pop punk
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While Against Me! might have a renewed sense of purpose in its focus on transgender topics, the band’s instrumentation hasn’t been exciting since As The Eternal Cowboy.
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AFI’s Burials is the latest in a long string of uninteresting records from this California band. While I’m not a big fan of the group’s early stuff, at least LPs like Sing The Sorrow had a modicum of aggression or excitement. The radio-friendly records the band has
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On Title Fight’s latest album, there’s no doubt the band has matured with its mix of pop punk, post-hardcore, and emo as well. However, they don’t exactly have the most definitive take on these genres. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On the band’s sophomore LP, Japandroids do a great job of eliciting very righteous, life-defining emotions, but don’t really surround them with anything that’s terribly engaging, musically. WATCH THE REVIEW
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MP3 Royal Headache is an Australian rock outfit with a self-titled album made of the stuff that makes guitarists smash their six strings into into splinters–even if they’re playing to a generous estimate of 25 people in a smelly old basement. ON the track “Girl,” a single guitar
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A tight, little pop rock tune from the forthcoming self-titled Evans The Death album. It’ll be out via Slumberland on March 6th. While this track is about not telling the truth, the great vocals and strong hook here do not deceive. In usual Slumberland fashion, the song does feel
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Download: Vacation- The Do Shit Disc Vacation is a lively new garage punk band from Cincinnati, Ohio. Their first CD release, entitled The Do Shit Disc, was also released on cassette as The Do Shit Tape. Now it’s online for free. Clocking in at just under fifteen minutes, the
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New video for “Kidz,” which is off Baby Baby’s new album, Money. The LP is out now via the Gospel of Rhythm.
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Done Right Discount Flooring by Joyce Manor Some hard-hitting drums and burning guitars are just what the doctor ordered today. These guys seem to be straight outta Long Beach, and their latest album, Constant Headache, is available on a name-your-price basis on Bandcamp.
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Cloud Nothings’ self-titled LP for Carpark is a celebration of old school pop punk, and it’s filtered through a lo-fi lens. Is this album for you? Find out in this review: Review: Cloud Nothings- Self-Titled Stream tracks: /cloudnothings
