One listen to Blink-182 and it’s easy to tell that longevity wasn’t in the cards for them. Not to say songs like “The Rock Show,” “All the Small Things” and “What’s My Age Again?” didn’t define …
The Best of What We Saw at Riot Fest 2019
Riot Fest continues to be one of the nation’s most exciting niche festivals, creating a communal platform for misfits and outcasts to find their people. And for their fifteenth year, they didn’t hold …
Every Song from the ‘American Pie’ Soundtrack, Ranked
It’s now been twenty years since American Pie became the sleeper hit of the summer of 1999, revitalizing the raunchy teen sex comedy both for better and for worse. The bastard lovechild of Porky’s and…
Album Review: Alkaline Trio – “Is This Thing Cursed?”
Judging by names alone, Is This Thing Cursed? is a natural extension of Alkaline Trio’s discography. Next to earlier album titles like From Here to Infirmary and Good Mourning, it seems to slip smooth…
Album Review: Blink-182 “California”
As has been well documented, Tom Delonge is missing on California, and his absence is a glaring one on Blink 182’s seventh album. It has become evident that with Mark Hoppus pulling the strings,…
From the Record Crate: Blink 182 – “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket” (2001)
Pop punk, as big as it’s become over the years, has never been truly taken seriously by the music press (or most people for that matter). There are a lot of reasons for that, like the music isn’t exac…
Music News: Motion City Soundtrack Announces “Commit This to Memory” Anniversary Tour
Motion City Soundtrack will be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of “Commit This to Memory” by going on a 32-date tour in January and February 2015. The band announced they will be playing their sop…