COVERCLUB

While many coverbands may think it's cool to play and record Top 40 hit songs, covering popular tunes is really not done among indie bands with a bit of street credibility. However, for the latest Coverclub edition, 10 cool Dutch indie acts came out of the closet and recorded their favourite 'guilty pleasures'. Read the complete Coverclub press release here (in Dutch)!

Download 10 free cover songs below (mp3) or use the player to listen to them first. If you like them, please share them or post them to a blog or social network of your choice!

1. Silence is Sexy - Billy Jean
2. Novack - Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)
3. Anne Soldaat - Lydia
4. Markowski - Durch den Monsun
5.The Gasoline Brothers - Close to You
6. Solo AKA Circus Flamman - Annabel
7. Ponoka - Can't Get You Out of My Head
8. Pien Feith - Englishman in New York
9. Tim Knol - Cry
10. Pondertone - We're All Water

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Mastered at Mailmen Studio by Martijn Groeneveld

You can also download the entire package in one file at Megaupload

Fuck the original songs of the Buzzcocks, the Dead Kennedy's, the Clash en Magazine! The bands of the Coverclub give them the finger - and at the same time express their appreciation by covering the essential songs of 1977's punk revolution. Which proves that the old punk motto DIY (do it yourself) is still very much alive among upcoming Dutch indie. Download the five free cover songs here:

1. Pondertone - I'm so bored with the U.S.A.
2. The Gasoline Brothers - Orgasm Addict
3. Huron - Shot by both sides
4. Moss - Ever fallen in love?
5. John Coffey - Holiday in Cambodia

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Mastering: Martijn Groeneveld / Mailmen

Forty years after the first Buffalo Springfield record, Neil Young is the key artist of this second Coverclub edition. The influence of Dinosaur Sr. on the current Dutch alternative scene is as big as ever. Download six free Neil Young cover songs here:

1. Ponoka - Pocahontas
2. Audiotransparent - Old man
3. Leine - A man needs a maid
4. Moss - Cinnamon girl
5. The Gasoline Brothers - Ambulance blues
6. Silence is sexy - Southern man

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It's a great tradition: Christmas gifts! A bunch of young and upcoming Dutch bands figured it would be nice if we treated you to some cool christmas songs. If you feel like avoiding boring Christmas tunes by the likes of Mariah Carey, Céline Dion and Chris Rea, please download these free Christmas cover songs (mp3) here:

1. Moss - I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus
2. Silence is sexy - Jesus' blood never failed me yet
3. Audiotransparent - December radio
4. The Gasoline Brothers - I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus

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