Album Review: Bowling For Soup – Songs People Actually Liked, Vol. 1
To celebrate their whopping 20 years as a band, pop punk veterans Bowling For Soup compiled an album sure to evoke some serious 90s nostalgia.
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To celebrate their whopping 20 years as a band, pop punk veterans Bowling For Soup compiled an album sure to evoke some serious 90s nostalgia.
Happy New Year! This week’s feature rings in the first day of 2015 with a closer look into “The New Year” by Death Cab For Cutie, and the cover by Jake Ewald of Modern Baseball and Kiley Lotz of Petal.
If you consider yourself a fan of the legendary The Movielife, you might want to plan your celebrations–they’re making their return! After leaving the stage in 2003 the band have been almost silent, until the recent announcement of their first show since 2011 . The long awaited concert will take place at Irving Plaza on February 7th. Tickets will be available at 12PM on December 19th.
While Lil Wayne has, to the best of my knowledge, spent around 70% of his career so far behind bars, you don’t need to share his level of passion for drugs and weapon possession to end up in an orange jumpsuit. In this week’s Tuesday Ten, we look at some of the other crimes that have landed musicians behind the ever-so-flattering lens of the mugshot camera.
The trend of streaming songs, and even entire albums, ahead of release is fast becoming the norm. But while it seems great for music fans, how is it affecting bands?
Nonpoint are back and out for blood, with a sound that’s more ferocious than ever. If they once paled in comparison to their counterparts, those days are long gone, and the proof comes in the form of their latest and greatest effort, The Return.
One could argue that Blink 182 define the pop punk genre. This week’s (Un)covered looks at a cover of their dark but romantic “I Miss You” by the pop punk/boy band 5 Seconds of Summer, who put a surprisingly enjoyable spin on their acoustic version.
In this week’s Tuesday Ten, we’re exploring the connections between some of our favorite bands named after lyrics and the songs they’re titled for.
The days may be long gone of rushing to the local record store, money in hand, to grab the latest radio hit’s 45rpm single, but the excitement of flipping that record over and discovering the non-album track that lay on the other side will never wear off. In this week’s Tuesday Ten, we’re exploring some of our writers’ favorite b-sides.
You know when Oscars season hits and suddenly it’s the only thing anyone can talk about? That’s how we feel about the first Gibson Brands Alternative Press Music Awards – Fueled by Monster Energy Drink. With less than two weeks left until the awards show makes its July 21st debut, at Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, we’ve all been picking our favorites and placing our bets—which is exactly what this show is all about.
