The Punk Goes Pop series is six volumes deep at this point, celebrating the release of its most recent compilation this week — but what if we were able to flip the script and pull in artists from the world of mainstream pop to take on music from our scene?
Fearless Records has announced Volume 6 for their Punk Goes Pop series. The record is due out November 17th.
YouTube personalities Patty Walters and Jarrod Alonge have teamed up to form Sunrise Skater Kids for their new smash hit “Pop Punk Pizza Party” maybe the most prototypical pop-punk song to ever exist? The description of the song reads… The most generic, cheesiest pop punk song ever devised! Let this be your summer anthem. Generic? Yes. Cheesy? Yes. Hilarious but surprisingly catchy as hell? Also, yes. Check out the song below. If you’re a fan you can download the mp3 in the video’s description on YouTube. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4mKk4x2zsg#t=44 The Revolutionary lyrics to “Pop Punk Pizza Party” by Sunrise Skater Kids I… Read more »
New Found Glory have announced their tour across the UK this fall, with The Story So Far, Candy Hearts, State Champs, and Only Rivals coming along as support.
Crystalyne have released a music video for their latest single, “Punks Don’t Dance.” The video was directed and produced by Ben Knechtel (director of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe”). Check out the video below! httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2otwfF5YWpw Crystalyne will be on tour in Ontario in May on the Punks Don’t Dance Tour. May 7 – Adelaide Hall – Toronto, ON May 10 – Club Absinthe – Hamilton, ON May 11 – Dominion House – Windsor, ON May 13 – The Mansion – Kingston, ON May 14 – The Red Dog – Peterborough, ON May 17 – Overflow – Waterloo, ON May… Read more »
Fearless Records have announced Punk Goes 90s Volume 2, the next installment of their Punk Goes… series, will be released on April 1. Get Scared’s cover of Lit’s “My Own Worst Enemy” was released January 7 as the album’s first single. Check out the full tracklisting! 1. Get Scared – “My Own Worst Enemy Originally performed by Lit 2. Memphis May Fire – “Interstate Love Song” Originally performed by Stone Temple Pilots 3. Asking Alexandria – “Closer” Originally performed by Nine Inch Nails 4. The Color Morale – “Everlong” Originally performed by Foo Fighters 5. Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! –
The Summer Set have released a lyric video for their cover of Holiday classic “This Christmas” from Punk Goes Christmas. An essay by Chris Barr, from The Eddie Jason & Chris Show This felt like a significant event, even if it was a minor significant event. This past Saturday, September 21st, 2013, was the first day of what is sure to become the annual Riot Fest: Denver music festival, here in the home-town of idobi Radio’s Eddie, Jason, and Chris Show. That evening, as I took in the spectacle of something like 200 people scrambling up onto a stage to cavort with the eternally leathered Iggy Pop, fronting his seminal proto-punk band the Stooges, I had a horrible revelation: The… Read more » The newest installment of Fearless Records’ Punk Goes… series will be Punk Goes Christmas. The album will be released on November 5th and offers a variety of timeless Christmas classics, like The Summer Set’s version of “This Christmas” as well as unreleased holiday tracks from the likes of New Found Glory, Yellowcard, All Time Low, and Crown The Empire. We posted about the Fearless/Hopeless Records mashup album that SoundCloud user Dr Brixx released, but we stumbled across another mashup that sounds all too familiar to our pop-punk honed ears.Original
The Summer Set post “This Christmas” lyric video
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Riot Fest: Denver – A Punk Rock Woodstock?
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Fearless Records announce Punk Goes Christmas
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42 pop-punk songs in one; another Dr Brixx mashup
