When it’s hard to get moving in the New Year, let alone each wintry day, a rolling theme for the full month of January seemed appropriately cozy. #ThematicStatic on each Thursday of this month has celebrated cover tunes by some of your favorite indie bands, and better known artists, too. (OK, yeah, The Beatles, Stones and Beach Boys got some extra love.)
Listener requests were plentiful and the final curation of each show was intentionally diverse, featuring plenty of locals, too. (We see you, Allison, Sturgill, The Brook & The Bluff, sElf, Tristen, Amanda, Yola, Joy, The Protomen and Rosie!)
Stream individual broadcasts👇🏼 and also find a full Spotify playlist 👇🏼 you can share with your cover-lovin’ pals. Hit us up at @wnxpnashville on the socials and we’ll add to the list, maybe even reprise this theme later in the year. Trust that I’ll be up at 91.ONE WNXP from 6-10 each weekday morning whether you’re up and at ’em or staying bundled up under the covers. No judgment.
January 6
Car Seat Headrest – “Running Up That Hill” (Kate Bush)
Cat Power – “Bad Religion” (Frank Ocean)
The White Stripes – “Jolene” (Dolly Parton)
Allison Russell – “Landslide” (Fleetwood Mac)
Grandaddy – “Revolution” (The Beatles)
Mac Demarco – “Enter Sandman” (Metallica)
Jose Gonzalez – “Teardrop” (Massive Attack)
Jimi Hendrix – “All Along the Watchtower” (Bob Dylan)
Lucy Dacus – “Dancing in the Dark” (Bruce Springsteen)
Shovels & Rope ft. Sharon Van Etten – “In My Room” (The Beach Boys)
Sturgill Simpson – “The Promise” (When In Rome)
January 13
Joe Cocker – “She Came in Through The Bathroom Window” (The Beatles)
Cake – “War Pigs” (Black Sabbath)
Julia Jacklin – “Someday” (The Strokes)
Hurray for the Riff Raff – “Be My Baby” (The Ronettes) – RIP Ronnie Spector
Kurt Vile – “Run Run Run” (The Velvet Underground)
Jamila Woods – “Fast Car” (Tracey Chapman)
The Flamin’ Groovies “Paint it Black” (The Rolling Stones)
Seu Jorge – “Life on Mars” (David Bowie)
Local H – “Toxic” (Britney Spears)
The Brook & The Bluff – “Don’t Worry Baby” (The Beach Boys)
tUnE-yArDs – “Cannonball” (The Breeders)
January 20
Pom Pom Squad ft. Matthew Caws – “Popular” (Nada Surf)
The Vines – “I’m Only Sleeping” (The Beatles)
Nell & The Flaming Lips – “Right Red Hand” (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)
Dominique Fils-Aime – “Stand By Me” (Ben E. King)
Self – “What A Fool Believes” (Doobie Brothers)
The Raveonettes – “I Wanna Be Adored” (The Stone Roses)
Quantic & Anita Tijoux – “Doo Wop (That Thing)” (Lauryn Hill)
Tristen – “Just Like Heaven” (The Cure)
Amanda Shires – “That’s All” (Genesis)
Yola – “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” (Elton John)
Devo – “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (The Rolling Stones)
Phoebe Bridgers & Maggie Rogers – “Iris” (The Goo Goo Dolls)
January 27
Stephen Malkmus – “Maggie’s Farm” (Bob Dylan)
Joy Oladokun – “My Girl” (The Temptations)
The Protomen – “Mr. Roboto” (Styx)
Mark Ashford – “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (The Rolling Stones)
Jeff Buckley – “Kick Out the Jams” (MC5)
Tkay Maidza – “Where Is My Mind” (The Pixies)
Crocodiles – “Groove Is In The Heart/California Girls” (Dee-Lite/The Beach Boys)
Harry Nilsson – “Many Rivers to Cross” (Jimmy Cliff)
Rosie Thomas – “All Is Full of Love” (Bjork)