Version Control

KAFM Grand Junction, 9pm - 12am

by Julius C. Lacking Julius C. Lacking

It’s time for the return of Version Control, the occasional gathering of music as interpreted by someone other than the artists that wrote the song or made it famous. You know, covers. After the notorious Cover Drought of 2023, we have a full episode of covers ranging from the obscure to the revolutionary.

In this episode: ALA.NI, Andrew Bird, Alan Hampton & Ted Poor, Artichoke, Beatsteaks, Ben Lee, The Bobs, Boom Pam, Brave Combo, Cagney & Lacee, Cake, Camper Van Beethoven, Cat Power, Cheo, Chicks on Speed, Chrome, The Coctails, Deadpeach, Eyelids, Failure, Isobel Campbell, Japancakes, Jeff Tweedy, Joe Jackson, Jonathan Rado, Los Straitjackets, Madness, Maya Fadeeva, Milton Nascimento, The Moog Cookbook, Orville Peck, Peter & The Test Tube Babies, The Presidents of The United States of America, The Promise Ring, Pufftube, Rice & Freetown, Robyn Hitchcock, Sex Clark Five, Sondre Lerche, Southern Culture On The Skids, Tom Maroon, Tremelos

  Song Artist Notes
1 Waiting Room Failure Take a number
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3 Loser Tom Maroon It’s about time
4 Bike Peter & The Test Tube Babies A very fast bike
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6 Euro Trash Girl Chicks on Speed Search the world over
7 Gouge Away The Promise Ring Sharp edges and all
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9 You Really Got Me / Song 2 Artichoke Woo hoo
10 Rock & Roll Pest Control The Presidents of The United States of America Nobody beats harder than Tad
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12 Muswell Hillbilly Southern Culture On The Skids Their West Virginia hearts
13 Itchycoo Park Robyn Hitchcock Blow your mind
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15 Soul Finger Pufftube Out of control
16 The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) Beatsteaks Very ominous
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18 Take Five Rice & Freetown In four!
19 The Harder They Come Joe Jackson Joe’s got soul
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21 Eye Of Fatima Pt 1 Eyelids Sliding up to the heavens
22 Photograph Camper Van Beethoven So many possibilities
23 That Ain't Bad Ben Lee Aussie candy pop
24 Jeepster Sex Clark Five Crashing right into things
25 Here Comes My Baby Tremelos
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27 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat Cat Power The only word is snazzy
28 Mahna, Mahna Cake Bring the snowths
29 Mango Cool Cheo What if it’s your own song?
30 DEVO Corporate Anthem The Coctails Straight from the employee handbook
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32 Rhinestone Cowboy Orville Peck A load of compromisin’
33 People Are Strange Brave Combo Downright weird sometimes
34 Shame & Scandal Madness Un tuis!
35 Strawberry Fields Forever ALA.NI Naturally reggae
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37 Why Worry Isobel Campbell Reduce your stress level
38 Emily Jonathan Rado Managing expectations
39 Moon River (Bonus track) Sondre Lerche Sparsely lit
40 The Wind Cries Mary The Bobs Bubbles and pops
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42 Alakazam Boom Pam Incognito
43 Be Mine Cagney & Lacee The sweetest and most obscure
44 Heroes Jeff Tweedy Soaring and majestic
45 Lithium (Club des Belugas Extended Mix) Maya Fadeeva Making it swing
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47 Caravan Andrew Bird, Alan Hampton & Ted Poor Through the shifting sands
48 Sleepwalk Los Straitjackets A golden haze
49 A Day in the Life Milton Nascimento The birth of prog
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51 Only Shallow Japancakes Get the swoops
52 Set The Control To Mother Earth Deadpeach Relentless
53 Interstellar Overdrive Chrome Space travel is complicated
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55 Whole Lotta Love The Moog Cookbook Requiring immediate refrigeration