The video of their Dylan cover sees Morby and Katie Crutchfield performing in the hallways of the gorgeous waterside venue.

Kevin Morby and Waxahatchee: “It Ain’t Me Babe” (Bob Dylan) Along with a joint show at the famed Sydney Opera House, Kevin Morby and Waxahatchee recorded a cover of Bob Dylan’s “It Ain’t Me Babe,” from his 1964 album Another Side of Bob Dylan, in 2018. Where the original’s finale seems hopeful that maybe, just maybe, Hutchison’s ex will give him one more chance (“You should sit with me and we’ll start again / And you can tell me all about what you did today”), Baker’s version knows the answer and you can hear it in her voice, distant and longing. Beginning with the guitar atmospherics that dot the entirety of her own material, it proceeds to build to a huge crescendo, only to completely lose almost all the instrumentals for the final chorus. Julien Baker: “The Modern Leper” (Frightened Rabbit) Undoubtedly the highlight on the Tiny Changes Frightened Rabbit tribute album-a record that was almost finished before lead singer Scott Hutchison’s tragic death and one that took on a completely different meaning by the time of its release about a year later-Julien Baker slows down the Midnight Organ Fight album opener, turning the upbeat rock song into something much more her own. I’m With Her’s bluegrass instruments and three-part harmonies don’t just freshen the tune-they transform it into something new entirely. It’s as if Ezra Koenig wrote the song six years ago in the hopes that it would someday be covered by three women at a hootenanny.

I’m With Her: “Hannah Hunt” (Vampire Weekend) If “Hannah Hunt” is the best Vampire Weekend song of them all (and I will argue that until the day I die), then surely I’m With Her’s marvelous take on the track is the best cover of a Vampire Weekend song ever rendered?! Perhaps not, but the folk supergroup’s Spotify Singles version of the already-stellar track from Vampire Weekend’s 2013 album, Modern Vampires of the City, is immaculate. Listen to our Best Cover Songs of the 2010s playlist on Spotify right here.ģ0. Here are the best cover songs of the 2010s. These artists refreshed and revived songs that didn’t even need improvement-yet, it’s like hearing these tunes for the very first time. A great band or artist forces us to hear the song in a new way. A competent artist gives the song new life while still respecting the original recording. The rendition must succeed while resembling the original-to a reasonable degree-and also incorporating new elements that make it different. There’s an art to pulling off a good cover song.

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