Jack Antonoff's annual Ally Coalition Talent Show benefit concert went virtual this year like so much else. And like so many of this year's livestreamed events, it featured an abundance of noteworthy covers, as well as a few originals mixed in. The night began and ended with Antonoff performing solo acoustic from Brooklyn Bowl before throwing to artists around the country.
Sadly, some of the songs have yet to emerge online, including Spoon's cover of Tom Petty's "A Face In The Crowd," Shamir doing Taylor Swift's "Death By A Thousand Cuts," Claud's version of Belle And Sebastian's "Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying," Blu DeTiger's run through Talking Heads' "Once In A Lifetime," MUNA's take on 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up," the Chicks playing "Sleep At Night" with Antonoff on drums, and Antonoff's old bandmate Andrew Dost covering the Beatles' "Two Of Us" with Josh Davis. Sleater-Kinney's cover of "Angst In My Pants" by Sparks is not online either, but there are some clips of that live in concert from before the pandemic. Similarly, we can't find footage of Rufus Wainwright covering the Police's "Wrapped Around Your Finger," but there's old footage of him doing that same song with Sting.
Here are the performances that have been archived online:
Hayley Williams doing Massive Attack's "Teardrop":
https://youtube.com/watch?v=D7OlTYpl9lY
St. Vincent singing the Beatles' "Martha My Dear":
https://youtube.com/watch?v=teIkfQz9L_E
Aaron Dessner playing "Brycie," a new Big Red Machine song about his brother and National bandmate Bryce:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DNsk8R03wRQ
Tierra Whack covering Mary J. Blige's "Not Gon' Cry":
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SoEWjm50qxs
Brittany Howard doing PKA's "Let Me Hear You (Say Yeah)":
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4ICyzHQk0Vo
Clairo covering "Sunrise" by Norah Jones:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Beesj8d2OLo
Lana Del Rey performing "Silent Night" (and her own recent single "Let Me Love You Like A Woman"):
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pULXBp7Wu5M
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lroxHmklkj8
Maggie Rogers playing "Blood Ballet" from her new archival collection:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NbLMm0GMcQA
Wallows mashing up Arctic Monkeys' "505" and Clairo's "Sofia":
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hT7Zk6LfEgE
Antonoff playing "45" and "This Is Me Trying," one of the recent Taylor Swift songs he worked on:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ofFgTn-CbYo
