While I was worried that marathon sessions of Guitar Hero 2 may have killed my love for Heart’s “Crazy On You”, leave it to Blitzen Trapper to cover the song and rekindle my love for it. Thanks to You Ain’t No Picasso for the heads up!

MP3: Blitzen Trapper - “Crazy On You”

Electronic duo Microfilm have covered Sufjan Stevens’ “Chicago” for their new single and given it a synth-pop treatment. After including three different remixes of “Chicago” on The Avalanche and recently stretching his own musical boundaries, Soof would approve of Microfilm’s minimalist techno take on his sweeping song. Hypeful is digging the track, too - the guys have processed it through their unique electro sound and kept the joy of the original. You can stream “Chicago” on Microfilm’s MySpace page and the single is available for purchase on iTunes backed with a new b-side, “Ralf & Florian” (an homage to the dynamic duo who wrote electronic music into the history books).

STREAM: Microfilm - “Chicago”

The Spin/MySpace Smashing Pumpkins Tribute continues to chug along and this month brings two new covers of Corgan’s songs - “Today” & “1979″. Two of Hypeful’s fave Pumpkins tunes, “Today” and “1979″ get treatments from Ben Kweller and Young Love, respectively. It’s strange that both artists brought up “youth” and “nostalia” when discussing their assigned Pumpkins tunes, because both performances sound kind of tired and bored. Ben never seems to kick “Today” into high gear and Young Love forgoes giving “1979″ the glammy dance treatment he’s known for. No word on whether anyone is going to cover “Tarantula” or other Zeitgeist material. You can stream both tracks from the artists’ MySpace pages below.

STREAM: Ben Kweller - “Today”
STREAM: Young Love - “1979″