Blog: Buzz Bands

File under synchronicity: Over the course of a 24-hour period this week, I was e-mailed, or stumbled upon, three cover songs performed by Los Angeles bands. All are interesting takes on the originals, so I thought I'd share. First, indie-pop quintet You Me & Iowa [pictured] delivering a surprisingly harmonic version of the Troggs' hit "Wild Thing." It makes everything groovy. Meanwhile, via You Ain't no Picasso, Michael Orendy — whom you know as Frankel — has released a gorgeously fragile cover of Nick Drake's "Know." And finally, while wondering what my favorite desert-dwellers Gram [...]