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South Caroline pop-punk/post-hardcore outfit Brigades’ fifth EP is out now.  Pop-punk is currently seeing its biggest rise since the early noughties, waves of new bands emerge on both sides of the Atlantic on both ends of the pop spectrum. Brigades have been around for quite a while but have now released their first new music…

Huge vocals and catchy melodies anyone? Bang Bang Romeo have got just the thing for you.  Doncaster three-piece Bang Bang Romeo released their debut EP Shame On You last month via Five Seven Music. Speaking about the EP, vocalist Anastasia “Stars” Walker reveals, “This is a biggy, isn’t it?  I mean, this EP includes songs that myself and Ross…

Thrice are back with new music – and you’ll wanna hear it.  Orange County-based four-piece Thrice have released their latest effort via Epitaph this week. Co-produced by the band and Eric Palmquist and mixed by John Congleton, Palms encompasses everything from viscerally charged post-hardcore to piano-driven balladry. Near the end of last summer and a national tour,…

On Master Volume, The Dirty Nil marry punk and rock’n’roll like it’s nobody’s business.  The Ontario-based rock outfit are releasing their newest masterpiece on Friday via Dine Alone. On Master Volume the band proof once again that there is one thing you can’t do: define The Dirty Nil. Is it melodic punk like you’d find with bands like…

Fizzy Blood fuse punk and 80’s disco like no other and deliver a masterpiece with Pink Magic.  Rising Leeds outfit Fizzy Blood are releasing their new EP Pink Magic this Friday via Killing Moon/Alya Records. Recorded in Brighton with producer Alex Newport (Bloc Party, Tigercub, The Mars Volta), the  EP showcases new strength to Fizzy Blood’s sound. “Pink Magic is…

Are you ready to step into Boston Manor’s world?  The Blackpool outfit are releasing their second album Welcome To The Neighbourhood via Pure Noise Records on 7 September, that is this Friday. Produced by Mike Sapone (Taking Back Sunday, Mayday Parade, Public Enemy) at New Jersey’s Barber Shop studios in the dead of winter, the album’s…

Our favorite noughties pop-punks are back with a new record.  It’s been nearly two decades since Good Charlotte first blasted on our stereos with their unforgettable tracks. Now, in 2018, the band are releasing their seventh studio album with Generation Rx.  Across nine songs, the band remind us why we fell in love with them in…

Catchy pop-rock anyone? You have come to the right place.  It isn’t hard to say that Aussie pop-rockers are headed for big things. With Summer Is A Curse the band take one of their biggest hits and five new tracks and wrap you up in a blanket of pop goodness. “To say we’re excited about releasing this…

It’s one of the best things to treat your ears to this year – fact. This Friday, Ruston Kelly is releasing his debut album with Dying Star, out via Rounder Records. Co-produced by Kelly and Jarrad K (Kate Nash, Weezer) and recorded at Sonic Ranch in El Paso, TX, the 14 songs were all written/co-written by the…

It’s their first new music in five years and it’s damn good.  Illinois punk outfit Alkaline Trio last released new music in 2013 with My Shame Is True and now they’re back. Is This Thing Cursed? will be a favorite for old and new fans, and those who found Alkaline Trio via Matt Skiba’s joining of pop-punk titans Blink-182. If…