Fall Out Boy found the cure to growing older: celebrating the past in all its glory. In honor of their major label debut, From Under the Cork Tree, turning 20, the band will release an anniversary edition of the album, complete with remastered tracks and special box sets. The special …
Read More »Mayday Parade Is Ready for a 'Sad' Fall
Sweater weather is coming — and so is another Mayday Parade release. The pop-punkers have announced, Sad, the second installment of their 20th anniversary album trilogy, out Oct. 3. The band also shared reflective rocker, “Under My Sweater,” alongside a new music video. “It’s difficult to sing about a sweater …
Read More »How All Time Low Turned Outside Noise Into New Music
Twenty years into their career as a band, All Time Low hit a crossroads. They had just re-recorded and released a compilation album, revisiting the catalog hits that made them pop-punk pioneers in the mid-aughts. As All Time Low tapped into the nostalgia of past milestones, they were forced to …
Read More »Warped Tour to Head to Washington, D.C., for Second Consecutive Year
People’s black-checkered sneakers aren’t even dry yet from this weekend, but emo fan-favorite Vans Warped Tour isn’t waiting for anyone. Festival organizers announced Wednesday that the punk festival will return to Washington, D.C. in 2026 for another two-day concert rager on June 13 and 14. “Let’s run it back next …
Read More »How State Champs Intend to Keep Their Winning Streak
Last fall, State Champs went on a spiritual quest to Joshua Tree. At least, that’s how lead singer Derek DiScanio, 31, describes the pop-punk band’s trip there to start work on their new album. “We took a week, and we just had a little team bonding,” he says over a …
Read More »State Champs Return with Self-Titled LP, Share Two New Songs
Secret’s out: State Champs are back. The Albany pop-punk rockers are gearing up to release their fifth LP, a self-titled project out via Pure Noise Records on November 8. Along with the news, State Champs shared two new songs off the record: nostalgic chug “Silver Cloud,” and meditative number “Too …
Read More »Punk Label Hopeless Records Heads to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Hopeless Records will celebrate its 30th anniversary next month with an exhibit and performances at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The punk label will head to Cleveland on the weekend of Aug. 24 and 25, with the first day featuring acoustic performances by Illuminati Hotties, Waterparks’ Awsten Knight, …
Read More »How the Story So Far Fought Through Grief to Create Their New Album
Anger is an emotion Parker Cannon knows well. It’s what punches through the first three albums from his California-based pop-punk band, the Story So Far. It’s what carries his deeply personal lyrics into full-throttle screams, and it’s what compels throngs of fervent fans to fling their bodies toward the stage …
Read More »Meet Goth-Punk Superheroes My Chemical Romance
This story was originally published in the July 28, 2005 issue of Rolling Stone. More than ten years of tradition dictates that every night of the summer-long Warped Tour end the same way: In a parking lot crammed full of tour buses, dozens of tattooed and mohawked punk bands gather …
Read More »Paramore Are Emo Adults on 'This Is Why'
Paramore have mastered the art of maturing gracefully. Beginning with the band’s self-titled 2013 album, they have slowly peeled themselves away from the mainstream emo/pop-punk world they once dominated (all while dealing with constant lineup shake-ups). In the process, Paramore have found themselves attached to a different kind of musical …
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