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.
YELLOWCARD. A band that I have seen since their first EP… a band that was on the top of the world in the pop punk scene, to facing the inevitable struggle of being replaced by newer, ‘hipper’ bands, to coming back and killing it with their last couple of albums. And their latest one, Lift A Sail is one for the ages.
Pop Punk’s Not Dead, it was only sleeping. And New Found Glory are here to breathe life into the genre with their new album, Resurrection.
I had a chance to catch up with up and coming pop punk band Grizzly. They exclusively announced their debut EP Small Things, coming out on October 14th.
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.
I was honored enough to speak with a person who has pretty much been a part of some of the biggest pop punk hits and albums that this, “Scene,” has seen in the past 10 years + .
John Feldmann, lead singer of ska-punk heroes Goldfinger, called into The Gunz Show to talk about his producing of the +1 album in the world, 5 Seconds of Summer’s self-titled album. He addresses the critics of 5SOS from the ever-so-intelligent trolls on the Internet, and has an idea for what they can do to themselves.
idobi managing editor Eleanor Grace caught up with Handguns guitarists Brandon Pagano and Kyle Vaught at the Toronto date to talk about the Common Vision Tour, the band’s new record, the over-politicization of pop punk, and a shocking amount of discussion on 5 Seconds Of Summer and GWAR.
The right soundtrack immerses you in a video game’s universe, and for Long Island’s resident pop punk goofballs Patent Pending, there was only one logical thing to do: meld their shared love of video games and game soundtracks. To celebrate the release of their new EP Mario & The Brick Breakers: Greatest Hits, the band is here to grace this week’s Tuesday Ten with the best video game soundtracks of all time.
Cody Payne. A man of well, few words but a big impact – especially when in the pop punk driven social media world. Everything this guy says draws attention to it – for better or for worst.  I had the opportunity to give him an outlet on The Gunz Show this past Sunday to find out just what the heck is going on – from the demise and the ending of TDS, to the inner drama that became a PR and public disaster, to his upcoming band entitled Floodlove and what people can expect.
Imagine your dream festival lineup — and then imagine it’s happening a thousand miles away and you have no chance of getting there. Music fans in the Netherlands experience this constantly, but thankfully Mildtfest in Eindhoven came to the rescue with a full day of pop punk jams on May 17th.
