the wonder years

[Photo by: Ryan Watanabe] The APMAs teamed up with Hopeless Records' Sub City for a special $10,000 grant program. The Wonder Years frontman Dan “Soupy” Campbell is the Sub City grant's ambassador and presented the award to Half Access, a program that gives disabled music fans a voice in accessibility issues and ableism at concert venues. “Thank you all. […]

Look, let’s face it: We all need a good cry every once in awhile. You can always depend on music to bring you out of your funk, but sometimes you need to just succumb to the emo. Here are 14 songs that are destined to make you grab the tissues. Paramore – “Fake Happy” We […]

The  backstory of an album can generate an out-of-body experience by virtue of the potential daydreaming. With some conceptual albums the storyline is clear cut, while others are more subtle. Either way, losing yourself in someone else’s world can be a welcome escape. Here are 20 concept albums worth exploring. Read more: 10 times bands […]

The APMAs are teaming up with Hopeless Records' Sub City for a special $10,000 grant program. The Wonder Years frontman Dan “Soupy” Campbell is the Sub City grant's ambassador and explains the initiative in the video below! Sub City is Hopeless' charitable arm, raising money and awareness for nonprofit organizations. Here's how it works. Figure […]

Sparrow Sleeps—a duo helmed by Casey Cole and Peter Lockhart—turn your favorite songs into lullabies. The idea sprouted when Cole's daughter, Sparrow, was born. A pop-punk loving father, Cole began creating lullabies for Sparrow and shared them with the internet. Cole and Lockhart met in 2008. Sparrow Sleeps became official in 2014. Sparrow Sleeps have […]

[Photo credit: Facebook] Yep, you read that right. After Hamilton and Moana‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda was exposed to the Wonder Years‘ “I Don’t Like Who I Was Then,” he realized what we’ve known for years. “’If I Can Manage Not To F*ck This Up’ is a tasty, tasty lyric. Thanks for this, new to me!” he shared on Twitter. […]

The quote about poetry that stands out more than any other is by the poet Rita Dove: “Poetry is language at its most distilled, its most powerful.” This, in some ways, is true. What poetry provides, and has provided for centuries, is an introduction to language at its most urgent. In the history of love […]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been racing in NASCAR since 1996, along with winning the Daytona 500 twice and winning the Most Popular Driver Award fourteen times. He also revealed on Twitter that he has an appreciation for bands like The Wonder Years and The Dangerous Summer. Read more: Warped Rewind announces Warped At Sea, featuring […]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, not the time when you get a bunch of candy just for putting on a costume or the time when you get a bunch of presents from relatives who otherwise never communicate with you. It’s time for Thanksgiving, the one day of the year when, hopefully, […]

Let’s face it: We’ve all had at least one moment in our lives where we’ve questioned if we actually want to stay in our town (and for a lot of us, maybe now more than ever after this shocking election). And we have some of our favorite bands to thank for those ever-so-curious thoughts! Many […]

Sometimes, a sad song can help us absorb and understand the tragedies in life. Here are 17 songs we think are the saddest ever. Death Cab For Cutie – “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” The perfect combination of romance and rumination, Ben Gibbard’s solo serenade of ominous adoration tugs at the heartstrings and […]

Summer has officially come to an end, which means a slew of long-awaited album releases and plenty of great fall tours kicking off. There’s a lot happening this fall, which can make it hard to choose. Here are some bands you should definitely catch on the road. Yellowcard It’s hard to believe that 13 years […]

Pop-punk bands are often known for their upbeat, goofball personas, but most of them have also gotten pretty serious on some of their tracks. After all, everybody needs a good cry just as much as a pick-me-up. And sometimes, it’s those “fun” bands that are the best at delivering the saddest lyrics. Here are 15 […]

The Wonder Years have announced a fall headlining tour alongside Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, Seaway and Moose Blood. A full list of dates and locations, along with ticket information, can be found below. QUIZ: Which pop-punk band are you? Dates: 10/15 – Park Street Saloon – Columbus, OH      10/16 – Anthology – Rochester, New York            10/18 – […]

Let’s be honest, the feeling of a tattoo needle on skin can be downright addicting. And there’s almost nothing more satisfying than showing off some new art to all your friends. But before you make an appointment at your local shop, you have to figure out exactly what you want. You can let your tattoo […]

It was late spring of 2011 when pop-punk bar-raisers the Wonder Years pulled into the AP parking lot in Cleveland. Having generated some acclaim for their No Sleep Records release The Upsides, it was clearly evident the band were poised to do bigger things. Which is exactly what they did: After aligning themselves with Hopeless […]

In this AP Sessions video filmed in 2011, the Wonder Years perform a mini-concert, and you can see them do everything from pulling equipment out of their van, to performing a crazy short show, to stepping back outside for a break after their two-song set. It's everything you could want to see, squished into a […]

UK pop punk newcomers Trash Boat have released a music video for their new single “Strangers”, featuring Dan 'Soupy' Campbell of the Wonder Years. This new track comes from the band's upcoming debut album Nothing I Write You Can Change What You've Been Through, out June 17 via Hopeless Records. The record was also produced by […]

Photographer: Tiny Moving Parts Tiny Moving Parts have shared plenty of adventures on their latest tour. They're traveling across the U.S. with letlive., Microwave and the Wonder Years and checking out different sites along the way. In this photo gallery, you can see them wandering around the woods, hanging out in hot tubs and playing shows. To see […]

Get AP 334 now! We have the exclusive story behind Pierce The Veil’s new album Misadventures, as well as the limited-run cover art edition. As if that’s not enough, we caught up with Sleeping With Sirens and The Used to get their stories on all things acoustic. (Tours and albums? C’mon, guys.)  Read more: Vic Fuentes details his ‘Misadventures’ […]