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The Dollyrots release new song, “MISSING YOU (I CAN’T WAIT)”

June 19, 2023

Pop Punk duo The Dollyrots are gearing up to head out on their Year of the Bunny Tour and have just released a new track. The song, Missing You (I Can’t Wait) was produced by Stevie Van Zandt at his Renegade Studios in NYC, with Geoff Sanoff (Fountains of Wayne, Darlene Love) Engineering and John Fields (Jimmy Eat World, All Time Low, Meet Me At the Altar) on mixing & Production as well. Singer/bassist Kelly Ogden comments, ”Missing You (I Can’t Wait)” was unfinished when we brought it into the studio in NYC to record with Stevie Van Zandt. We share a love of 60s pop harmonies, and that sensibility turned the song’s outro into the trippiest vocal layering we’ve ever done. It’s always a treat to collaborate with geniuses.” Check out the track here: Always active on the live circuit, the band is gearing up for summer tours in both the South and the West Coast with support by friends Don’t Panic and Dog Party. This Fall the band will also embark on a co-headlining run with Tsunami Bomb, [Read More]

Magnolia Park share new single & video for “Addison Rae”

September 18, 2022

Pop-punk band Magnolia Park from Florida just shared another track “Addison Rae”. It follows their latest releases “I Should Have Listened To My Friends” and “Don’t Be Racist“. Guitarist Tristan Torres said on the song “Addison Rae” brings you back to the height of 2000’s Pop-Punk with its infectious chorus and unbelievably catchy lyrics that make you want to learn every word.” Since forming in Orlando, Florida, in 2019, the six-piece act—vocalist Joshua Roberts, guitarists Tristan Torres and Freddie Criales, bassist Jared Kay, drummer Joe Horsham and keyboardist Vincent Ernst—have released an EP, mixtape and handful of singles and toured with everyone from Sum 41 to Simple Plan as a way to bring their upbeat brand of pop-punk to the masses. While Magnolia Park’s music is at times lighthearted, the diverse act are also serious about spreading a message of inclusivity and inspiring other kids like them to start bands as a form of creative expression. “Our goal when we’re together is to make sure the next generation doesn’t have to face as much racial [Read More]

Press Club release new single & video for “I Can Change”

September 18, 2022

Australia-based rock band Press Club released their brand new single “I Can Change” from their upcoming, self-produced record “Endless Motion”, which will be out October 14th via Hassle Records. ” “I Can Change” is about constantly being on the road, and needing to slow down/stay still because of the challenges it brings, emotionally and physically – fighting that feeling and wishing you could change cause it all you ever dreamt about. Then BAM, covid comes along, smacks you in the face and takes it all away from you! And obviously you’ll never take it for granted again, if you ever get it back cause it’s everything you ever wanted.” says Natalie Foster (singer) about the new song. Brave, energetic, and expansive, the idea of motion has always been central to the Press Club-ethos. Having made music together for 12 years, the Melbourne-based punk rock four-piece rejects stagnancy, constantly pushing to change and thrive in a scene that largely stays the same. “Endless Motion” is the ultimate artistic statement about the past three years – a [Read More]

Sum 41 announce European tour dates with Simple Plan

May 16, 2022

Grammy-nominated band Sum 41 have announced the “Does This Look All Killer No Filler Tour”, an upcoming full European tour featuring special guests Simple Plan. Sum 41 are inviting fans to celebrate 20+ years of their albums “All Killer No Filler” and “Does This Look Infected?” on their first European shows in over two years. The tour kicks off on September 20 in Stuttgart, DE, and will be hitting cities like Paris, Vienna, Milan, and Budapest. Artist pre-sale tickets go on sale on May 17th at 11 am local time. All tickets will be on sale on May 20 at 10 am local time. “We’ve been having such a great time on our tour with Simple Plan in the States and cannot wait to bring the party over to Europe”, shares vocalist Deryck Whibley. “We’re so excited to celebrate the anniversaries of some of our favorite albums along with other hits and favorites with you on the “Does This Look All Killer No Filler” tour!”. In a recent exclusive interview with Rolling Stone, the band [Read More]

Joyce Manor share new song “Don’t Try”

May 4, 2022

LA pop-punk trio Joyce Manor released another new track from their upcoming new record “40 oz. To Fresno”, which will be released June 10th via Epitaph. Check out “Don’t Try”: Originally, Joyce Manor wanted to take a little break from music, but thanks to the wish of singer/guitarist Barry Johnson to keep on writing during quarantine, their newest project “40 oz. To Fresno” was brought into life. Produced by Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Tokyo Police Club, Joyce Manor’s “Cody”), mixed by Tony Hoffer (Beck, Phoenix) with help from Tony Thaxton (Motion City Soundtrack) on drums, a feeling of liberation underlies this project. It’s strangely fitting that the title comes from an automatically corrected text message via Sublime. Those kind of lucky coincidences are on “40 oz. To Fresno” and they are worth the following acoustic hangover. Singer Barry Johnson summarizes: “This album makes me think of our early tours, drinking a 40 in the van on a night drive blasting Guided by Voices and smoking cigarettes the whole way to Fresno.” Since their foundation in [Read More]

Telltale share new single “Pessimist”

March 28, 2022

The wait is over for “Lie Your Way Out”, the latest EP from rock band Telltale. “Lie Your Way Out” is out now via European label Rude Records and features previous singles “Lie Your Way Out“, “COBAIN”, “Slowburn”, “Out Of Control!”. On the new EP, the band shares: “The idea behind ‘Lie Your Way Out’ is being transparent about our lives and emotions during such a chaotic period. We’re alive during a global pandemic, witnessing the world quite literally burn and experiencing rapid political & social changes in our home country all at the same time. It’s quite a lot to process and function through. The four of us have spent the better half of two years combining our reactions and emotions to these events and building them into five uniquely inspired tracks. ‘Lie Your Way Out’ touches on some heavy topics that we want to make clear where we stand. We fully understand that sometimes life just sucks and no matter how hard you want to see the glass as half-full, it still looks [Read More]

As It Is announce new album “I Went To Hell And Back”

November 11, 2021

Transatlantic trio, As It Is — Patty Walters, Ronald Ish, and Alistair Testo — have today announced their brand new album. “I Went To Hell And Back”, will be released on February 4th 2022 via Fearless Records. To celebrate the announcement, the band has shared the video for their new single, ‘I MISS 2003.’ The music video for which will instantly transport you to the musical and cultural glory days of the early noughties. “This was the last song written for the album, written and tracked in the last two days of recording,” the band shares. “Thematically, there was little left unsaid on the album, which is always a liberating feeling because no risk is off limits anymore. Why not write a love song about the bands that sparked a fire inside you? Why not decorate all the lyrics with band names and song titles? It was a true joy to write, and in its own weird way, it felt like we were writing this in the 2000s. So if you were there, we hope [Read More]