Show Me The Body Cover Charli XCX’s “Rock Music” For Spotify
Show Me The Body have taken Charli XCX's cheeky swipe at dance music and given it the full post-punk treatment for Spotify, which feels like exactly the kind of left-field cover that keeps things interesting in the streaming age. Charli was having a laugh with "Rock Music," but there's something rather satisfying about a guitar-forward band actually running with the premise and seeing where it leads. It's the sort of collision between pop provocation and underground grit that Cledvibes Radio listeners tend to get excited about, where a major label moment gets genuinely reinterpreted rather than just polished up. Fair play to everyone involved for not taking it all too seriously.
From Stereogum: Back in May, Charli XCX released "Rock Music," the big-statement lead single from her new album Music, Fashion, Film. Upon arrival, the track felt like a giddy, provocative goof: "I think the dancefloor is dead, so now we're making rawwwwwwwk music." Madonna, on the brink of releasing her own dancefloor-centric album, briefly took exception, but the beef didn't last long, and now Charli is about t…