The upcoming Sweetheart 2014 compilation brings together top alternative musicians covering their favorite love songs. We’ve already heard the album’s first three tracks: Jim James doing Bob Marley’s “Turn Your Lights Down Low,” Vampire Weekend’s version of Andrea Bocelli’s &a...

Band record unlikely cover version for Starbucks Valentine's Day compilation    

Starbucks’ Sweetheart 2014 compilation, the coffee chain’s latest Valentine’s Day-themed collection of contemporary artists covering older love songs, looms imminent, and we’ve already posted Beck’s version of John Lennon’s “Love” and Jim James’s take on Bo...

Despot and Da Racist's Heems also appear on 'wintertime' version of band's song    

Vampire Weekend were lyrically namechecking Lil Jon the first time we ever heard them, nearly seven years ago now, but it’s taken them until now to drop an all-star rap remix. “Step,” the gorgeously shimmering midtempo jam from their 2012 album Modern Vampires Of The City (one of our favorites of the year) might be ...