Showing posts with label Pop Punk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pop Punk. Show all posts
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Sneeze - I'm Going to Kill Myself
Genre: punk, pop-punk, garage
Sounds like: Weezer, Everclear
Even if the music wasn't awesome I would be tempted to post this album because of the title alone. So good. Anyways I don't often compare bands favorably to Everclear (I tend not to think about Everclear that much, actually) but I think it fits here. I saw Sneeze play a crappy little venue in Fresno last summer and they basically have perfectly crunchy guitar tone that reminds me immediately of the Blue Album or Pinkerton. Nothing too complicated here it's mostly just really solid songwriting and really catchy chord progressions. The singing is pretty good and you can tell that the band knows how to write good pop songs while also adding some punk sneer for good measure. Did I mention the crunchy guitar? I think I did. Fifteen songs in thirty minutes = awesome summer jams. I recommend listening to this in a car with a horrible stereo system.
Listen/download/buy on their Bandcamp.
Monday, November 7, 2011
The Max Levine Ensemble - mr. gikokovich 2000-2005: a retrospective
Genre: Punk, Pop Punk, DIY
Sounds like: Good Luck, GOOD Blink-182
This band is insanely catchy. I pretty much associate them with riding in a car by yourself with blown out speakers dimed and screaming along with the lyrics, overwhelmed with internal energy and wanting to jump around and mosh while they play. They've been around awhile (10 years?!??!) and have some pretty cool stuff in their back catalog, all conveniently download-able from their Bandcamp/website for whatever you feel like paying. This album, specifically, collects some of their older songs rerecorded for the uninitiated and is a great starting point. Apparently their old incarnations included trumpets and stuff but AFAIK they're basically a three piece nowadays, which is my favorite amount of people for a punk band. No frills, nothing too complicated, just straight up pop-punk energy in packaged in accessible <3 minute songs. All their stuff is good, check out OK Smartypants which is another one of their completely solid albums.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Ted Nguyent - Pizza & Regret
Genre: Punk, Pop Punk, Math Rock
Sounds like: Algernon Cadwallader, Glocca Morra
Here's something pretty new that's easy to shout along too. I'm not sure if I think their band name is clever or stupid, sometimes bands like this really toe that line. I guess it's not supposed to be that serious. Anyways there's a lot of shout-y singing, sing-along choruses and good riffs to be had here so I would check it out.
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