Children of the Trexution
April 29, 2020

Listen to Nick Cave cover T. Rex - full album of covers coming out

Nick Cave, Joan Jett, Devendra Banhart, Lucinda Williams, Father John Misty, Peaches, Beth Orton, King Khan, U2 (ft. Elton John), David Johansen, John Cameron Mitchell, Emily Haines, Perry Farrell, Marc Almond, Todd Rundgren, Kesha, Sean Lennon + Charlotte Kemph Muhl, Julian Lennon + Victoria Williams - more famous musicians than on some live aid are gathered 'round on Marc Bolan/T. Rex tribute album 'AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T.Rex'. It was curated by the late Hal Willner and it comes out September 4. The first song out from it is Nick Cave's rendition of T. Rex classic 'Cosmic Dancer'. The tribute album features 26 covers of songs Bolan released between 1968 and 1977, both with T. Rex and back when they were more of a folk rock band called Tyrannosaurus Rex.