Pop punk
Album Review: Pale Waves – Unwanted
Bouncing onto the scene back in 2014 ‘Unwanted’ marks the third album from Pale Waves preceded by ‘Who Am I?’ in 2021 and ‘My Mind Makes Noises’ in 2018. Pale Waves are a four-piece band from Manchester consisting of Heather Baron-Gracie (lead vocals/guitar), Ciara Doran (drums), Hugo Silvani (lead guitar) and Charlie Wood (bass). Unwanted, …
News: THE WONDER YEARS announce UK headline tour for November!
To mark the release of their forthcoming new album, ‘The Hum Goes On Forever’ released on September 23rd on Hopeless Records, Philadelphian sextet, The Wonder Years, have today announced a UK headline tour for November. The tour kicks off in London at Camden’s Electric Ballroom on November 8th, before performances in Birmingham, Southampton, Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow, …
Live Review: Kenny Hoopla – Manchester Academy 2, 12.07.22
Tonight saw Kenny Hoopla perform to a sold out crowd in Manchester as part of his rescheduled Survivors Guilt UK Tour. Anyone who has managed to catch Kenny live will know that his shows never disappoint – from the back flips to the crowd surfing, it is non stop from start to finish and his …
Live Review: Hella Mega Tour Green Day / Fall Out Boy / Weezer – Marlay Park, Dublin 27.06.2-22
The monster that is Hella Mega Tour descended on the sleepy suburb of Rathfarnham just outside Dublin city centre. Thousand of music fans attended to see four acts, those being Amyl and the Sniffers / Weezer / Fall Out Boy and Green Day. It had originally been announced on September 10, 2019 and included dates …
NEWS: THE WONDER YEARS announce new album, ‘The Hum Goes On Forever’, with new single, ‘Wyatt’s Song’ (Your Name)!
THE HUM GOES ON FOREVER is released September 23rd on Hopeless Records. “I don’t want to die, at least not without you.” Those are the words that open up The Wonder Years‘ new album, The Hum Goes On Forever. It marks the next evolution of a band that’s never stopped growing, never stopped striving, never stopped searching for the truth and …
Track: Starcrawler share new track ‘She Said’
Starcrawler release new track and video ‘She Said’ off upcoming album.
Review: Wrecks drop Sophomore album ‘Sonder’
‘Sonder’ the sophomore album from the Wrecks is packed with a delectable smorgasbord of rock, punk and pop songs.
Premiere: Bellwether gives Backseat Mafia a sneaky listen to their debut hyperkinetic EP ‘Impermanence’.
Bellwether have been releasing a stream of invigorating, effervescent punk pop finery over the last year: celestial, thundering pieces of shimmering melody cloaking a barbed-wire spine, and we are honoured to bring you an early listen to the EP ‘Impermanence’ ahead of its release tomorrow. Based in Sydney, the band has grown from a number …
Track: Sydney vibrant pop punksters A Swift Farewell reconnect with another visceral anthemic blast in new track ‘Stressed Out Ft Clay J Gladstone’.
More infective than a global pandemic (but infinitely far more enjoyable), the new single ‘Stressed Out’ from those punk pop maestros A Swift Farewell is a hyperactive, hyperkinetic bouncy blast of pure goodness. Featuring punk act Clay J Gladstone and the archetypal quiet/loud ethic, the track launches from reflective melancholic verses into the stratosphere with …
News: Brisbane’s Bugs are caught ‘In The Middle (Of It)’ – a vibrant, exuberant anthemic single – as a new album and tour is revealed.
Bugs from Brisbane are a welcomed form of species: their new single ‘In The Middle (of It) is a vibrant serving of pop punk exuberance that will have you pogoing in your seat. A heady rush of pulsating guitars and sky high choruses are bolstered by some acrobatic singing that soars into the ether with …