Modern Baseball: You’re Gonna Miss It All
Welcome to the goofier side of pop punk. Not that the genre isn’t inherently goofy, but you have your emo-ish pop punk that deals with…
Pop Punk
Spraynard: Mable
Hell yeah, pop punk! I mean, you got the fill-filled drumming, the slide on the guitar and the drop-out with the bass thump. And the…
Swearin’: Swearin’
Who’s happier than me that the latest trend in indie music is the 90s college radio throwback sound? It sure beats the hell out of…
Saves the Day: Stay What You Are
Hailing from New Jersey, Saves the Day plays its brand of snotty post-punk/emo pop that is one part Green Day sneer and another part whiny Jeremy…
The Promise Ring: Very Emergency
This generation’s emo is crap. They have like Red Jumpsuit this and Three Times Dope that. It’s all garbage sung by pretty-boy whiners. Where are…
Iron Chic: The Constant One
First off, awesome band name! I mean normally punny names are a no-no (insert names here), this one somehow works for me. Especially because of…
Four Volts: Triple Your Work Force
Sometimes you just want your rock ‘n roll loud and sloppy and somewhat irreverent. Who cares if you understand a word of it, or if…
Fall Out Boy: From Under the Cork Tree
I’m kinda buzzed while I’m writing this and somehow it sounds both shitty and good. The production and whatnot sounds like ass, overproduced and sticky…
Chumped: Teenage Retirement
Hells to the yeah! I feel like this is what Chumped would yell at Belly and the ghost of Tanya Donelly’s 1993-95 experiment in estrogen-soaked…
Bracket: 924 Forestville St.
Who didn’t go through their pop-punk thing in the mid-nineties? I mean, Green Day was kicking ass, and every Californian with a guitar and amp had…
Bracket: 4-Wheel Vibe
Bringing a little more energy to the table, this sophomore album is filled with more, well, sophomoric punk pop. Granted, I’ve certainly heard more whiny,…
blink-182: Enema of the State
Ah, the clown princes of the pop punk scene go head over balls into the teen-dream world of TRL with this album. That’s not to…
Ash: Trailer
I could have sworn these guys were like German or something. There’s a break before one of their songs, “Jack Names the Planet” in which a…
Ash: Free All Angels
I mean, it’s okay. Rock like this should be less produced, though. Don’t get me wrong, there are some bands that should have glossy production and whatnot,…
Alkaline Trio: Maybe I’ll Catch Fire
Not as good as their debut, Goddamnit!, this album still has a couple classic punk-pop gems. “Fuck You Aurora” is great fun (cuz it has…
Alkaline Trio: Good Mourning
I never really knew what these guys looked like until I saw them on Conan. Holy Satanic priest! I mean, I knew they had this…
Alkaline Trio: Goddamnit!
This is one of those serious guilty pleasure albums. I know I’m not supposed to like it at my age, but the weird punk-pop about…
Alkaline Trio: Alkaline Trio
Culled from The Alkaline Trio’s many EPs and seven-inches, this album feels much more like an LP than most of these compilation albums usually do….