Relient K 

When you think of an album full of covers, you normally think of a lot of classic songs like "Endless Love" and "We are Family," changed just enough to make it an artist's own. And, unless you're wild about the band, it can become trite and overdone.

But in Relient K's EP K is for Karoake, they mix things up a bit, interspersing oldies with contemporary songs that you wouldn't think to find in your typical karaoke-type disc.

The first track is "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," a Cyndi Lauper classic. It's actually really well done, though I have to say, it's rare to hear a man singing that song...

 

Thousand Foot Krutch / FM Static

Live with Trevor McNevan

 

Keeping things honest

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FM Static's brand new album, My Brain Says Stop, But My Heart Says Go dropped in April this week (read the review here) and I had the great pleasure of getting to chat with Trevor McNevan, who pulls double duty as frontman of both Thousand Foot Krutch and FM Static.

 

Hollywood Jesus: Alright let's start with the basics. I'm a long time fan, so this is a real treat! I've always wanted to know where the names FM Static and Thousand Foot Krutch came from.

 

Trevor McNevan: Hey man, thanks so much for your support and for listening. FM Static was one of those names we just kind of pulled out of a hat at random, honestly. TFK on the other hand had a little more meaning to it, though... it just represents our support system and, you know, our Krutch being because we can't make it on our own without that support.

 

HJ: So TFK has been rocking hard since the '90s. Was FM Static a natural outpouring of that or maybe another side to your personality, or how did that start?

 

TM: Well, we actually signed a deal on the first record with FM Static before TFK, which is a little known fact, and weren't sure what would happen. Over the years it's been a real blessing and it kept growing and developed its own legs. Now this will be our fourth record, coming out April 5th.