Tag: pop punk
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ALBUM REVIEW: You’re Not As ___ As You Think by Sorority Noise
Sorority Noise pack passionate lyrics about dark themes with juggernaut catchy melodies.
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LOOKING BACK AT…Tell All Your Friends by Taking Back Sunday
Celebrating its 15th anniversary, Sarah Hughes looks back at one of the most well rounded pop punk records of the century.
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PUP + TRASH BOAT @ QMU – 04/02/2017
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Seeing as both Canadian punk act PUP and British pop punkers Trash Boat had an amazing with 2016 with the release of The Dream Is Over and I Know That Nothing I Write You Can Change What You’ve Been Through respectively, it was a no-brainer that The Wonder Years would invite the…
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The Front Bottoms – Needy When I’m Needy EP REVIEW
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Managing to further refine their already solid pop punk and emo-fueled sound on last year’s Back On Top, one of the best records to be released in 2015, The Front Bottoms have treated fans prior to their UK tour with a two song EP. Titled Needy When I’m Needy, the release features b-sides that…
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WEE QUICKIE: Joyce Manor – Cody
Continuing the band’s tradition of short but sweet records, Joyce Manor return with their fourth record Cody, displaying an act who are maturing as fast as one of their songs can finish. By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) When Joyce Manor hit out with Never Hungover Again, a rip roaring pop-punk fuelled record full to the brim with…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Real Friends – The Home Inside My Head
“If you think the band is some revolutionary thing, that’s very flattering, but we don’t try to go out and say we are the new Fall Out Boy or we’re the next Wonder Years” said Real Friends vocalist Dan Lambton in an interview with Rock Sound prior to the release of their debut studio album,…
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TRACK REVIEW: Blink-182 – Bored To Death
How much of what makes blink-182 is still there? Just like the transhumanism question, many wonder if the band can still be what many fans fell in love with after the departure of founding member Tom DeLonge and subsequent addition of Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba. Now that we’ve got our first taste of the new…
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TRACK REVIEW: Sunrise Skater Kids – Rylo Ken
If you couldn’t tell from the release date of Sunrise Skater Kids debut album being April 1st then it’s worth mentioning the band are as much of a legitimate emo band as The Lonely Island are a hip hop act. After last year’s success with his satirical album Beating A Dead Horse, Jarrod Alonge is…
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TRACK REVIEW: Modern Baseball – Apple Cider, I Don’t Mind
Pennsylvanian emo, punk rock act Modern Baseball showcase new material from their forthcoming album Back in the 90’s, pop punk was fairly content in delivering jokes about fucking mums, getting drunk and farts, perfectly accompanying any and every party you could ever attend due to its catchiness and simplicity that made it accessible to pretty…
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Blink and you’ll miss it! (7/06/2015)
A bit of context before I start this blog post. I’ve been writing music reviews and other articles for nearly 2 years now. Something I started off as just a passtime has become a big part of my life and now that I’m studying journalism in Glasgow, I’ve managed to improve my articles dramatically (if…
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