Pop punk
Track: Broadside – The Raging Sea
In conjunction with the announcement of their forthcoming album, ‘Into The Raging Sea’ due July 24th via SharpTone Records. Broadside have shared the follow up to ‘Foolish Believer’ with their new single ‘The Raging Sea’. “The album came out like magic,” frontman Ollie Baxxter says, with enthusiasm. “I’m not trying to impress or keep up with the hype. I wasn’t …
Track: Parallel Lights – Better off this way
Parallel Lights are a powerful pop punk outfit who bring their own unique take on to what is essentially a genre that has its biggest routes in the good old U.S of A, a quartet that consist of, Jamie Morrow (Vocals, Guitar) Paul Newling (Vocals, Bass) and Shane Steven (Drums). The trio formed in the Summer …
Obituary – Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers 29.3.49 – 3.5.20
Dave Greenfield was keyboard player in The Stranglers, frontrunners in the Punk movement. In a genre where lack of musicality was sometimes seen as a badge of honour, his virtuosity stood out from the very beginning, giving the band a sound that set them apart from their contemporaries. Often compared to Ray Manzarek from The …
Track: Lazaris Pit – You don’t tag me in memes anymore
Raleigh, North Carolina indie rockers Lazaris Pit have announced a new album Coniphers is out on May 22nd, and ahead of it the band have released the lead single from it, You Don’t Tag Me in Memes Anymore. Essentially a modern break up song (couldn’t be anything else really, could it) it’s described by the …
TRACK: BOWLING FOR SOUP – ALREADY GONE (EAGLES COVER)
The pop-punk survivors have reached 25 years of clever lyrics and palm muted guitars. Fresh from the double success of their sold out UK tour they have headed into the studio to celebrate by releasing a series of covers. After covering Suicide Machines – “Sometimes I don’t Mind” the band turned their unique interpretations to the …
ALBUM REVIEW: ULTIMATE FAKEBOOK – THE PRESERVING MACHINE
I’ve discussed in the past the swathe of newer emo bands that have appropriated certain melancholia from bands of yesteryear – that bittersweet mixture of power-pop and “traditional” emo (not post-hardcore, not screamo) that seems to still be all the rage with the Slam Dunk crowd. For lack of a better all-encompassing term for fans …
EP: Alkaline Trio – E.P.
Chicago cult rockers Alkaline Trio have released a new EP, titled…..well, E.P. Out digitally now, it’s also available on pre-order as a limited edition two song 7”. It features Minds Like Minefields on the A-side with “Radio Violence” on the flip, and will be limited to 1000 blue variant in the US and 500 red …
NEWS: Slam Dunk Festival Announce Last Bands For 2019 Lineup
The organisers over at Slam Dunk festival have hit us with not one, not two, but THREE announcements this past couple of weeks. The good news is, the lineup is now complete so final plans for bands to catch can now commence! Announced just today and completing the lineup are pop-punk staples Neck Deep, As …
LIVE: Bowling For Soup, Leeds O2 Academy, 3/12/18
How could we possibly get through the year without a Bowling For Soup tour cropping up somewhere? It may be December and dangerously close to the end of 2018, yet here we are catching BFS on a cold Monday night on the Almost Christmas tour they’ve squeezed in right before the ball drops for 2019. …
See: Good Charlotte release live video for “Life Changes”, Slam Dunk Festival headline spot
Good Charlotte have released a live video for “Life Changes” filmed at a recent sold out show at the Brixton Academy. The track first appeared on their 2016 post-hiatus album Youth Authority, and is given the cinematic treatment in this video, where the band perform it with their usual pop-punk bombast. To be honest, I …