Cover Stories

Cooper Greenberg and Patrick Marr are back talking about Cooper's cover of Phoebe Bridgers' "Savior Complex".

Show Notes


In this episode of Cover Stories, Cooper Greenberg (featuring Patrick Marr) covers “Savior Complex” by Phoebe Bridgers. We discuss what Phoebe Bridgers means to Cooper as a songwriter and as a producer particularly of artist Christian Lee Hudson. We also discuss how Mitski has soundtracked his and his girlfriend’s relationship, bands we write off that are very inspirational, and then the episode evolved into a broader discussion of rapid Fire music questions and debate.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Phoebe Bridgers music and production of bandmate Christian Lee Hudson’s album Beginners
  • The connecting line of Avril Lavigne and Stephen Malkmus 
  • Weezer, Green Day, Blink 182 in the wider music zeitgeist 
  • Billy Joel Vs Bruce Springsteen Vs Paul Simon
  • Rage Against the Machine Vs Tool
  • Bands that are overrated, underrated and much more

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What is Cover Stories?

Join Texas music journalist Erik Casarez for a weekly podcast that invites artists to take deep dives into their favorite songs and perform them live in studio.