It’s that time of the year again, for the best albums of 2023. This year seemed to be a return to form for pop-punk new and old, and also showed older bands can bring out new tricks, while the new blood is flowing strong.
Read moreREVIEW: blink-182 returns back to the future with 'One More Time...'
Sometimes you can return to tour roots while also making the future now, and that is what blink-182’s “One More Time…” feels like.
Read moreREVIEW: 'Monsters of California' a fun paranormal directorial debut for Tom DeLonge
Hot take : “Monsters Of California” is a form of disclosure.
Read more182 Day: The top 5 blink-182 shows I ever covered/ seen live
Happy 182 Day to those who celebrate. As the band is currently on its massive 2023-2024 world tour, I decided to go back in time and remember and rank the top blink shows I’ve attended /covered as a music journalist at Hearst Media, and as a fan from over 20 years’ worth of shows. The ranking is based upon stories associated with the show, setlist, and overall memories.
Read moreFrom the vault interviews: Matt Skiba talks surfing, bikes, and Alkaline Trio
The first installment (right in time for Halloween season) is Matt Skiba ( Alkaline Trio/ blink-182). There are three video clips below,- two where Skiba talks about his love for surfing and motorcycles that was recorded on his bus prior to a show in Houston. The last video ( very dark quality) is from Warped Tour where I interviewed Skiba on the bus, and includes which includes interesting information about the never-made “American Scream” video, and the one song the band would never cover.
Read more#blink30- The top 30 blink-182 songs to celebrate 30 years of crappy punk rock
Well, I guess this is growing up. Legendary pop-punk band blink-182 will mark 30 years as a band in 2022. While fans are feeling the nostalgia from a truly important legacy that went from “crappy punk rock” to one of the biggest, and most influential bands in the world, what better time to count down the top 30 blink songs of all time? Throughout this post there will also be rare photos, and links to past interviews I’ve done with the band. Let’s celebrate a band that has meant so much to many.
Read moreMUSIC: Driveways discuss UFO-influenced EP 'Skeptic' just in time for Halloween
A theme in many horror movies involves not falling asleep, well don’t sleep on the Halloween-obsessed pop-punk band Driveways.
Read moreMUSIC: See the 'lost' blink-182 'They Came to Conquer... Uranus' photos
“They Came to Conquer... Uranus” is a longtime fan-favorite blink-182 EP released in 1995. The 7” EP was released in various colored vinyl, and has an iconic cover that features a robed alien. Now, the photographer who shot the cover, has released all the photos from the session, as well as some classic photos of blink’s early days.
Read moreREVIEW: Angels & Airwaves,To The Stars rise up in Austin
As To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science continues to make gradual progress, this allowed Tom DeLonge to return to the stage with Angels & Airwaves for the first tour in seven years, which hit Emos in Austin, Texas on Friday night.
Read moreCOMMENTARY: Logical arguments against To The Stars criticism
As To The Stars /To The Stars Academy Of Arts and Science continues to make waves in the UFO world, there continues to be a vocal group of detractors that seem to constantly criticize anything TTS does. Even with Luis Elizondo’s recent positively-received convention appearances, and the announcement of a six-part documentary series called “Unidentified” on the History Channel , the TTS trolls are still in full.
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