Gym Class Heroes and Lupe Fiasco are heading out on tour.
Read More “Gym Class Heroes and Lupe Fiasco Tour”Gym Class Heroes and Lupe Fiasco Tour
Former Vocalist for Get Scared Arrested
The Daily Ridge is reporting that former Get Scared vocalist Joel Faviere was arrested in an undercover child pornography sting:
Detectives received information that someone operating a device located in Faviere’s home was sharing files that contain child pornography. Detectives responded to the home on Buck Run Drive, and during an on-scene preview of his computer equipment they seized, detectives found over 4,500 files containing child pornography, including images of infants and toddlers being sexually abused. Faviere told detectives he has been viewing child pornography for a year and that it “has become an addiction.”
Two New Origami Angel Songs
Origami Angel have shared two new songs: “Compound Eyes” and “Play Around the Crit.”
Read More “Two New Origami Angel Songs”The Best Albums of 2026 (So Far)
We are once again halfway through the year, and that means it’s time to reflect on the best albums of the year (so far). Below, you will find both our combined staff top 30, as well as individual lists from our contributors and moderators. And, as always, we hope you’ll find something new to love.
Note: You can share your own list in our music forum.
Read More “The Best Albums of 2026 (So Far)”Interview: Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy
Let’s start with the new record – what’s the vibe like in the Fall Out Boy camp based on the reactions to the new song, the buzz around the viral campaign and so forth? Does it feel as big as everyone’s hoping for?
I guess there’s a question these days of “Why put out records anymore?” you know, like, “Why even bother?” I wasn’t really interested–I don’t think any of us were really interested in getting rich and famous–and, by virtue of putting out a new record, we will probably get more rich and famous, you know? [laughs] Which is not something I want really. So like, why really [put out an album], right? It’s because you want to say something. You want to express yourself. You have art that you need to get out. So that was really my only purpose in making a record and I’m totally stoked on it the way it is now, for sure.
Read More “Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy”Interview: Temples
UK rock band Temples are sharing an exclusive Q&A that they filmed last year regarding their latest album, called Bliss. The band shared, “We filmed this back in 2025 while together in London shooting the cover of our album BLISS. We wanted to create a video that captured our thoughts on the album, touring and general life pre-release to be able to look back on.”
Read More “Temples”Dan Keyes Signs With Equal Vision
Dan Keyes (Recover, Young Love) has signed with Equal Vision Records.
Read More “Dan Keyes Signs With Equal Vision”Review: The Format – Dog Problems
When Nate Ruess, the lead singer of The Format, nearly began his band’s second studio album called Dog Problems with the vulnerable lyrics of “Can we take the next hour, and talk about me?” on the song “I’m Actual”, I had a feeling that I was in for an experience. How often does a band want you to lock in on a full-album experience by stating that you’re in for quite a bumpy ride of exploring the ugliest parts of a relationship ending. That experience that I felt when I first heard Dog Problems (early, due to the band releasing/leaking it themselves) was quite a thrilling ride of pop, rock, indie, and emo all put on blast with a journey through Nate’s heartbreak. The title itself comes from Nate’s experience with an ex-girlfriend where, “every single time we thought that maybe we were going to break up, we’d try to save the relationship by getting a dog,” and the record largely explores the different phases of going through these emotions of a breakup. Also going on at this time was the implosion of being shifted from the labels of Elektra Records to Atlantic Records, and being told that the completed product of Dog Problems needed a “hit single”. Thus the song “The Compromise” was added to the tail end of the LP, and Nate mentioned that the track, “wasn’t written because we were dropped, but in an attempt to get dropped from our label…we gave them something catchy—only it was about (our experiences with) them”. Nate Ruess and his longtime bandmate of Sam Means carved out a sweeping magnum opus on Dog Problems, and showcased that even the most unfortunate record label limbo couldn’t stop the power of this undeniable record.
Read More “The Format – Dog Problems”Back to 2007 (Re-Ranking the Best of Lists)
Ah, 2007, an album ranking year that I don’t think will get the worst of Reddit angry with me, but a year that feels transitional in our music scene. While 2005 felt like a pop-punk apex, and 2006 felt like bands exploring new sounds and taking big swings, I look back on 2007 and see the shifts that started the year before playing out in significant ways. A music scene that now has spread and is straddling pop, punk, alternative, hardcore, and everything in between at a rapid pace. Reading over the AbsolutePunk.net staff list from 2007 shows me a shift not just in the taste of the staff and community underway, but the beginning of a changing of the guard in just what kind of music was extremely popular within the music scene itself.
On the pop-punk side, you see the genre start to morph. We’re just about to begin the neon-phase, and bands like Four Year Strong and The Wonder Years are gaining in popularity. Bands from the previous era are trying to find out where they fit in. The Starting Line release Direction and have a surefire hit in “Island” that never finds its footing with the mainstream, and the band will go on hiatus not long after. Yellowcard returns with Paper Walls, which I called a redemption, and one of the better pop-punk albums released in years, but it also never quite catches on, and the band will also go on their hiatus within a year. The Academy Is… take a shot with Santi, and while loved by a few die-hards, it seemed to pause any momentum they had. Motion City Soundtrack leans into the melody with Even If It Kills You, and I will never understand the community backlash to that album. To this day, I’m still angry it wasn’t better received at the time, and while I love a lot of what came next, I could never shake that it felt like a regression. The kings of the old guard, Fall Out Boy, show they’re not ready to give up the crown when they put out Infinity on High. A band at the peak of their powers let me “leak” a track on our website, we get featured on MTV, and the group continues their tradition of being extremely polarizing within the scene while having a knack for keeping their sound updated and fresh enough to continue to see mainstream success. A trick they’ll deploy for years to come.
Read More “Back to 2007 (Re-Ranking the Best of Lists)”Interview: Scott Raynor (formerly) of Blink-182
First, thank you for doing this with me.
Hey what’s up? Glad to be here.
Awesome. So you got time to answer a few questions?
Sure thing dude.
Read More “Scott Raynor (formerly) of Blink-182”Jimmy Eat World Talk With LA Times
Jimmy Eat World sat down with the LA Times:
The fans get a chance to geek out over the rarely-played deep cuts from the album, like “Your House,” which required a revamp because of the studio work on the song, and the live debut of “(Splash) Turn Twist,” which was on the Japanese import of the album. Even louder than the sing-along to “The Middle” is the call and response from the crowd on the album’s second-biggest hit, “Sweetness.”
Now Playing: My Raspberry Pi Weekend Project
A few weeks ago I started working on a new weekend project. I wanted to build a mini-computer that could sit on my desk and display what I was currently listening to. A simple idea. After completing it, I figured I should write up the entire process, because if I don’t blog about it … did it really happen?
I’ve compiled everything I used in making the little device, and walked through the process below. Most of it is pretty straight forward if you’ve ever worked with a Raspberry Pi or Unix before, and I documented the tutorials I used as well as the actual code I used for the website.
Read More “Now Playing: My Raspberry Pi Weekend Project”Interview: The Strike
Recently I was able to schedule a Zoom call with indie pop band, The Strike, to discuss their new album called A Dream Through Open Eyes. In this interview, the band discussed their big opportunity of opening for The Fray, provided some insight into their songwriting process, as well as previewed their single called “The Getaway” featuring Mitchell Tenpenny out today.
Read More “The Strike”A Message from Andy Hull
Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra has shared a new note. You can find it in full below.
Read More “A Message from Andy Hull”‘Breaking Bear’ Animated Series Voice Cast Announced
The voice cast for the Tom DeLonge produced animated series, Breaking Bear, has been announced:
Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek), Elizabeth Hurley (The Royals) and Josh Gad (Frozen) will lead the voice cast for Tubi‘s new adult animated series Breaking Bear.
The series parodies the tropes of mobster dramas, comically combining elements of characters like Yogi Bear with series like The Sopranos. It hails from Julien Nitzberg (The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia), Evoke Entertainment (Creepshow, Twelve Forever, Day of the Dead) and Tom DeLonge’s To The Stars Media (Monsters of California, Unidentified).