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Sparrow Sleeps make nap-time more punk with Bayside lullabies
No matter what your favorite pop-punk band says about staying young forever, one day every scene kid wakes up to discover they’re a kid no longer. For many, that realization arrives in the form of a kid of their own. But growing up doesn’t have to mean giving up what you love. Just ask Casey […]
The 10 Best Mayday Parade Songs
A decade into their career, MAYDAY PARADE remain some of the most consistently great songwriters in the pop-rock scene, even as they sonically reinvent themselves along the way. It’s hard to go wrong with any of the band’s albums, and whittling down their catalog to 10 tracks isn’t for the faint of heart. Don’t think […]
“We show them the best time possible,” Mayday Parade’s Derek Sanders talks AP Tour, and more
It seems like only yesterday that A Lesson In Romantics was making us feel all the feels, so it’s a bit of a shock realizing that Mayday Parade are celebrating a decade as a band. With a new album out last week and a headlining spot on the AP Tour, we caught up with frontman […]
Real Friends' Dan Lambton talks Mayday Parade collaboration, AP Tour, more
It’s been a breakthrough year for Chicago-area pop-punks Real Friends, but as fall begins, the band aren’t showing any sign of slowing down. As they prepare to head out on the AP Tour with Mayday Parade, we caught up with frontman Dan Lambton to chat about his guest spot on Mayday’s new album and to […]
"Going on tour with them is pretty mind-blowing": Benjamin Biss of As It Is talks the AP Tour
Photo Credit: Ashley Osborn It’s only been a year since As It Is signed with Fearless Records, but the U.K.-based pop-punks haven’t wasted a second of that time. On the verge of this year’s AP Tour, we tracked down guitarist Benjamin Biss in Australia — where the band are promoting debut full length Never Happy, […]
Mayday Parade explore grittier sound in new album
Mayday Parade Black Lines Hypothetical situation: your band is a machine that cranks out sweetly romantic power-pop with robotic precision and consistency. Each of your last two outings — both assembled from the same formulaic blend of perky rockers and swoon-inducing ballads that have become your calling card — has debuted stronger than the one […]
Danny Worsnop talks starring in musical horror film 'Devil's Carnival,' solo album, more
Danny Worsnop is best known as the former frontman of metalcore bruisers Asking Alexandria, but the eight months since leaving the lads behind behind might be his most productive yet. When not crossing the world with his new band We Are Harlot, Worsnop is in the studio hammering out his debut solo album. Oh yeah, […]
"It was like it never ended"—William Beckett reconnects with the Academy Is...
Nearly four years ago, the Academy Is… announced their demise on the eve of a planned tour with Jack’s Mannequin. So for fans who never got a final chance to see the bandit was doubly sweet when TAI announced they’d be reuniting at this year’s Riot Fest Chicago to celebrate the tenth anniversary of breakthrough […]
“It’s been the craziest journey. And we’re not done just yet.” —Catching up with Billy Talent
BILLY TALENT might not have the highest profile in the U.S., but in their native Canada they’ve reigned as platinum-selling punk superstars for more than a decade. The career-spanning Hits (out NOW via The End Records) collects 12 of the band’s biggest charting singles north of the border and tacks on a pair of new […]