Spring Break
'Punk Goes...' series returns with ecclectic blend of covers of today's top hits
Craig Bidiman
Issue date: 3/13/09 Section: Diversions
Have you ever wondered how One Republic would sound if it were a post-hardcore band? Or perhaps you would like to hear "I Kissed A Girl" to the tune of a grindcore-electronica band.
Well, my friends, here is your chance.
Thanks to Fearless Records releasing its eighth "Punk Goes … " compilation, "Punk Goes Pop, Vol. II," we have been graced with the opportunity to peruse some of today's up and coming alternative acts flexing their creative bones while attempting to break away from their confining genres and record labels.
Punk Goes Pop, Vol. II
Three stars
Label: Fearless Records
Check Out: "Apologize," "When I Grow Up," "Ice Box," "Disturbia," "I Kissed A Girl"
Skip: "What Comes Around/Goes Around," "...Baby One More Time," "Flagpole Sitta," "Love Song"
Diving head-first into this new installment of the series, we are introduced to what to expect from the rest of the album as post-hardcore band Alesana storms in with a cover of Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around … " The cover isn't necessarily the most groundbreaking on the album but it is a great way to set the tone.
Up next is Silverstein covering One Republic's "Apologize." To be honest, One Republic holds nothing to this cover. When lead singer Shane Told gets to one of his signature screams toward the end of the song, you realize what fresh takes on a familiar song can accomplish.
Hardcore band August Burns Red presents a cover of Britney Spears' " … Baby One More Time." This is the most metal of the songs on the album and shapes an angle of Spears that no one would have ever expected. This cover sounds basically like any other ABR song, which is a good thing, but I would have loved to see something more from these guys.
One of the best covers on the album comes next as Mayday Parade covers the Pussycat Dolls' "When I Grow Up." Yes, I will admit that I had to look up the original, as I did with a numbers of these songs, but Mayday Parade brought this song to an incredible new level. I mean, I am actually proud to sing this song to myself. Not that loud, though, of course. I don't want people thinking I listen to the Pussycat Dolls. Come on.
Well, my friends, here is your chance.
Thanks to Fearless Records releasing its eighth "Punk Goes … " compilation, "Punk Goes Pop, Vol. II," we have been graced with the opportunity to peruse some of today's up and coming alternative acts flexing their creative bones while attempting to break away from their confining genres and record labels.
Punk Goes Pop, Vol. II
Three stars
Label: Fearless Records
Check Out: "Apologize," "When I Grow Up," "Ice Box," "Disturbia," "I Kissed A Girl"
Skip: "What Comes Around/Goes Around," "...Baby One More Time," "Flagpole Sitta," "Love Song"
Diving head-first into this new installment of the series, we are introduced to what to expect from the rest of the album as post-hardcore band Alesana storms in with a cover of Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around … " The cover isn't necessarily the most groundbreaking on the album but it is a great way to set the tone.
Up next is Silverstein covering One Republic's "Apologize." To be honest, One Republic holds nothing to this cover. When lead singer Shane Told gets to one of his signature screams toward the end of the song, you realize what fresh takes on a familiar song can accomplish.
Hardcore band August Burns Red presents a cover of Britney Spears' " … Baby One More Time." This is the most metal of the songs on the album and shapes an angle of Spears that no one would have ever expected. This cover sounds basically like any other ABR song, which is a good thing, but I would have loved to see something more from these guys.
One of the best covers on the album comes next as Mayday Parade covers the Pussycat Dolls' "When I Grow Up." Yes, I will admit that I had to look up the original, as I did with a numbers of these songs, but Mayday Parade brought this song to an incredible new level. I mean, I am actually proud to sing this song to myself. Not that loud, though, of course. I don't want people thinking I listen to the Pussycat Dolls. Come on.
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