At All Points West the other week, our friends MGMT covered a song by the impossibly great New Zealand act THE CLEAN. Here they are doing “Anything Could Happen.” The original promo clip, from 1982, is here, in case you don’t know the original. MGMT are clearly fans of classic Kiwi pop; just last month they did a special DJ gig to benefit CHRIS KNOX of the TALL DWARFS, who recently suffered a debilitating stroke.

Poking around YouTube, I found some other interesting covers:

* The STAPLE SINGERS’ version of BUFFALO SPRINGFIELDS’ “For What It’s Worth,” which is funky, killer and loud.

* Weirdo art-punk great and SWELL MAPS c-founder JOWE HEAD doing the classic song “Wimoweh” — you know, the “lion sleeps tonight” tune.

* And ODB sort of covering “Sussudio”? Hmm, not sure about that last one.

—DJ Yeti