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Like A Version Podcast

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Originals, covers, and studio nerves.

The gist

Like A Version Podcast turns a radio performance slot into a compact portrait of working musicians. Each episode pairs a live original and a cover with loose, curious conversation about song choices, stage nerves, touring, style, long songs, and the odd detail that only appears in a studio chat.

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About Like A Version Podcast

Like A Version Podcast preserves a specific kind of music-radio electricity: the moment before a live cover becomes public property. Artists arrive at Triple J with an original song, a chosen cover, and the mild terror of making both work under studio lights. The setup is familiar, but the conversations rarely feel interchangeable. Some episodes lean into craft. Ethel Cain talks about letting songs run until they feel finished, even when that means seven or eight minutes instead of a radio-shaped single. Others capture band chemistry in motion, as Radio Free Alice move from their high school covers-band beginnings to the hazards of committing to a mod haircut. The show likes clues and reveal energy. It also likes the small human details around musicianship. Inkabee recalls performing as a seven-year-old and meeting Chance the Rapper after South by Southwest in Sydney. MAY-A looks back at busking outside the IGA in Bangalow, saxophone years, and the importance of all-ages shows. Baker Boy’s return visit is all momentum, built around the difference between early nerves and knowing how to meet the room. Oklou’s episode shifts between first-time-in-Australia observations, gaming, somatic feeling, and the way festivals can reshape a technically delicate performance. The Veronicas turn a studio visit into a memory chamber for “Untouched,” strings, pressure, and liberation. Turnstile speak about songs changing once audiences breathe new life into them live. The podcast works because it treats covers as choices, not novelties. A song becomes a clue, a risk, a tribute, and sometimes a way of explaining the artist more clearly than a standard interview could. The tone is casual and quick, with enough radio polish to keep the session moving. For discovery, it offers both a performance sample and a personality read. For music obsessives, it is a recurring test of taste: what artists keep, what they strip away, and what they dare to make their own.

Made for: For music fans who like live sessions, cover versions, artist interviews, and the behind-the-scenes choices that shape a performance. It especially suits listeners tracking Australian radio culture and artists passing through Triple J’s studio.

What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its fixed ritual: one original, one cover, and a short path from studio banter to performance. That repeatable frame makes each artist’s choices stand out, from cinematic long songs to pop reinventions and festival-hardened band energy.

In their own words

Like A Version is a segment on Australian radio station triple j. Every Friday morning a musician or band comes into the studio to play one of their own songs and a cover of a song they love.

As heard by us

Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Artist performances lead into precise conversations about arrangement, songwriting, production choices and the personal attachments behind a cover.

Like A Version Podcast makes the cover song a doorway into musical decisions. Studio guests perform an original and a reinterpretation, then discuss what shaped both.

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A squeaky basketball shoe gives you a tiny music mystery before the cover arrives.

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  • to hear an original first, then find out what the same artist does with someone else's song
  • to take a cover clue seriously enough to make your own guess
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Episodes

  1. 1

    Beddy Rays cover Cold Chisel's 'Khe Sanh' for Like A Version

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  2. 2

    Del Water Gap covers Gigi Perez's 'Sailor Song' for Like A Version

    ·23m
  3. 3

    Jessica Mauboy covers Yothu Yindi's 'World Turning' for Like A Version

    ·24m
  4. 4

    Folk Bitch Trio covers Kings of Leon's 'Sex on Fire' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  5. 5

    Budjerah covers Mariah Carey's 'Always Be My Baby' for Like A Version

    ·25m
  6. 6

    King Stingray cover Royel Otis’ ‘Oysters In My Pocket’ for Like A Version

    ·22m
  7. 7

    The Rions covers Paramore's 'Ain't It Fun' for Like A Version

    ·21m
  8. 8

    Lyric covers Lorde's 'Ribs' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  9. 9

    Radio Free Alice cover Usher's 'DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  10. 10

    Inkabee covers Black Eyed Peas' 'Where Is The Love' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  11. 11

    MAY-A covers Stevie Nicks' 'Edge of Seventeen' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  12. 12

    Baker Boy covers BLACKPINK's 'JUMP' for Like A Version

    ·23m
  13. 13

    Oklou covers Plain White T's 'Hey There Delilah' for Like A Version

    ·24m
  14. 14

    The Veronicas cover Sombr's '12 to 12' for Like A Version

    ·25m
  15. 15

    Turnstile covers The Stone Roses' 'I Wanna Be Adored' for Like A Version

    ·21m
  16. 16

    Gigi Perez covers Lana Del Rey's 'Summertime Sadness' for Like A Version

    ·26m
  17. 17

    Balu Brigada covers Hall & Oates 'You Make My Dreams (Come True)' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  18. 18

    Wisp covers Green Day's 'Last Night on Earth' for Like A Version

    ·24m
  19. 19

    The Belair Lip Bombs covers The 1975's 'Happiness' for Like A Version

    ·23m
  20. 20

    sombr covers Olivia Dean's 'Man I Need' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  21. 21

    Playlunch cover The Weather Girls' 'It's Raining Men' for Like A Version

    ·24m
  22. 22

    Mansionair cover Chris Isaak's 'Wicked Game' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  23. 23

    BOY SODA covers Panic! At The Disco's 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies' for Like A Version

    ·21m
  24. 24

    The Terrys cover Black Sabbath's 'Changes' for Like A Version

    ·19m
  25. 25

    Blusher cover Kesha's 'Your Love Is My Drug' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  26. 26

    Skegss cover Sheryl Crow's 'If It Makes You Happy' for Like A Version

    ·19m
  27. 27

    Thornhill covers Lady Gaga's 'Paparazzi' for Like A Version

    ·23m
  28. 28

    Soccer Mommy covers Pavement's 'Gold Soundz' for Like A Version

    ·17m
  29. 29

    Franz Ferdinand cover Amyl and the Sniffers' 'U Should Not Be Doing That' for Like A Version

    ·25m
  30. 30

    Nessa Barrett covers Dolly Parton's 'Jolene' for Like A Version

    ·21m
  31. 31

    Dominic Fike covers Cody ChestnuTT's 'Boylife In America' for Like A Version

    ·21m
  32. 32

    Rebecca Black covers Addison Rae's 'Fame is a Gun' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  33. 33

    Holly Humberstone covers Cat Stevens' 'Wild World' for Like A Version

    ·24m
  34. 34

    Chloe Parché covers The Presets' 'My People' for Like A Version

    ·21m
  35. 35

    Paul Kelly covers Kylie Minogue's 'Did It Again' for Like A Version

    ·24m
  36. 36

    Cat & Calmell cover The Veronicas' '4ever' for Like A Version

    ·23m
  37. 37

    The Wombats cover Huey Lewis & The News' 'The Power of Love' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  38. 38

    Florence Road cover Phoebe Bridgers' 'Georgia' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  39. 39

    Keli Holiday covers Bruce Springsteen's 'I'm On Fire' for Like A Version

    ·24m
  40. 40

    Suki Waterhouse covers Role Model's 'Look At That Woman' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  41. 41

    Tasman Keith covers Outkast's 'B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  42. 42

    Inhaler covers Kavinsky's 'Nightcall' for Like A Version

    ·21m
  43. 43

    Carla Wehbe covers ABBA's 'The Winner Takes It All' for Like A Version

    ·18m
  44. 44

    Babe Rainbow covers DIDO's 'thank you' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  45. 45

    The Amity Affliction covers Turnstile's 'Holiday' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  46. 46

    Ruby Fields covers The Cure's 'Lovesong' for Like A Version

    ·23m
  47. 47

    Evie Irie covers Lana Del Rey's 'Norman f***ing Rockwell' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  48. 48

    Sumner covers Madonna's 'Like A Prayer' for Like A Version

    ·24m
  49. 49

    The Dreggs cover A-ha's 'Take On Me' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  50. 50

    NIKI covers Chappell Roan's 'Casual' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  51. 51

    Ball Park Music covers Imogen Heap's 'Hide And Seek' for Like A Version

    ·25m
  52. 52

    3% cover 5 Seconds of Summer’s ‘Youngblood’ for Like A Version

    ·23m
  53. 53

    Magdalena Bay covers David Bowie's 'Ashes To Ashes' for Like A Version

    ·24m
  54. 54

    Fontaines D.C. cover Bring Me The Horizon's 'Can You Feel My Heart' for Like A Version

    ·23m
  55. 55

    Role Model covers Taylor Swift's 'Nothing New' for Like A Version

    ·23m
  56. 56

    Olivia Dean covers Clairo's 'Sexy to Someone' for Like A Version

    ·17m
  57. 57

    Beabadoobee covers Bic Runga's 'Sway' for Like A Version

    ·23m
  58. 58

    Wafia covers Julia Jacklin’s ‘I Was Neon’ for Like A Version

    ·22m
  59. 59

    Surf Trash cover Faker’s ‘This Heart Attack’ for Like A Version

    ·22m
  60. 60

    Asha Jefferies covers Spacey Jane’s ‘Booster Seat’ for Like A Version

    ·24m
  61. 61

    Porter Robinson covers Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Favourite’ for Like A Version

    ·24m
  62. 62

    Poppy covers Sabrina Carpenter's 'Taste' for Like A Version

    ·18m
  63. 63

    Lola Young covers The Cure's 'Close To Me'

    ·20m
  64. 64

    Finneas covers The Zombies’ ‘Time Of The Season’ for Like A Version

    ·21m
  65. 65

    Sycco covers The Pointer Sisters’ ‘Jump (For My Love)’ for Like A Version

    ·20m
  66. 66

    Wallows cover The Marias’ ‘No One Noticed’ for Like A Version

    ·21m
  67. 67

    Artemas covers Jeff Buckley’s ‘Grace’ for Like A Version

    ·21m
  68. 68

    Yours Truly cover Charli XCX’s ‘Von dutch’ for Like A Version

    ·20m
  69. 69

    Missy Higgins covers Troye Sivan’s ‘One Of Your Girls’ for Like A Version

    ·21m
  70. 70

    Middle Kids cover Oasis’ ‘Champagne Supernova’ for Like A Version

    ·22m
  71. 71

    South Summit cover The Police's 'Roxanne' for Like A Version

    ·25m
  72. 72

    Maanyung covers Billie Eilish’s 'What Was I Made For?' for Like A Version

    ·21m
  73. 73

    Laufey covers Phoebe Bridgers’ ‘Savior Complex’ for Like A Version

    ·15m
  74. 74

    SOFI TUKKER covers Ace Of Base's 'All That She Wants' for Like A Version

    ·21m
  75. 75

    Thelma Plum covers Meredith Brooks' 'Bitch' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  76. 76

    Northeast Party House cover Yeah Yeah Yeahs' 'Heads Will Roll' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  77. 77

    Griff covers Charli XCX's 'Apples' for Like A Version

    ·16m
  78. 78

    Redhook covers Tate McRae's 'Greedy' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  79. 79

    The Rubens covers Mazzy Star's 'Fade Into You' for Like A Version

    ·23m
  80. 80

    girl in red covers Billie Eilish’s ‘Lunch’ for Like A Version

    ·20m
  81. 81

    Omar Apollo covers Sabrina Carpenter's 'Please Please Please' for Like A Version

    ·21m
  82. 82

    The Last Dinner Party covers Blondie’s ‘Call Me’ for Like A Version

    ·21m
  83. 83

    Vacations covers Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up' for Like A Version

    ·23m
  84. 84

    Emily Wurramara covers Hozier's 'Too Sweet' for Like A Version

    ·23m
  85. 85

    Good Neighbours cover Sabrina Carpenter's 'Espresso' for Like A Version

    ·18m
  86. 86

    KUČKA covers Mitski's 'My Love Mine All Mine' for Like A Version

    ·16m
  87. 87

    DICE covers Gloria Gaynor's 'I Will Survive' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  88. 88

    Allday covers Calvin Harris' 'Feel So Close' for Like A Version

    ·19m
  89. 89

    Kian covers Weezer's 'Island In The Sun' for Like A Version

    ·21m
  90. 90

    CXLOE covers Chappell Roan's 'Good Luck, Babe!' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  91. 91

    The Beaches cover Djo's 'End of Beginning' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  92. 92

    Mahalia covers Arctic Monkeys' 'When The Sun Goes Down' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  93. 93

    The Buoys cover Olivia Rodrigo's 'Vampire' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  94. 94

    Cosmo’s Midnight cover Tyla’s ‘Water’ for Like A Version

    ·22m
  95. 95

    Stand Atlantic covers Post Malone’s ‘Chemical’ for Like A Version

    ·20m
  96. 96

    Angus & Julia Stone cover Lewis Capaldi's 'Someone You Loved' for Like A Version

    ·20m
  97. 97

    San Cisco covers boygenius' 'Not Strong Enough' for Like A Version

    ·22m
  98. 98

    Joy (Anonymous) covers Kylie Minogue's Padam Padam for Like A Version

    ·21m
  99. 99

    Gold Fang covers Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’ for Like A Version

    ·19m
  100. 100

    Djo covers HAIM'S 'Gasoline' for Like A Version

    Djo discusses his Like A Version performance of HAIM's 'Gasoline' and his current tour with his band of old friends.

    ·21m
  101. 101

    Ethel Cain covers Drive-By Truckers’ ‘Angels and Fuselage’ for Like A Version

    Hidden gem

    Ethel Cain discusses her Like A Version cover of Drive-By Truckers' 'Angels and Fuselage' and her Australian tour experience.

    Apr 16, 2026·26m·1 clip
  102. 102

    Radio Free Alice cover Usher's 'DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love' for Like A Version

    Radio Free Alice discusses their Like A Version debut covering Usher's 'DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love' and shares their band origin story.

    Apr 9, 2026·22m·1 clip
  103. 103

    Inkabee covers Black Eyed Peas' 'Where Is The Love' for Like A Version

    13-year-old musician Inkabee discusses her Like A Version cover of Black Eyed Peas' 'Where Is The Love' and her early career, including meeting Chance the Rapper.

    Mar 26, 2026·20m
  104. 104

    MAY-A covers Stevie Nicks' 'Edge of Seventeen' for Like A Version

    MAY-A discusses her upcoming cover of Stevie Nicks' 'Edge of Seventeen' for Triple J's Like A Version and shares her early busking experiences.

    Mar 19, 2026·20m
  105. 105

    Baker Boy covers BLACKPINK's 'JUMP' for Like A Version

    Baker Boy discusses covering BLACKPINK's 'JUMP' for Like A Version, sharing his excitement and the intimidating nature of the song.

    Mar 12, 2026·23m
  106. 106

    Oklou covers Plain White T's 'Hey There Delilah' for Like A Version

    Hidden gem

    OK Lou's first Like A Version on Triple J pairs an original performance of "Viscous" with a cover of Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah." She says "Viscous" was already being played live before FKA Twigs joined the track, and that this version became a "more ballad version" performed at the piano.

    Mar 10, 2026·24m·1 clip
  107. 107

    The Veronicas cover Sombr's '12 to 12' for Like A Version

    The Veronicas talk with Conchita and Luca on Triple J Breakfast about "Untouched," its festival afterlife, and their Like A Version cover of Sombr's "12 to 12." They describe writing "Untouched" with Toby Gad over two weeks, building the string intro, and taking a risk on a song that felt like "the uncoverable." They also explain how Halsey invited them to Brisbane and asked to perform "Untouched," which they say was a special moment because they rarely hear other artists cover it.

    Mar 5, 2026·25m·1 clip
  108. 108

    Turnstile covers The Stone Roses' 'I Wanna Be Adored' for Like A Version

    Hidden gem

    Turnstile's Like A Version session on Triple J with Abby and Tyrone centers on their first cover, The Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored," and the band's original song "Sunshower." Franz, Brendan, and Meg talk about Australian touring, the "Leave us a message" fan phone, and how the band uses guest bands like Speed and Amal to make shows feel curated.

    Mar 3, 2026·21m·1 clip
  109. 109

    Gigi Perez covers Lana Del Rey's 'Summertime Sadness' for Like A Version

    Hidden gem

    Gigi Perez connects "Sugar Water" to her sister Bella and "our grief of her loss."

    Feb 26, 2026·26m·1 clip
  110. 110

    Balu Brigada covers Hall & Oates 'You Make My Dreams (Come True)' for Like A Version

    Hidden gem

    Balu Brigada tell Triple J Breakfast that writing in New York produced "way more aggressive" and "stompy" songs, while rural New Zealand led to "chiller" material.

    Feb 19, 2026·22m·1 clip
  111. 111

    Wisp covers Green Day's 'Last Night on Earth' for Like A Version

    Feb 12, 2026·24m
  112. 112

    The Belair Lip Bombs covers The 1975's 'Happiness' for Like A Version

    Feb 5, 2026·23m
  113. 113

    sombr covers Olivia Dean's 'Man I Need' for Like A Version

    Jan 29, 2026·22m
  114. 114

    Franz Ferdinand cover Amyl and the Sniffers' 'U Should Not Be Doing That' for Like A Version

    Jan 22, 2026·25m
  115. 115

    Nessa Barrett covers Dolly Parton's 'Jolene' for Like A Version

    Jan 15, 2026·21m
  116. 116

    Dominic Fike covers Cody ChestnuTT's 'Boylife In America' for Like A Version

    Jan 8, 2026·21m
  117. 117

    Rebecca Black covers Addison Rae's 'Fame is a Gun' for Like A Version

    Dec 11, 2025·22m
  118. 118

    Holly Humberstone covers Cat Stevens' 'Wild World' for Like A Version

    Dec 4, 2025·24m
  119. 119

    Chloe Parché covers The Presets' 'My People' for Like A Version

    Nov 27, 2025·21m
  120. 120

    Paul Kelly covers Kylie Minogue's 'Did It Again' for Like A Version

    Nov 20, 2025·24m
  121. 121

    Cat & Calmell cover The Veronicas' '4ever' for Like A Version

    Nov 13, 2025·23m
  122. 122

    Beddy Rays cover Cold Chisel's 'Khe Sanh' for Like A Version

    Nov 6, 2025·24m
  123. 123

    Florence Road cover Phoebe Bridgers' 'Georgia' for Like A Version

    Oct 30, 2025·22m
  124. 124

    Keli Holiday covers Bruce Springsteen's 'I'm On Fire' for Like A Version

    Oct 23, 2025·24m
  125. 125

    The Wombats cover Huey Lewis & The News' 'The Power of Love' for Like A Version

    Oct 16, 2025·20m
  126. 126

    Del Water Gap covers Gigi Perez's 'Sailor Song' for Like A Version

    Oct 9, 2025·23m
  127. 127

    Folk Bitch Trio covers Kings of Leon's 'Sex on Fire' for Like A Version

    Oct 2, 2025·20m
  128. 128

    Budjerah covers Mariah Carey's 'Always Be My Baby' for Like A Version

    Sep 25, 2025·25m
  129. 129

    The Rions covers Paramore's 'Ain't It Fun' for Like A Version

    Sep 18, 2025·21m
  130. 130

    Lyric covers Lorde's 'Ribs' for Like A Version

    Sep 11, 2025·20m
  131. 131

    Playlunch cover The Weather Girls' 'It's Raining Men' for Like A Version

    Playlunch performs a playful, oiled-up cover of 'It's Raining Men' for triple j's Like A Version, discussing their preparation and the coconut oil they used.

    Sep 4, 2025·24m
  132. 132

    Mansionair cover Chris Isaak's 'Wicked Game' for Like A Version

    Aug 28, 2025·22m
  133. 133

    BOY SODA covers Panic! At The Disco's 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies' for Like A Version

    Aug 21, 2025·21m
  134. 134

    The Terrys cover Black Sabbath's 'Changes' for Like A Version

    Aug 14, 2025·19m
  135. 135

    Blusher cover Kesha's 'Your Love Is My Drug' for Like A Version

    Aug 7, 2025·20m
  136. 136

    Skegss cover Sheryl Crow's 'If It Makes You Happy' for Like A Version

    Jul 31, 2025·19m
  137. 137

    Thornhill covers Lady Gaga's 'Paparazzi' for Like A Version

    Jul 24, 2025·23m
  138. 138

    Soccer Mommy covers Pavement's 'Gold Soundz' for Like A Version

    Jul 17, 2025·17m
  139. 139

    Jessica Mauboy covers Yothu Yindi's 'World Turning' for Like A Version

    Jul 10, 2025·24m
  140. 140

    Suki Waterhouse covers Role Model's 'Look At That Woman' for Like A Version

    Jul 3, 2025·20m
  141. 141

    Tasman Keith covers Outkast's 'B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)' for Like A Version

    Jun 26, 2025·20m
  142. 142

    Inhaler covers Kavinsky's 'Nightcall' for Like A Version

    Jun 19, 2025·21m
  143. 143

    Carla Wehbe covers ABBA's 'The Winner Takes It All' for Like A Version

    Jun 12, 2025·18m
  144. 144

    Babe Rainbow covers DIDO's 'thank you' for Like A Version

    Jun 5, 2025·22m
  145. 145

    The Amity Affliction covers Turnstile's 'Holiday' for Like A Version

    May 29, 2025·22m
  146. 146

    Ruby Fields covers The Cure's 'Lovesong' for Like A Version

    May 22, 2025·23m
  147. 147

    Evie Irie covers Lana Del Rey's 'Norman f***ing Rockwell' for Like A Version

    May 15, 2025·20m
  148. 148

    Sumner covers Madonna's 'Like A Prayer' for Like A Version

    Sumner discusses their debut Like A Version cover of Madonna's 'Like A Prayer' and the sentimental journey behind it.

    May 8, 2025·24m
  149. 149

    The Dreggs cover A-ha's 'Take On Me' for Like A Version

    The Dreggs discuss their debut Like A Version performance on Triple J, covering A-ha's 'Take On Me' and sharing their journey from dreaming in work trucks to achieving the milestone.

    May 1, 2025·22m
  150. 150

    NIKI covers Chappell Roan's 'Casual' for Like A Version

    NIKI discusses her tour and performs Chappell Roan's 'Casual' for triple j's Like A Version.

    Apr 10, 2025·22m