Tag: Mates of State

Video: R.E.M.'s 'Driver 8' covered by The Walkmen for the A.V. Club's 'Undercover'

Video: R.E.M.’s ‘Driver 8’ covered by The Walkmen for the A.V. Club’s ‘Undercover’

The A.V. Club wraps up its summer-long web series ‘Undercover: 25 Bands, 25 Cover Songs, 1 Small Room’ with this final installment: Shambling indie rockers The Walkman take on R.E.M.’s 1985 single ‘Driver 8,’ from the just-reissued ‘Fables of the Reconstruction.’

Video: Replacements' 'I Will Dare' covered by Mates of State for A.V. Club's 'Undercover'

Video: Replacements’ ‘I Will Dare’ covered by Mates of State for A.V. Club’s ‘Undercover’

The A.V. Club’s web series ‘Undercover: 25 Bands, 25 Cover Songs, 1 Small Room’ follows up last week’s installment — Superchunk tearing through The Cure’s ‘Inbetween Days’ — with another iconic ’80s college-rock tune: The Replacements’ ‘I Will Dare,’ as reimagined by Mates of State.