Grandpa’s [mostly] melodic punk [with some alt, pop punk, straight-up punk, and post-h thrown in] weekly [ish] music review
RANDOM INSIGHTS INTO GRANDPA’S SHIT
NOT A REAL UPDATE THIS WEEK … sorry … everything pretty quiet … specifically, no playlist changes
falling in reverse is going to be touring with escape the fate (and the word alive) … interesante
buzzcocks new lineup will be releasing music feb-14-2020 … songs gotta get better and destination zero
a/. you don’t care, and b/. it is only kinda sorta music related, but grandpa is happy about the upcoming hulu reboot/remake of high fidelity … 10-episode adaptation, told by a woman this time, due feb-14-2020 … oh, I suppose that’s valentines day timing … not so happy about that
FUN ALK3 OR SKIBA OR BLINK NEWS
matt went fuckin incendiary this week … whatever you think the facts are in the asia argento matter (no … the other one), I guess I will defend matt’s right to defend his friend … asia knows what she did or didn’t do … i know shit
in the 2019 allpunkedup awards, blink took best song (darkside) and best album (nine) … hhhhmmm
oh, and feldy has a vaguely interesting interview up on altpress … and by ‘vaguely interesting’, I mean I learnt a couple things about him that I previously did not know
SHIT YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO (band, song, etc … my main playlist)
Grandpa’s [mostly] melodic punk [with some alt, pop punk, straight-up punk, and post-h thrown in] weekly [ish] music review
RANDOM INSIGHTS INTO GRANDPA’S SHIT
very quiet week for new music, of course … originally thought I might not even post this week … but I did find a couple very cool pre-release songs, so I’m going for it
the 2020 rebellion festival looks totally awesome … #Making BlackpoolTolerable … bad religion, anti-flag, the undertones, stiff little fingers, etc etc etc
looks like the lovely people in #TheLastGang are preparing to unleash some new noise … awesome … hopefully sooner rather than later
academy killer; looks to kill; pop punk … excellent stuff
miss vincent; doctors & churches; lovely brit melodic/pop punk
trash boat; synthetic sympathy; melodic/pop punk … grandpa likey
bayside; interrobang; totally awesome melodic punk … just spectacular, even if long-ish for my usual liking
academy killer; the distance; more of their excellent pop punk
frank grimes and the disasters; hell I don’t know; melodic punk from north o’t’watford gap … better get used to it, cos this song is gonna be on grandpa’s playlist for a long, long time
the crooked 45; voices on the radio; excellent punk-y brit alt
bayside; tall; terrific melodic punk
system restore; ctrl-alt-del; terrific melodic punk … song of the week by far
falling in reverse; popular monster; post-h-y grooves and ronnie doing his thing … I know some of you are not down with radke rap, but this is very cool
the carolyn; heavy eyes; awesome indie/melodic punk
utopia now; janustown; great stuff … this one’s for the bad religion fans … melodic punk
trashed; charlie sheen; very cool pop punk
bloodsport; sinking with the rest; sometimes alt-ish melodic punk banger
OTHER GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS
fully released and added to grandpa’s library
back from nothing; someone say something; pop-punk-ish alt-ish stuff
upcoming albums with pre-release singles already streaming
the outlines; house of thieves; due out feb/28/2020; streamed song mind trip … very cool … sadly, but as kinda usual for these folks, this song is one of only three on the upcoming 2020 release … need more! … punk-y brit melodic punk
trashed; tbd; imagining there’ll be a 2020 release?; pop punk … streamed new song charlie sheen
bloodsport; tbd; ditto maybe 2020?; streamed new song sinking with the rest … alt-ish melodic punk
UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT
family time over the holidays
UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for)
anti-flag, mar-18-2020, hamden ct
black veil brides and in this moment, apr-1-2020, nyc
bad religion and #ALKALINETRIO !!!!, apr-2020, worcester ma
STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK
nada
RECURRING SHOUT OUT
HoldenCM and LCTap … without them, this pile of crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything
academy killer; looks to kill; pop punk … excellent stuff
miss vincent; doctors & churches; lovely brit melodic/pop punk
trash boat; synthetic sympathy; melodic/pop punk … grandpa likey
bayside; interrobang; totally awesome melodic punk … just spectacular, even if long-ish for my usual liking
academy killer; the distance; more of their excellent pop punk
frank grimes and the disasters; hell I don’t know; melodic punk from north o’t’watford gap … better get used to it, cos this song is gonna be on grandpa’s playlist for a long, long time
the crooked 45; voices on the radio; excellent punk-y brit alt
bayside; tall; terrific melodic punk
system restore; ctrl-alt-del; terrific melodic punk … song of the week by far
falling in reverse; popular monster; post-h-y grooves and ronnie doing his thing … I know some of you are not down with radke rap, but this is very cool
the carolyn; heavy eyes; awesome indie/melodic punk
utopia now; janustown; great stuff … this one’s for the bad religion fans … melodic punk
OTHER GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS
fully released and added to grandpa’s library
jagger holly/windowsill; split (saving the genre and you know it); melodic/pop punk
between bodies; on fences; german pop/melodic punk … had this down as a ‘maybe 2020’ release … happy it showed up earlier than I thought
somehow hollow; chasing daylight; pop-infused mostly fast melodic punk from canada
dark thoughts; must be nice; ramonescore-ish melodic punk
the reaganomics; the aging punk; sometimes street-ish party melodic punk
heart like war; thoughts on this; pop/melodic punk
upcoming albums with pre-release singles already streaming
cliffhanger; s/t; due jan/10/2020; pop punk … streamed new song hollowed out
anti-flag; 20/20 vision; due out jan/17/2020; melodic political/social commentary punk … streamed song unbreakable … terrific
utopia now; jefferson’s baby; also out jan/17/2020; streamed janustown … great stuff … this one’s for the bad religion fans … melodic punk
bakers eddy; tbd; guessing there’ll be a 2020 release?; antipodean pop punk … streamed new song on my own
set it off; tbd; ditto guessing 2020 … tho it may actually be a standalone b-side release … we’ll see; power-pop end of pop-punk … streamed catch me if you can
wolf culture; tbd; ditto guessing 2020; streamed song spite … liking this … pop/melodic punk
hot mulligan; tbd; ditto guessing 2020; melodic/pop/emo punk … streamed song feal (sp?) like crab
UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT
utopia now; jefferson’s baby; jan/17/2020
guerilla poubelle; l’ennui; jan/31/2020 (melodic punk from france … can’t tell you how excited I am for this)
UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for)
anti-flag, mar-18-2020, hamden ct
black veil brides and in this moment, apr-1-2020, nyc
bad religion and #ALKALINETRIO !!!!, apr-2020, worcester ma
STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK
frank grimes and the disasters; rain at your funeral
408; settle the score
RECURRING SHOUT OUT
HoldenCM and LCTap … without them, this pile of crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything
Grandpa’s [mostly] melodic punk [with some alt, pop punk, straight-up punk, and post-h thrown in] weekly [ish] music review
RANDOM INSIGHTS INTO GRANDPA’S SHIT
saosin is teasing a new album … pretty cool, right?
not qualified to critique it, but I know I like it … go check out new pressure cracks song, ready for you … wow … oh, yeah, the used also borrowed jason for ‘blow me’ … legit banger
nofx will be one of the headliners at rock the castle in italy in 2020
rip juice wrld
FUN ALK3 OR SKIBA OR BLINK NEWS
I was frankly surprised (pleased?) to discover that blink worked with xxxtentacion on his [posthumous] new album … that’s them on ‘it’s all fading to black’ … easily the best blink-related song out this week
academy killer; looks to kill; pop punk … excellent stuff
miss vincent; doctors & churches; lovely brit melodic/pop punk
trash boat; synthetic sympathy; melodic/pop punk … grandpa likey
bayside; interrobang; totally awesome melodic punk … just spectacular, even if long-ish for my usual liking
academy killer; the distance; more of their excellent pop punk
frank grimes and the disasters; hell I don’t know; melodic punk from north o’t’watford gap … better get used to it, cos this song is gonna be on grandpa’s playlist for a long, long time
frank grimes and the disasters; rain at your funeral; as some of you know, I don’t do acoustic, even for
great melodic punk … this just happens to be beyond great
408; settle the score; pop punk … grandpa likey
the crooked 45; voices on the radio; excellent punk-y brit alt
bayside; tall; terrific melodic punk
system restore; ctrl-alt-del; terrific melodic punk … song of the week by far
falling in reverse; popular monster; post-h-y grooves and ronnie doing his thing … I know some of you are not down with radke rap, but this is very cool
the carolyn; heavy eyes; awesome indie/melodic punk
OTHER GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS
fully released and added to grandpa’s library
blink-182; song not another christmas song; power pop punk
american nightmare; life support; punk-y alt … I know at least one of these two songs is a cover … just can’t place it
who killed nancy johnson; punish the poor/clown; some of their best and punk-iest melodic punk … treating these two songs as a standalone release, though it’s possible they will also be on the upcoming new album (which the band says may be out by march 2020)
thieves; at least we know; melodic punk ish alt … some of this is very good
original sharks; masthead; melodic/pop punk … two of these songs (ie 50% of the EP) were pre-released, and I was already all about them, but listening to the full release is still one of the musical treats of the week
notches; new kinda love; indie punk from new england … at their [very good] best for me when they punk it up and hit the gas
kneeon; s/t; welsh garage punk … just do your ears a favor and give it a listen … in a few years, you’ll be able to say that you were listening to them before they were huge … oh, and don’t bother looking it up … here you go … wiki invidious
the livermores; s/t; ramonescore-style pop/melodic punk
the carolyn; this will begin to make things right; indie/melodic punk … not difficult to get into this
upcoming albums with pre-release singles already streaming
american television; watch it burn; due jan/24/2020; did I already tell you about great divide? … ass-kicking melodic punk goodness
the deadnotes; courage; due out feb/14/2020; german indie punk … streamed song hopeless romantic
between bodies; tbd; guessing there’ll be a 2020 release; streamed another new song, this one called great … they are not wrong … it is … german pop/melodic punk
big smile; tbd; ditto guess 2020; pop punk … streamed song oscillate … completely out of left field, for me … good stuff
the used; tbd; ditto guess 2020; streamed song blow me (feat. jason butler) … terrific punk-y, post-h-y alt
I against I; tbd; ditto guess 2020; melodic/pop punk … streamed song this is my life … liking this
intro5pect; tbd; ditto guess 2020; streamed song pro control … fast punk
infinite signal; tbd; ditto guess 2020; pop/melodic punk … streamed wolfsbane … not sure I get the alkaline trio comparison, but not bad
our darkest days; tbd; ditto guess 2020; streamed when dust settles … melodic skate/metal punk
UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT
who killed nancy johnson; tbd; march 2020? (the band says to look for a march 2020 release of the upcoming new album, tho i’m guessing summer 2020 is more likely … not sure if the two songs just released this week [see above] will also be on the album)
UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for)
anti-flag, mar-18-2020, hamden ct
black veil brides and in this moment, apr-1-2020, nyc
STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK
blink-182; no heart to speak of
anti-flag; hate conquers all
sad to be saying goodbye to matt’s voice … not at all sad to be doing without the orange moron’s voice … in fact, that is sadly the reason for hate conquers all being demoted
RECURRING SHOUT OUT
HoldenCM and LCTap … without them, this pile of crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything
Grandpa’s [mostly] melodic punk [with some alt, pop punk, straight-up punk, and post-h thrown in] weekly [ish] music review
RANDOM INSIGHTS INTO GRANDPA’S SHIT
no playlist changes this week … pretty quiet week for new music
#lcdh44 got pole and converted it into a win in the final race of the season … congrats, champ
bad religion playing spain and portugal in spring 2020 … how the fuck does that help ME, grandpa?
ok, so how about some teenage bottlerocket and tightwire, southeastern US, feb-2020 … better?
there’s a uk new years day tour to get excited about, also feb-2020 … well, I don’t know where the fuck you are, do i?
if I were to say (for the second weekend in a row) ‘big up teesside’, it would obviously mean (this week) that you should listen to benefits, with marlboro hundreds … this is important shit
yes, no argument here … madness and bullingdon boys is also an important song for the times … give it a listen
in my defense/defence, when I said I wasn’t going to talk about christmas songs, I didn’t know that frank grimes and the disasters were going to release one, now did i
FUN ALK3 OR SKIBA OR BLINK NEWS
chainsmokers and the blinky boys actually finally performed that song they wrote together … I hope you’re happy … you can go find it on your own … it’s already trending on pandora, and it’s available for download dec-6
fortunately for matt, he’s had some art prep time
SHIT YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO (band, song, etc … my main playlist)
academy killer; looks to kill; pop punk … excellent stuff
miss vincent; doctors & churches; lovely brit melodic/pop punk
trash boat; synthetic sympathy; melodic/pop punk … grandpa likey
blink-182; no heart to speak of; they’re still a pop punk band, but this has a little bit of something for #AlkalineTrio fans
bayside; interrobang; totally awesome melodic punk … just spectacular, even if long-ish for my usual liking
academy killer; the distance; more of their excellent pop punk
frank grimes and the disasters; hell I don’t know; melodic punk from north o’t’watford gap … better get used to it, cos this song is gonna be on grandpa’s playlist for a long, long time
frank grimes and the disasters; rain at your funeral; as some of you know, I don’t do acoustic, even for
great melodic punk … this just happens to be beyond great
408; settle the score; pop punk … grandpa likey
the crooked 45; voices on the radio; excellent punk-y brit alt
bayside; tall; terrific melodic punk
anti-flag; hate conquers all; killer song … my only hesitation before I put it on my playlist was that it features the orange moron’s voice, but I eventually conceded it was necessary given their brand of melodic political/social commentary punk
system restore; ctrl-alt-del; terrific melodic punk … song of the week by far
falling in reverse; popular monster; post-h-y grooves and ronnie doing his thing … I know some of you are not down with radke rap, but this is very cool
OTHER GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS
fully released and added to grandpa’s library
neck deep; the peace and the b sides; brit pop punk … I think/hope these two songs are just a bridge to a 2020 release … they’re very cool … and if you buy your neck deep music at target, these songs are not even new to you
the illicits; left behind/born slippy; guitar-driven northern english terrace punk (also pre-ordered vinyl)
frank grimes and the disasters; song [set] fire to me (happy xmas); occasionally- [and strangely] simon and garfunkel-like melodic punk … liking it
upcoming albums with pre-release singles already streaming
pmx; ctrl alt del; not due until feb/22/2020; streamed television … kinda-prog melodic/skate punk … good stuff
all the wasted years; tbd; apparently landing spring 2020; canadian melodic punk … streamed in fact … liking this
billy talent; tbd; guessing there’ll be a 2020 release; streamed new song(s) forgiveness … you can put me in the fan column for what I suppose is forgiveness 1 … awesome, kinda hairy, sort of 70s post-h … not sure what to tell you about what I guess is forgiveness 2
black veil brides; tbd; presumably from a 2020 release; streamed songs the vengeance and saints of the blood (aka the duology know as ‘the night’) … post-h-y goth metalcore?
UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT
all the wasted years; tbd; spring 2020
UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for)
anti-flag, mar-18-2020, hamden ct
black veil brides and in this moment, apr-1-2020, nyc
STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK
nada
RECURRING SHOUT OUT
HoldenCM and LCTap … without them, this pile of crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything
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