Tame Impala Covers Smashing Pumpkins for New Tribute Album
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Tom Breihan
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Tame Impala (Kevin Parker) has contributed a cover of Smashing Pumpkins' song for a new tribute album. The article discusses Tame Impala's recent commercial success, including their first top-10 Billboard Hot 100 hit and the global popularity of the "Dracula" remix with Jennie from BlackPink, while noting that Parker's cover work shows he hasn't forgotten his psychedelic rock roots despite moving toward a more dance-rock sound on last year's Deadbeat album.
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· 3 pulledLast month, Tame Impala scored their (his?) first-ever top-10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, a truly stunning success.
Critics might not be into the style of vaguely psychedelic dance-rock that Tame Impala employed on last year's Deadbeat, but the general public is into it.
Thankfully, however, Parker has not entirely forgotten his past as a starry-eyed psychedelic rocker, and you can hear that in his new Smashing Pumpk
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