It’s been five years since Fall Out Boy released their polarizing album Mania. An album which came and went with very little in the way of fanfare, it did however leave a lot of fans questioning the fate of the band going forward. So Much (For) Stardust then is a breath of fresh air, and…
THE WONDER YEARS are well known for their thoughtful yet melancholic take with their lyricism emanating from the heart, but managing to tread that fine line of not being too corny. They resonate with their audience as main songwriter Dan Campbell often finds a way to be simple and relatable in his delivery. Back in…
Willow Smith has come a long way since whipping her hair back and forth in 2010, and it is no clearer shown than in her brand new album <COPINGMECHANISM>. The 11 track album produced by WILLOW and Chris Greatti, is a mixture of grunge, heavy rock and pop punk, infused with heavy instrumentation and vocal…
The Wonder Years have announced a UK headline tour for November! The tour will support their forthcoming new album, The Hum Goes On Forever, which is set for release on September 23rd on Hopeless Records. The band will kick off the tour with a gig in London at Camden’s Electric Ballroom on November 8th, then…
Following on from viral collaborations with The Anxiety and Machine Gun Kelly, WILLOW is back with a brand new pop punk inspired single Purge and self-directed music video. The latest in a long line of chart topping hits, including her gold-certified 2021 single t r a n s p a r e n t s…
No one does pop punk quite like Set It Off and this record does not disappoint. Jam packed with clean melodies, perfect harmonies, catchy hooks and big riffs, each strack screams classic Set It Off. Since their inception Set If Off have explored the moodier rock side and upbeat pop twists, finally evolving into their…
Canadian pop, punk powerhouses Simple Plan kick off 2022 with the first new music since 2021’s The Antidote. It’s been six years since the band got together to record a studio album, promising in late 2018 that they were finally knuckling down to record but only dropping the odd single here and there along the…
Salem’s sudden emergence at the latter half of 2020 was one of the bright spots in an otherwise dismal year. Their debut self title e.p strode in like a candy coloured blast of fresh air. Another big bonus came in the form of them being able to play socially distanced gigs, giving fans the chance…
I will admit right upfront that I have never cared for Machine Gun Kelly. I found him to be overly obnoxious, and frankly a bit of a poser with very little to back it up. With that said I don’t think I could have ever seen this mid career genre switch coming at all. When…
Blink-182 were one of the key bands during my formative years. Enema Of The State & Take Off Your Pants and Jacket were albums in constant rotation back in the day. So it is with more than a passing interest and a keen ear that I’ve followed the band through their career. Like every band,…
It’s fair to say that Blink 182 have embraced the pop side of their pop punk formula in recent years. Not that there was a great deal of punk to begin with, this transition into an even more radio friendly unit shifter has been aided by the assistance of Grammy nominated producer and collaborator, Zakk…
Jaret Reddick has been bothering the pop punk scene for 25 years as part of Bowling for Soup. Kelly Ogden is the firecracker leader of the sunshine soaked duo The Dollyrots. This collaboration album has been a long time coming. Duets albums are a rarity nowadays.There are classic examples throughout history, we’ve had Sonny &…
