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Fact: Guitar solos are awesome. Plain and simple. They’re just as much fun to see live as they are to listen to, as they fully display the guitarist’s raw passion for the instrument. While solos are a staple of certain rock subgenres, they’re far less common in pop-punk songs. So, when we do come across […]

Is there anything more exciting than a good song collaboration? Given all the hype generated by guest appearances such as Travis Barker and phem on Tyler Posey‘s debut solo single, we can’t imagine so. While 2020 was undoubtedly a year for collaborations, that’s not to say such joint efforts went unappreciated in the past. In fact, […]

Branding is one hell of an important factor to achieving success and maintaining a fanbase in music. So, it’s no surprise that many musicians use their solo projects as an avenue for genre experimentation. We’ve seen it countless times to varying extents. Some artists may just incorporate new, genre-defying dynamics to their foundational sounds, whereas others […]

Martin Johnson may not be a household name across the globe, but his influence in the music industry reigns supreme. Still actively a frontman for scene kings Boys Like Girls, he found success outside of live touring and produced records and wrote songs for the likes of blink-182, the Cab, Black Veil Brides, Ariana Grande, […]

We may be a good decade out from the height of the scene heyday, but that doesn’t mean our favorite artists are anywhere past their prime. In fact, a good number of them have been extending their talents by forming new bands and side projects. Unless they’re getting broad recognition like Simple Creatures, however, these […]

The ’80s feel like a lifetime away, and for many in the scene, they actually are (yikes). The good news is the decade has left a longstanding musical legacy. The incorporation of 1980s sound elements into modern music is hardly new, but its frequency seems to be rising. It seems impossible to turn on the […]

2020 has really made many of us miss the good old days where we could blast “Party In Your Bedroom” by Cash Cash on our iPod Nano while taking a new cringey Myspace or Facebook profile picture with neon shutter shades and silicone bracelets. The late 2000s and early 2010s were the height of breezy pop […]

By 2006, scene culture had grown roots in every mainstream area possible. Myspace took over as the primary mode of social media communication, and bands spread like wildfire once they uploaded music. It was a whirlwind year, as music became more accessible to a larger group of people, Hot Topic brightened its lights and studded […]

The late 2000s through early 2010s were defined in our scene by catchy synths intertwined with pop-like melodies, garnering the name “neon pop” or “neon pop punk.” With merch that was just as bright as the dance anthems that were produced, we can’t help but look back on the short-lived genre with fondness and a […]

Boys Like Girls dominated the scene in the mid-2000s with their self-titled debut, but in the midst of rocking out, they also paused to partner up with one of the biggest names in pop to pen a track for the Hannah Montana movie. Fresh off the success of the 2006 scene staple “The Great Escape” […]

[Photo credit: Instagram] It looks like Boys Like Girls vocalist Martin Johnson has been busy since last year's 10-year anniversary tour for that band's 2006 self-titled album. His new outfit, the Night Game, just released a debut single called “The Outfield” (listen below) and are touring this summer with John Mayer. Read more: The best […]

[Photo credit: Instagram] It looks like Boys Like Girls vocalist Martin Johnson has been busy since last year’s 10-year anniversary tour for that band’s 2006 self-titled album. His new outfit, the Night Game, just released a debut single called “The Outfield” (listen below) and are touring this summer with John Mayer. Read more: The best […]

The Cab Symphony Soldier In the three-plus years since the Cab released their debut full-length, Whisper War, frontman Alex DeLeon has made it clear his career aspirations align with those of pop icons such as Justin Timberlake. That goal shouldn’t be surprising—after all, War’s best tracks (the *NSYNC-like sugarplum “Bounce,” the bubblegum-disco cut “That ’70s […]