Pop punk
Live: Bowling For Soup, Leeds O2 Academy, 3.2.16
‘Hey, we’re Bowling For Soup, the band you can wave at!’ As the time gets to about February, the excitement of Christmas has subsided somewhat and spring is just around the corner- yet winter still seems to be going on forever. So what better to take your mind off those winter blues, than spending the …
Meet: Bowling For Soup interview, Leeds, 3.2.16
Bowling For Soup have become somewhat of a household name in terms of the rock scene in the past two decades; if pop-punk were a food chain, Bowling For Soup would most definitely be at the top, sporting a dick joke or two with a plethora of catchy hooks in tow. It’s not long since …
Live: The Story So Far, Turnstile, Drug Church – Leeds University Stylus, 12/12/15
Drug Church aren’t the stereotypical choice for The Story So Far support, the crowd seem less than unsure until vocalist Patrick Kindlon says “If you’re unsure whether this is cool or not, I can asure you it is.” If that doesn’t indicate this is a love it or hate it band then what does. While …
See: The Spook School release video for “Binary”, announce November Headline Tour
Edinburgh quartet The Spook School not only have one of the best names around at the moment – it could, after all, be some kind of 70s cartoon rather than the Glasgow modern artists of the victorian age it (presumably) references, but they also make joyously DIY pop-punk. They’ve just released a new album, Try …
Live: State Champs, Knuckle Puck – Leeds Stylus, 22/09/15
Chicago based five piece Knuckle Puck made an appearance over here in the UK only a few months ago at Slam Dunk Festival, and most people who caught their set there are probably back again to enjoy the array of pop-punk on show. Bringing a slightly edgier sound to the table, their teen-angst releatable lyrics …