On Monday, Cloud Nothings released a cover of Coldplay’s “Clocks” in session with the A.V. Club’s “Undercover” series. The indie punk band’s synth-heavy take is more “sonic art project” than a ...

For some reason, Coldplay’s classic song “Clocks” gets some strange attention paid to it in the indie community. Last year, Cloud Nothings covered the song, and their barely recognizable rendition ...

Every Tuesday, the folks at AV Club, a website devoted to pop culture, release a new video of an indie rock band covering a classic tune. To date, acts such as Minus the Bear, Lee Fields, Old 97’s, ...

Typically, the goal when covering a song written and recorded by someone else is to get close enough in proximation to the structure and framework of the original, while adding your own distinct spin.

Coldplay’s 2002 piano-anthem “Clocks” is probably the best song that band has ever released, a swooping and soaring and elegiac arena-wail that uses house-music sonics without ever becoming house ...

Cloud Nothings performed their own take on the infamous Coldplay hit “Clocks” for the A.V. Club’s “Undercover” video series. Complete with farm animal noises, a hooded figure playing on a phone, a ...