Our side B features a cover song on an album than many perceive and believe to be the greatest album of all time. We dive into the Beach Boys Pet Sounds and their cover of the popular song, Sloop John B. Support the Show.
Episode 28: Cyndi & Harry
April 25, 2019 16:00 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBOur Side A features one of the greatest Feisty Feminist songs of all time which was originally a man's account of bedding women—until Cyndi Lauper transformed it into a rallying cry for sexual equality. That’s right - we are talking about "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". Our Side B has been brewing since we first went to the white board for Cover Story. We’ve been waiting for the right time to talk about Harry Nilsson and his cover of “Everybody’s talkin’". Thanks to the awesome show on Netflix...
Episode 27: Party of One?
April 01, 2019 04:00 - 56 minutes - 26.1 MBSide A: Gang of Four/Frank Ocean Side B: INXS/The Loved Ones Support the Show.
Episode 26: Dirty Work Martini
February 06, 2019 05:00 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MBSide A: Yesterday - The Beatles/Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Dylan etc Side B: Do It Again - Steely Dan/Waylon Jennings Support the Show.
Episode 25: Speaking of Brothels...
January 18, 2019 05:00 - 57 minutes - 26.5 MBSide A: It's My Life - Talk Talk/No Doubt Side B: La Vie en Rose - Edith Piaf/Louis Armstrong Support the Show.
Episode 24 It’s Very Swervy
December 14, 2018 02:00 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MBSide A: “These Days” Jackson Browne/Nico Side B: “People are Strange” The Doors/Echo & The Bunnymen Support the Show.
Episode 23: First Taste of Vile
November 13, 2018 14:00 - 44 minutes - 20.6 MBSide A: Kurt Vile/Charlie Rich "Rollin With the Flow" Side B: Bonnie Raitt/John Prine "Angel From Montgomery" Support the show
Episode 22: Velvet Hamsters
October 23, 2018 04:00 - 59 minutes - 27.2 MBSide A: This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) Talking Heads Side B: Crying Roy Orbison Support the Show.
Episode 21: Mall Flower
September 28, 2018 04:00 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MBSide A: Otis Rush/Willie Dixon/Led Zeppelin "I Can't Quit You Baby" Side B: Tommy James & The Shondells/Tiffany "I Think We're Alone Now" Support the Show.
Episode 20: Light in August
August 23, 2018 04:00 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBSides A, B, & C: A tribute to Bob Dylan featuring cover songs by Waylon Jennings, George Harrison, and Van Morrison. Support the show
Episode 19: Juniper Buried
July 17, 2018 04:00 - 49 minutes - 22.6 MBSide A: Depeche Mode/David Bowie "Heroes" Side B: Weezer/Toto "Africa" Support the Show.
Episode 18: Moonshine with a Sting
June 12, 2018 04:00 - 32 minutes - 14.9 MBSide A: Folllow You, Follow Me - Genesis & Red House Painters Side B: Can't Stand Losing You - The Police & Steel Pulse Support the Show.
Episode 17: The Edge of Seventeen
June 05, 2018 04:00 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBSide A: Frank Sinatra & Alberto Jobim "Bonita" Side B: Fleetwood Mac & Smashing Pumpkins "Landslide" Support the Show.
Episode 16: Frenching & Drenching
May 10, 2018 04:00 - 49 minutes - 22.7 MBOn Side A, Filler takes us back to his college days in NYC where he was obsessed with Mike Patton of bands such as Faith No More & Mr. Bungle, to name a few. Filler focuses on one of Mike Patton’s band Loveage and their cover of “Sex, I’m a Man” originally recorded by Berlin for the ultimate 80s film “Top Gun.” You ready for a little classroom lesson conducted by Professor Bone? I sure am….Sharpen your pencils, boys and girls. On Side B, It is our pleasure to talk about The Kinks & Van Halen ...
Episode 15: Tribal Musings
April 30, 2018 04:00 - 44 minutes - 20.7 MBOn Side A, we have the pleasure of heading into the pipeline as we discover the legendary King of the Surf Guitar, Dick Dale. He pioneered the surf music style and with the "breakneck speed of his single-note staccato picking technique" and showmanship with the guitar is considered a precursor to heavy metal music, influencing guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen. The Boston-born guitar icon released "Misirlou" – a Mediterranean folk tune in 1962 and it was a track he claimed t...
Episode 14: Precipice of Bloom
April 16, 2018 04:00 - 44 minutes - 20.6 MBSide A: Bob Dylan Side B: Elvis Presley Support the Show.
Episode 13 Mixed Tape Revelry
April 04, 2018 04:00 - 49 minutes - 22.9 MBSide A: Gone Daddy Gone (Violent Femmes & Gnarls Barkley) Side B: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath & The Cardigans) Support the Show.
Episode 12: Lyrically Limber
March 20, 2018 04:00 - 41 minutes - 18.9 MBOn Side A we talk about one of the greatest unrequited love songs of all time, Romeo & Juliet by Dire Straits. The song has been covered by numerous artists such as The Indigo Girls & The Killers, to name a few. Contrary to popular belief, the song has little to do with the Capulets & Montagues and more to do with a fling between two rock n roll cats. And when you’re ready to flip on over to Side: It seems that all roads lead to Jack White. And the road we took to get to Elvis Costello’s cove...
Episode 11: Cloak Full of Eagles
March 05, 2018 05:00 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MBEpisode 11 features a Side A and a Side B with lots in common. Although their sounds are quite different, both featured artists were child prodigies from England. On Side A, we dive into singer-songwriter, Steve Winwood, and his 1986 song “’Higher Love” which was brilliantly covered by James Vincent McMorrow in 2011. On Side B, we keep things interesting with some dudes that are truly the epitome of cool. We chat about T. Rex and their 1972 hit Telegram Sam which was covered by the legendary...
Episode 10: Best Damn Chicken in the State
February 26, 2018 05:00 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MBOn Side A we have Nancy Sinatra, we have Lee Hazlewood, and we have Cher. Folks, that’s a lot of Banging and a lot of Boots. We find the inspiration that led to Nancy Sinatra’s cover of Sonny Bono’s “Bang Bang" and we chat about her amazing cover of Lee Hazlewood's "These Boots Were Made For Walking." On Side B we take you to Aretha Franklin via Otis Redding via Jake & Ellwood Blues. Amanda takes us on a stroll down memory lane of riding shotgun with her dad in his 1980 Ford Granada listeni...
Episode 9: Danger in the Rabbit Hole
February 20, 2018 05:00 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBOn Side A: We find some common threads that led to the rise in fame and success of Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Ike & Tina Revue. Each group had breakout hits by performing cover songs. That’s right, folks. Cover Songs. Susie Q was a song written by Dale Hawkins in 1957. In 1968, Creedence decided to cover the song for their debut album. The song went on to be one of their biggest hits and earned them plenty of air time on the radio. Similarly, when Ike & Tina first entered the scene...
Episode 8: Where Does Tomorrow Happen?
February 12, 2018 05:00 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBEpisode Eight takes us out of the blue and into the black. Out of Canada into California and all around the heartland with one of the most iconic singer-songwriters and rock and roll heroes of the last four decades, Mr. Neil Young. On Side A we have a classic late night porch banter about Neil Young's "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" which was covered by the Chromatics. On side B we take a jaunt to London to have a little fireside chat about Freddie Mercury and the band Queen. Their song "...
Episode 7: Melancholy Splendor
February 04, 2018 05:00 - 33 minutes - 15.6 MBEpisode 7 takes us back down South in the early 1970s then on over to England in the 1980s. On Side A, we have fun discovering the original Little Feat song, "Willin." Willin’ is a song written by the guitarist & singer, Lowell George, in 1970 and was a mainstay of the band Little Feat. The song is about a truck driver in the American southwest who makes some extra cash smuggling cigarettes and transporting Mexicans illegally across the border. In the liner notes of the 1993 album, As Time...
Episode 6: Locker Room in Heaven
January 21, 2018 05:00 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MBOn Side A we talk about the incomparable David Bowie…. In keeping with our Cover Story theme, we will be discussing Bowie’s “Sound and Vision” which was recorded on the album “Low” in 1977 which was the first of David Bowie’s Berlin trilogy – one of the most interesting times in Bowie’s life. And on Side B: “Dream Baby Dream” is one of my favorite Bruce songs of all time and is from his 2014 Album High Hopes. It also happens to be a really brilliant cover of the 1979 song by Suicide. We are...
Episode 5: Countrypolitans
January 08, 2018 05:00 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MBThe temp on the porch may be arctic but Episode 5 is a little Sip of Sunshine. In the midst of a rare Bomb Cyclone, we head back to 1967 on Side A to chat about Simon & Garfunkel’s Hazy Shade of Winter which the Bangles covered for the soundtrack to the iconic 80s film - Less Than Zero. Filler waxes poetically about one of his favorite authors, Bret Easton Ellis, while I just try to keep up with him & stick with the program. On Side B, we take you from Rome to Nashville for some Sturgill Si...
Episode 1: Leather & Lace
November 20, 2017 05:00 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBOn Side B of Episode One, we dive in with some Dylan. Filler & I talk about the fucking brilliant Guns n' Roses cover of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and the balls on Axl to cover Dylan. The B sides usually contain some real gems - and this one does for sure. Side A takes you through Johnny Cash’s cover of the incomparable Nine Inch Nails song, “Hurt.” We get a lovely phone call from the very talented and hilarious, Jill Kargman. Support the Show.