Tagged: Sum 41

Smiley In A Suit and ‘Grandmas Patience’.

Smiley In A Suit – Delbrück, Germany. Pop-Punk, the genre that simply won’t die. Now, I don’t mean that in a negative light wholly as despite a great deal of cookie-cutter bands there is some strength and variety and even bands who are very samey or generic can often do...

The Take Down – ‘All Aboard The Sinking Ship’.

The Take Down – Ashford, England, United Kingdom. Cover photo credit: Matthew Sutton – Click Here. Ashford in Kent is the base of a Pop-Punk band by the name of The Take Down. A band with a penchant for the past and the indispensable household names that made the genre. Alkaline Trio?...

Fresh Picks: One Armed Joey.

One Armed Joey – Petaluma, California, USA. If there’s one thing synonymous with California its Punk music and it is fair to say that despite many-a-strong Punk scene globally, more often then not the warm and nurturing climate of California regularly stands out. Petaluma three-piece One Armed Joey have a...

Sunset Sunday – ‘Not Just A Phase’.

Sunset Sunday – Taunton, England, United Kingdom. Cover Photo credit – Mike Chase. People say that you should judge a book by its cover, but what that really means is that you shouldn’t let your initial judgements cloud the opinion you will eventually formulate. It’s human nature to judge instantly...

The Elusive Sounds of Ladderlad and ‘No Good Idea’.

Ladderlad – Ontario, Canada. Ladderlad is an elusive musician from somewhere in Ontario in Canada. From an early age through a slow but decisive flirtation with Punk-Rock and the likes of staple revivalists NOFX, his adoration for organised sound began to take form. NOFX may well have become a huge...

Valensole – The Forthcoming Debut ‘Where We Should Be’.

Valensole – Southampton, England, United Kingdom. The Southampton based Valensole can either be described as a Punk-Rock band that have a considerable amount of vaguely related influences or a Alternative Rock band that stray very close to Punk-Rock. These were my initial thoughts upon pressing play on the band’s debut EP...

Neverlearn – The ‘Start Tomorrow’ EP.

Neverlearn – Oulu, Finland. Cover photo credit: Juha Kuusela. Somewhere in the forestation of Finland there’s a search and rescue in operation tracking down Metal bands that got lost during their photo shoots, but these Punks needn’t worry about such travesties. Skate-punkers Neverlearn are too busy paying homage to the golden...

Trashed Ambulance – ‘Blurry Thoughts’ In Review.

Trashed Ambulance – Red Dear, Alberta, Canada. Punk music is going through something of a resurgence across it’s broad spectrum. The genre’s original trailblazers are still revered and rightly so, but what we are seeing now is huge boost in the scene’s output, sitting closer to the late 80’s and 90’s...

Summoned By Ash – ‘Someday’ – Single Review.

Summoned By Ash – Bath, England, United Kingdom. I was having a few drinks and then I discovered some Pop-Punk… In the Bath. Now I’m out and all dry, which is a lovely image, *internet winkey face*, the new single by Bath Pop-Punk four-piece, Summoned By Ash is due a...