Some cool stuff is happening in Chicago at the moment at the Onion's/AV Club's Chicago office on West Superior Street. Many artists are coming into the office and covering songs from the past for this year's "25 Bands, 25 Cover Songs". The list of songs were chosen by readers and the editors, here is the full list HERE.
The series starts today, March 15th and we have Iron and Wine covering George Michael's 1990 hit, "Praying For Time".
Iron And Wine covers George Michael
I'll be posting each of these as they appear and in the meantime, see the full press release below.
Due to its immense popularity, The AV Club's AV Undercover is back!
To sum it up, "AV Undercover" captures 25 different bands recording cover versions of 25 different songs, selected from a list compiled by A.V. Club editors and voted on by readers. Once a band performs the song, it gets crossed off the list – meaning that the later a band agrees to participate, the fewer song selections they have to choose from. All of the recordings are done in The Onion / A.V. Club’s Chicago office in a round, 13’ room and the videos are posted weekly on avclub.com.
Last year, AV Undercover generated approximately 2 million page views over the course of the series. Introducing a new element this year, The AV Club engaged with fans and asked them to get involved in the project. The AV Club made a list of more than 70 songs which were subsequently voted on by fans and narrowed to a list of 25 for the series.
Last year, A.V. Club writers created the list of songs. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists covered Tears For Fears’ “Everybody Wants To Rule The World,” Ben Folds covered Elliott Smith, and The Swell Season covered Neutral Milk Hotel
