A show where 44blonde stopped by plus When The Sun Sets and Lisa Johnson and Lisa Brownlee from The Punk Rock Museum called to talk memories from meeting me on Warped to present day museum!
Radio Uprising showcases the greatest bands and artists that tomorrow has to offer, including: The Callous Daoboys, When the Sun Sets, Picture Us Tiny, and Petal Crush
Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough’s third annual Lupus Cruise to benefit his Dorough Lupus Foundation sets sail from Miami on Sunday (December 15) for a seven-day adventure aboard the Carnival Victory. Dorough, his sister Pollyanna, and the rest of his family will be on board as the Victory visits ports in the Eastern Caribbean, including San Juan, St. Maarten, and St. Thomas. The Dorough Lupus Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization founded by Dorough and his family shortly after his sister Caroline Cochran died from the disease in 1998. Dorough explained to LAUNCH, “I unfortunately lost one of my sisters, Caroline… Read more »
Taking Back Sunday delivered a major moment at When We Were Young Fest 2025, bringing both John Nolan and Fred Mascherino onstage to perform together. The reunion followed the band’s summer announcement that Nolan would step back from touring, with Mascherino—who played with the group from 2003 to 2007—returning to fill in for their co-headlining tour with Coheed And Cambria. The Paradox x idobi Radio Exclusive T-Shirt Limited edition, printed-on-demand. Designed by Beepus (Beauty School Dropout) with creative direction from The Paradox. A collaboration capturing the energy of their debut EP NSFW and the future of alternative music. $29.99 Shop… Read more »
Straylight Run made a triumphant return to the stage at When We Were Young Fest 2025, marking their first live performance in four years since 2021. The band—comprised of John Nolan and Shaun Cooper (also of Taking Back Sunday), alongside Michelle DaRosa and Will Noon—treated fans to a long-awaited reunion. The Paradox x idobi Radio Exclusive T-Shirt Limited edition, printed-on-demand. Designed by Beepus (Beauty School Dropout) with creative direction from The Paradox. A collaboration capturing the energy of their debut EP NSFW and the future of alternative music. $29.99 Shop now Ahead of the performance, a video shared by Taking… Read more »
Hail The Sun is back with a new track, “Insensitive Tempo,” while on their expansive fall tour with Between The Buried And Me. The track is set to appear on their forthcoming LP cut. turn. fade. back., due out Friday, October 24. Lead vocalist Donovan Melero shares, “Bertrand Cantat killed his girlfriend in the early-’00s, citing violence as a ‘crime of passion.’ He served an embarrassingly low sentence, and many questions still surround the case. Domestic violence is often packaged as a ‘crime of passion’ and somehow this designates less responsibility to the perpetrator. It’s absurd.” Melero says, “‘Insensitive Tempo’ was inspired by… Read more »
Ahead of their new album, The Sound A Body Makes When It’s Still, releasing on August 22 via Wax Bodega, Hot Mulligan has launched their collaborative track with Cory Castro of Free Throw, “Island In The Sun.” Castro shares in an Instagram post with Hot Mulligan, “As soon as you sent me the lyrics and everything, and I was reading over it, I was getting ready to do it. I was talking to Brett, I was just like, ‘Oh yeah, oh yeah.’” Watch the official video for “Island In The Sun” below. Hot Mulligan will hit the road to support… Read more »
If you loved Winona Fighter‘s debut LP, My Apologies To The Chef (because, of course, you did), get ready for their forthcoming deluxe version. The deluxe LP is due out September 5 via Rise Records, boasts 31 tracks, including acoustic renditions and a Violent Femmes cover of “Blister In The Sun.” Frontwoman Coco Kinnon says of the cover, “The inspiration for doing a cover of ‘Blister In The Sun’ came when we were talking about doing an acoustic variant of our record. We love to honor those who have paved the way in everything we do, so it was only… Read more »
Following the releases of “cliché” and “vampire diaries,” mgk has arrived with his new single and music video for his track “miss sunshine” from his upcoming album lost americana, due out on August 8. In a social media post, mgk shared, “we have LSD to thank for this one.” Plus, it seems like the artist cut it close and wasn’t sure if he could get the video up in time alongside the single release, but he shared at nearly 10 PM, “got it done in time, video coming out with the song tonight.” In the goofy music video, mgk is seen playing… Read more »
Taking Back Sunday has released a nearly seven-minute video statement addressing why guitarist and co-vocalist John Nolan will not be joining them on tour this summer. In the announcement, frontman Adam Lazzara and the band revealed that longtime member Fred Mascherino will be returning to take his place. Mascherino, who originally played with the group from 2003 to 2007, will rejoin for their upcoming summer tour alongside co-headliners Coheed And Cambria. After testing the waters during the band’s 2024 holiday shows—where Mascherino joined them on stage—the pieces started falling into place. Nolan shares, “Once Fred was on board, then it… Read more »
