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“TOP 10 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE” as told by Hot Knife

Brooklyn pop-punk quartet Hot Knife are here to stick it to the corporate elite in their brand-new track “TOP 10 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE.” The band are exclusively premiering the riffy and sarcastic song with AltPress. The single comes from their forthcoming five-track EP Dread, due April 20 via Black Numbers. The EP was […]

My Chemical Romance get near-perfect “Teenagers” cover by Save Face

Save Face is helping the My Chemical Romance following stay alive. They just released a cover of “Teenagers.” The cover comes off a split with Graduating Life and while My Chemical Romance covers are perhaps overly plentiful, Save Face definitely does the song justice. Read More: Green Day song is like “a unicorn falling out of the sky,” […]

Paint It Black - Invisible EP

Paint It Black Invisible EP Invisible marks the first batch of Paint It Black material in nearly four years, a six-song EP that may appear frustratingly abbreviated, but is actually viewed as a complete release by the band. (Savor it, because as frontman Dan Yemin recently told Brooklyn Vegan, “the album is a dead format” […]

Forever Came Calling - Contender

Forever Came Calling Contender Let’s face it, New Found Glory and Senses Fail aren’t getting any younger, so there’s reason to celebrate a new crop of pop-punk heroes coming up through the all-ages clubs and local dive bars to take the throne of wagged tongues and youthful over-exuberance. Enter Handguns, Mixtapes, and, yes, Forever Came […]

Armalite - Humungous EP

Armalite Humongous EP It's been five years since the first and only release from this Fest-ready supergroup, the self-titled and unstoppably great Armalite. Since then, the members of Armalite have remained pretty busy, so the radio silence is excusable, if disappointing; bassist Dan Yemin has his real life as a child psychologist to attend to […]

Lifetime cancels appearance at The Fest 10, replaced by Kid Dynamite

Lifetime has cancelled their scheduled appearance at The Fest 10, and will be replaced by Kid Dynamite. Guitarist Dan Yemin, who plays in both bands, gave this statement to The Fest's website: “We're sad to say that we're going to have to cancel, or as Tony (Weinbender, The Fest organizer) so kindly put it, “bail,” […]

Exclusive: Kid Dynamite doing a benefit show in Philadelphia

Several months before they play at the Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas, hardcore legends Kid Dynamite will be doing a special show in their hometown of Philadelphia. The rare live appearance, which also features performances by No Friends and Spraynard, takes place on Sunday, September 11, at the First Unitarian Church, and is […]