Pop Punk Music GENRE ARCHIVES
Junior ‘Beautiful Life’ album review
Junior have spent two years writing 'Beautiful Life', recording it across three studios, with the simple goal of pushing out the boat both with their own sound, and with the messages they can get out in their songs. They work long and then work hard, and it's safe to say that they've proved they're not just another pop punk band.
The Bottom Line to support Zebrahead on tour
The Bottom Line will be joining Zebrahead on tour!
Like Giants announce first shows
Pop-punk seems to be neverending these days but Like Giants are using their hard-hitting yet soft, vocal melodies, heavier riff-driven tracks to set themselves apart. They have now announced their first ever shows so if you want to see them in person, you knwo where to go.
Sunsleeper – You Can Miss Something & Not Want It Back
Sunsleeper's new album 'You Can Miss Something & Not Want It Back' is a bold statement, both in title and music. They don't shy away from the emo label, readily embracing their influences on the new record. But the fact is, anything could happen on an emo revival album.
ROAM and With Confidence announce co-headline UK tour
Eastbourne pop-punks Roam have teamed up with their Australian counterparts in With Confidence for what is set to be one hell of a wicked co-headline tour. The dates run through the end of September. ROAM Co-headline UK Tour with With Confidence: September 20 Southampton 1865 21 London O2 Academy Islington 22 Bristol Thekla 23 Birmingham O2 Institute2 […]
Weatherstate – Born A Cynic
It seems these days I write the word 'punk' in practically every piece I write, be that punk of the pop variety, of the hardcore variety, or of the not very good variety. 'Born A Cynic', Weatherstate's first full length, ticks the boxes of the first two.
Broadening Horizons – How Slam Dunk is appealing to more fans than ever.
Slam Dunk has long been seen as a predominantly pop-punk festival. Although they have often featured a smattering of heavier or more abrasive bands, much of the higher reaches of the festival bills have been dominated by relatively inoffensive bands. In the last two years we have seen a rise in truly interesting aggressive music with the likes of Employed To Serve winning Kerrang!’s album of the year award last year and groups such as Code Orange making a splash on the global stage with a Grammy nomination. As Slam Dunk has manoeuvred to keep pace with this scene change, so has it looked to widen it's vision to further encompass a generation of fans who gazed longingly over The Pond at Vans Warped Tour in the late 1990s.
The Frights to support Taking Back Sunday
For Taking Back Sunday’s run of live shows next month, they will be supported by The Frights
Download Festival 2019 ones to watch part 1
It's now less than a month until Download Festival 2019! We scour through the bands in a two part series of our ones to watch! First up, I (deputy editor Lizi) take you through 10 of the artists I'm most looking forward to seeing
PREMIERE – You Over Me – We’re Not Changing
We are delighted to premiere We're Not Changing, the debut single of new London pop-punks You Over Me! The band features one of our very own writers Will and we are delighted with his new venture and think the band hold a lot of promise!
Introducing The Hunting Project – the next big thing in the hardcore world
It is my pleasure to finally introduce to you a band called The Hunting Project. I've known these guys for some time, meeting them via my Love It To Death Instagram (Love It To Death is my personal music blog, in case you were wondering) back when they had no music out and were called Grizzly!. How times have changed.
Welsh rockers Junior unveil debut album
Welsh pop-punks Junior have revealed details of their long-awaited debut album.
Masked Intruder – III
The new Masked Intruder album 'III' (titled as such as it's their third outing) is basically what you could expect from them. Hooks, sing alongs, some pop punk guitars and a few references to them secretly being criminals.
Jaret and Kelly – Sittin’ In A Tree
What do you get when Dollyrots and a Bowling for Soup join forces? You get an antidote to Jack White and Alison Mosshart, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan with Jaret Reddick and Kelly Ogden showcasing their pop punk levels of royalty.