The Bad Plus

I really love a good cover song. When one band records a song written by another band, it can often be an awkward mismatch of styles, but sometimes it's exactly what the old song needed to gain some new and different energy. I don't have time to write a whole post on cover songs right now, but I wanted to share a new band I found today:

The Bad Plus. They're a jazz trio. They cover rock bands like Radiohead, Nirvana, and Pink Floyd, which isn't really anything new — a lot of those jazz cover bands are pretty gross, but these guys put some serious thought into these songs, and perform them spectacularly.

Go here, scroll down to "The Bad Plus" and listen to their take on Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb". It blew my mind a little bit. I can't explain, you would not understand. You just have to listen.

Or, if you are too lazy to click away from this page, here they are performing Aphex Twin's "Film":