The A.V. Club wraps up its web series “Undercover: 25 Bands, 25 Cover Songs, 1 Small Room” with this final installment: Shambling indie rockers The Walkmen take on R.E.M.’s 1985 single “Driver 8,” from the just-reissued Fables of the Reconstruction. Check out the band’s interpretation above, and see some previous episodes — including Superchunk tearing through The Cure’s “Inbetween Days” and Mates of State giving The Replacements’ “I Will Dare” a makeover — after the jump.
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Video: Replacements’ ‘I Will Dare’ covered by Mates of State
- Video: The Cure’s ‘Inbetween Days’ covered by Superchunk
- Video: Wedding Present’s ‘My Favourite Dress’ covered by Patrick Stump
- Video: The Smiths’ ‘A Rush and a Push’ covered by Coheed & Cambria
- Video: The Wedding Present covers the Rolling Stones’ ‘19th Nervous Breakdown’
- Video: Depeche Mode’s ‘Enjoy the Silence’ covered by Maritime
- Video: Ted Leo covers Tears for Fears’ ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’
