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We recently took a look back at our favorite songs from 2001 and realized, to our utmost horror, that Alkaline Trio's From Here To Infirmary celebrates its 20th birthday April 3. They grow up so fast... That said, the devastating cliché of watching two decades go by in the blink of an eye still doesn't hold a candle to the heart wreck that the record imposed on us. Though delivered wit... Read Mor

It's hard to believe that we've now spent more time beyond the 2000s than within them. What's worse? That means we're now coming up on 20 years spent with some of our favorite alternative hits. This year, it's all the 2001 songs that are celebrating the milestone birthday...

“Goth-punk,” eh? Not as far-fetched as you might believe. Goth was essentially an offshoot of punk, especially its darker early bands—the Damned or Siouxsie And The Banshees, anyone? But basically, anyone playing chainsaw punk rooted in the artsier end of glam a la Bowie and Roxy Music, a fondness for Hammer horror films, macabre literature in the Edgar Allan Poe/H.P. Lovecraft vein...

There’s no denying that pop punk owes much of what it has to Canada. With greats such as Avril Lavigne and Sum 41, the country has shaped the larger scene pretty significantly. We’ll let you in on a little secret, though… It’s still continuing to do so. In the midst of toda...

The beauty of emo music is that it provides a canvas for our own emotional projections. The lyrical narratives, even when relatively specific, often have just enough ambiguity that we can relate them in some sense to our unique circumstances. With ...

Band lineup changes are hardly a rarity in the music scene. Between creative differences, life events and personal fallouts, it's pretty common for at least one member to go in a different direction over the course of an outfit's tenure. And that, of course, leaves a significant void to be filled...

There's no shortage of perfect alternative songs from the 2000s. But can the same thing really be said about albums? You know what we're talking about. It's why we often opted to spend our $10 iTunes gift cards on assorted singles rather than full records...

1998 really wasn’t that long ago, but after saying the number 2021 out loud, it feels like it happened during another lifetime. To put things in perspective, Billie Eilish was born three years after 1998, and, hell, even FINNEAS was born the year before. ...

It’s hard to believe that SoCal punk-rock legends NOFX have been around for nearly 40 years, but the band are still proving naysayers wrong song after song with their enduring and tenacious success. To showcase such, the band are releasing their 14th full-length Feb. 26 v...

If you’ve been a pop-punk fan for quite some time now, we’re willing to bet it was a fast, upbeat song that first made you fall in love with the genre. You probably still remember the jolt of energy you felt when your now-favorite songs blasted through your speakers for the first time, and you of course remember how fun it was to mosh and jump along to them at shows (yes, even after not having bee

If the sonic leanings of new alternative bands are any indication, pop punk isn't dead and neither is punk rock. Be it through the continued influence of traditional groups or experimental infusions by genre-bending outfits, the punk sound is still ever-prevalent in the modern scene. Whi...

What is pop punk without its guitarists? Really just some angsty spoken word over punchy drums and a bassline. Let’s be honest: We’d still probably listen to it, but it wouldn’t be nearly as good.  We may like to focus on vocals and lyrics when it comes to channeling our 2000s nostalgia. However, the guitaris...

If you've ever been trolled online with hateful comments and reviews, chances are you didn't handle it the same way Liquid Death Mountain Water did. Liquid Death is the most metal water brand you may ever come across. With branding featuring skull illustrations, death-metal script and taglines including "Death To Plastic" and "Murder Your Thirst," they seek "to make people

New York City pop-punk quartet Bayside are celebrating their 20-year-anniversary and showing love to their fans as they do it. Though they couldn't go on their 20 Years Of Bad Luck tour with Senses Fail, Hawthorne Heights and Can't Swim and share their two decades-worth of discography with listeners, they are offering their followers a special surprise: Acoustic Volume 3...

Is there any better surprise than listening to a song and getting hit by a cameo from a familiar vocalist? Aside from adding to the dynamics of the track, these uncredited guest vocals are great Easter eggs for any fan.  While it's not uncommon for these collaborations to go unnoted on streaming platforms, Google will often confirm your suspicions. We’...

Sometimes you have to finish before you start. While streaming and playlists have killed the album experience for some, there are plenty of other music fans who still clamor for the full record. The bands below found creative and inspiring ways to end their LPs with a song so strong, it remains the perfect closing statement to their batch of standout tracks...

Along with being a member of blink-182 and Simple Creatures, Mark Hoppus recently added radio show host to his long list of accomplishments. Hoppus just launched After School Radio, a new show where he talks about all things alternative music related...

Any former emo kid remembers singing along to their favorite songs with eyeliner running in sheets down their cheeks. Honestly, were we really that sad, or did our iPods just suck us into a black hole of raw emotion? Regardless of what came first, the sad or the band, the lyrics of the 2000s hit hard...

It’s hard to believe when we hear music that dropped in 2005, it’s already been out for 15 years.  Back in those days, we were at the height of our scene phases. Spending time on Myspace and rocking all of those regrettable clothing trends were basically second nature. Read more:  Fi... Read More ...

Tell someone you’re a blink-182 fan and they’ll no doubt say they like them too. Juggernaut singles such as “All The Small Things” and “I Miss You” made blink a household name, but with nine albums and an array of EPs and singles under their belts, they have so much more to offer. We all know “Aliens Exist,” but...