Arthur Russell

Swedish singer and guitarist José González is an accomplished songwriter but he’s equally known for reworking other artists’ songs in his delicately finger-picked, hushed but emotive singing style. From Joy Division to Massive Attack, here are six of his best.

Brooklyn’s Palberta release their fifth album, ‘Palberta5000,‘ this Friday.

NYC record store Other Music may be gone but we’ve got year-end lists from 20 of their staff members.

Muzz, the supergroup featuring members of Interpol, Bonny Light Horseman and The Walkmen, also just performed a livestream show and you watch watch them cover Arthur Russell from that.

Muzz — aka Paul Banks, Joshua Kaufman and Matt Barrick — follow up their debut album with an EP of covers. Listen to their take on Arthur Russell’s “Nobody Wants a Lonely Heart”…

“Jon brought the technique of circular-breathing to the music, and to the Philip Glass Ensemble. To put it bluntly, the music wouldn’t have happened without that,” wrote Philip Glass in tribute.

Including Animal Collective, Anohni, Belle & Sebastian, Neu!, Vashti Bunyan, Neutral Milk Hotel, Keith Hudson, Galaxie 500, Cornelius, Sun Ra, Vampire Weekend, Anti-Pop Consortium, Magnetic Fields, Cluster, El-P, The Fall, The Monks, Sharon Van Etten, Yo La Tengo, The Strokes, William Basinski, Serge Gainsbourg, Matana Roberts, TV on the Radio, The National, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Os Mutantes, and more.

You can also watch ‘Vote Ready Live’ sets from The War on Drugs, Grizzly Bear’s Chris Bear, and more…

The Tweedy family did another gorgeous selection of covers on their livestreamed ‘Tweedy Show.’

While we await Sufjan’s new album, here are some of our favorite covers he’s done over the years.