Posts Tagged ‘pop-punk’
I Call Fives Make Recorded Music History
I Call Fives release their cool EP on even cooler colored vinyl. Get it while it’s hot!
Music Video Hell #8: The Maine
Now that MTV has about as much to do with music as KFC has to do with Kentucky, the Internet has become our primary source for music videos. With the Internet, though, there is no filter. It’s hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. Well here, Adams and Eves, is the chaff. It’s your penance for a lifetime of sins: Music Video Hell. This week: ersatz pop-punkers The Maine.
The Load (6/2/10)
This week Load’s features I Call Fives, The Viaducts, The Webelos, How To Destroy Angels, Balance and Composure, and Tigers Jaw. Wear a helmet.
The Wonder Years Sign To Hopeless Reocrds
One of our favorite bands gets a new home. We wish them the best of luck. (There’s also an amusing video.)
Download: Transit (+ Tour Dates)
Boston hardcore/pop-punk outfit Transit tours the country with A Loss For Words; tour dates and mp3 for yr pleasure.
Video: AM Taxi – “Fed Up”
Chicago friends AM Taxi debut video for “We Don’t Stand A Chance,” the new single from their forthcoming disc.
Review: Just The Kid – “Keep It Fun!”
Just The Kid offer a polished, synthetic version of pop-punk that’s all about, well, keeping it fun.
Interview: Direct Hit!
You begged for it, you got it: the official Assault.it interview with Direct Hit! frontman Nick Woods. Grab a helmet and strap yourself in – shit just got real!
Review: The Wonder Years – “The Upsides”
Philadelphia’s The Wonder Years create exuberant, joyful pop-punk with a distinctly bro-ish flavor.
Review: Four Year Strong – Enemy Of The World
Boston pop-punkers Four Year Strong get huge on their third album.
Review: Alkaline Trio – This Addiction
Assault’s favorite band releases a new record; we shit our pants. Oswald Hobbes explains why.
Forbidden Love #1: Does This Look Infected?
Oswald Hobbes takes a moment to marvel at the sophisticated songcraft and deep insights of. . . Sum 41?
Video: The Swellers – “Fire Away”
Official Assault besties The Swellers rock “Fire Away” on the Motion City Soundtrack tour.
Video: Paramore – “The Only Exception”
Paramore, our secret favorite band, debut the video for their new single “The Only Exception.” Yes, it’s hot.
Chicago Rock: The Delivery Boys
You know when you get a song stuck in your head, that you can’t remember who it was cause you’ve been listening to music non-stop for 2 days, and yet there’s still one song that stands out amongst the crowd? That’s how I will forever remember The Delivery Boys…
Review: Motion City Soundtrack – My Dinosaur Life
Don’t call it a comeback, but it sort of is: Motion City Soundtrack are back in fighting form, getting gloriously profane and putting their enemies on notice while also making the richest album of their career.
Direct Hit!: “Fuck You! Get Pumped!”
Do you worry more about getting killed by zombies than getting dumped by your girlfriend? Direct Hit! is the pop-punk band for you. I command you to love them NOW.
Stream the new Alkaline Trio single now.
A pleasing new track from one of our favorite bands, and you can listen for just a Tweet.
“We’re Just Weirdo Kids Who Play Rock Songs.”
Nick Diener, guitarist and singer for pop-punk sensations the Swellers, talks to AssaultBLOG about the road, the songwriting process, and navigating the tricky path to ultimate domination.
LIVE! – The Swellers @ Metro (11/24/09)
Michigan’s finest punk band brought the thunder to Chicago; Oswald Hobbes and Third World Timmy were there.
