As 2024 comes to an end, let’s take a quick look at the top 10 albums of the year.
Read moreREVIEW: blink-182 wrap up global festival dominance with ACL performance
After a whirlwind two years of sold out stadium and arena tours worldwide, as well as headlining some of the biggest festivals like Coachella , Reading and Leeds and Lollopalooza , blink-182 closed out its busy renaissance by headlining night 1 / weekend 1 of Austin City Limits.
Read moreRare blink-182 artifact makes appearance during San Antonio ‘One More Time’ tour date
During the San Antonio stop of blink-182’s “One More Time” tour, an iconic artifact from the “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket” era was on display outside- the van from “The Rock Show” video.
Read moreINTERVIEW: DESCENDENTS Stephen Egerton talks band's influence, legacy
Guitarist Stephen Egerton is the virtuoso buzz behind the Descendents fast, frantic, upbeat punk rock that has helped redefine the genre, as well as help create pop-punk. The legendary act is currently on tour with fellow old-school classic acts the Circle Jerks, and the Adolescents, and the band has shown no signs of switching to decaf anytime soon.
Read moreH.E Creative, Mike Damante partner on children's ska book 'Hey Ska-Burbia'-out Feb. 12
On Tuesday Feb. 12, just in time for Valentine’s Day, show your love for ska with the new children’s book HEY SKA-BURBIA written by MIKE DAMANTE and illustrated and published by H.E CREATIVE. Pre-orders for this limited release book are up, and you can pick-it up, pick-it up, pick-it up today!
Read moreREVIEW: The Get Up Kids Matt Pryor's memoir 'Red Letter Days' an emo essential
Matt Pryor, the beloved frontman and emo icon of acts like The Get Up Kids and the New Amsterdams, has penned a memoir chronicling his beginnings in Kanas to the Get Up Kids growth spurt to emo giants in his debut memoir “Red Letter Days.”
Read moreThe top albums of 2023
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 moreCOMMENTARY: If The Warped Tour would return in 2024, what would it look like?
The Vans Warped Tour, the summer traveling punk rock summer camp that helped launch the careers of some of the biggest names in music, called it quits for good after 25 years in 2019.If the Warped Tour was to come back next summer, what would it possibly look like?
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 moreREVIEW: Fall Out Boy, Alkaline Trio rock Wrigley Field in Chicago
CHICAGO- Fall Out Boy’s North American Tour launched in grand fashion at the historic home of the Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field on June 21 in Chicago. The show’s grandiose setting was a perfect match to Fall Out Boy’s longstanding aspirations of global pop dominance, and served as a bucket list moment for Chicago’s favorite dark, pop-punk sons Alkaline Trio.
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