Month: May 2021

Grandpa’s [mostly] #MelodicPunk music review … May 25th, 2021

Grandpa’s [mostly] melodic punk [with some alt, pop punk, straight-up punk, and post-h thrown in] weekly [ish] music review

RANDOM NEWS AND/OR INSIGHTS INTO GRANDPA’S SHIT

been traveling a little bit and visiting with kids/grandkids, so haven’t really been paying all that much attention to the world

caught some of the billboard awards, tho … glad maroon 5 lost … completely fail to understand why taylor swift wins anything … and how is chris brown still a thing?

chelsea was impotent, but still lucked into next year’s ucl, courtesy of spurs’ showing greater interest in next year’s europa league than did leicester in next year’s ucl

monaco, as it frankly usually is, was a shitty f1 race … it was particularly unpleasant, in order, for leclerc, bottas, and viewers … hamilton certainly did not have a good weekend, but he still scored points … one overtake during the entire 78 lap race … changes being considered … about time

if you’re embarrassed about that guilty enjoyment of third eye blind, sincere engineer has something to cover your blushes … but you’re gonna have to do the spotify follow thing to get deanna and friends to send you a download link … it is sooooo worth it … go get it … but here’s the original in the meantime

FUN ALK3 OR SKIBA OR BLINK NEWS

this week’s travis collabo is with sueco … just fyi

grandpa would be totes down with an #AlkalineTrio xmas album … not that that’s what mr skiba is teasing here

SHIT YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO (band, song, etc … my main playlist)

SAME PLAYLIST ON YT MUSIC

trash boat; he’s so good; he (aka this song) truly is soooo good … pop/melodic punk

the pretty reckless; witches burn; grunge-y, kinda-sorta-punk-y alt … good listen … I think TM’s voice is still getting better … this is doing very well in the uk album charts, btw … witches burn is one of the instant classics on here … so good … it’s probably farther from my sweetspot than any other song currently on my playlist, but it’s just fucking irresistible

chaser; a new direction; this one’s a terrific melodic punk-er

mikey erg; can’t be too careless; melodic punk goodness

doll skin; control freak; fabulous pop-punk-ish, kinda-metal-ish alt rock

taken days; smile; admittedly pop-punk-ish melodic punk coolness

taken days; how’d it come to this; it’s probably pop-punk … it’s still terrific

authority zero; fire off another; pop-rock melodic punk … I know that’s not really a thing … you may fuck right off now, thanks

talk me off; escape from LA; groovy little skate/melodic punker

sam russo; the window; apparently a sam russo folk-punker, that now gets the melodic punk treatment … terrific stuff

sam russo; young heroes; this folk-punker gets maybe more of an indie punk treatment, but also totally cool

iron chic; catgut; awesome melodic punk

weezer; the end of the game; weezer pop is the best pop … cool song

down memory lane; white house; excellent canadian melodic punk from excellent canadian melodic punkers

beartooth; fed up; heavy, maybe post-h-y, pop/melodic punk … complete and utter banger

motion sickness; catch your breath; terrific, fast melodic punk

miss vincent; gravity; very cool, very brit throwback pop/melodic punk

OTHER GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS

fully released and added to grandpa’s library

good sleepy; everysinglelittlebit; massachusetts emo

resistors; reconditioned; gruff-ish, mostly-fast, brooklyn melodic punk … very good

waterparks; greatest hits; radio-ready-ish, sometimes-trying-to-be-21-pilots-ish, sometimes-pop-punk-ish pop

we were sharks; new low; pop punk … like the professional pundits already told you, they may not always put it all together … but, when they do, these are some excellent fuckers

fiddlehead; between the richness; punk-y alt rock

misgivings; dream neighbour; brit pop/indie/melodic punk

motion sickness; catch your breath; not out officially until jul/2, apparently … fast melodic punk … just three songs (or maybe there will be more in jul?) … terrific stuff

upcoming albums with pre-release singles already streaming

raging nathans; waste my heart; releases jun/4/2021; pop/melodic punk … streamed I could never fall in love with you

beartooth; below; this is due jun/25/2021; streamed fed up … legit banger … heavy, post-h-y, pop/melodic punk

bad luck; summer of pain; due out jul/9/2021; pop punk … streamed roy

miss vincent; a funeral for youth; out sep/17/2021; streamed gravity … brit pop/melodic punk … so cool

angels & airwaves; strange times; expecting this will be out in 2021; still expecting the album to be kinda-blink-y, kinda-alt-y pop punk … streamed euphoria … heavier than I was expecting, while somehow managing to also be more pop-y than I would have predicted … oh, there’s also a video

these fast times; tbd; maybe there’ll be a 2021 release? … the band actually says there WILL be a release this year … I’m just not confident; streamed empty cup … melodic/pop punk … pretty cool

creeper; tbd; guessing/hoping for a 2021 release; brit melodic/goth punk … here’s one of the teasers … you decide

UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT

miss vincent; a funeral for youth; sep/17/2021

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for)

it happened, people … I got post-fucking-covid tickets!

I was able to snag those in this moment and bvb tix … oh, and maria and mr biersack (and tyler bates) collaborated on a thing … here’s meet me in the fire

STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK

the stayawakes; pink wave

pet needs; tracy emin’s bed

RECURRING SHOUT OUT

HoldenCM and LCTap … without them, this pile of crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything

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quick footnote … i would honestly never have thought i would support romney on anything, ever …

Grandpa’s [mostly] #MelodicPunk music review … May 18th, 2021

Grandpa’s [mostly] melodic punk [with some alt, pop punk, straight-up punk, and post-h thrown in] weekly [ish] music review

RANDOM NEWS AND/OR INSIGHTS INTO GRANDPA’S SHIT

it’s not a brand new song, but the dead krazukies did a [new] video thing … terrific stuff

madness on kimmel … oh yeah … still getting it done

and here’s just an extra suggs-y blast from the past treat for y’all, since you catched me in a good mood

was not a good weekend for chelsea (tho they beat leicester today, to slightly improve their chances of making Europe next season) … wasn’t good for chelsea men or women … and yes, I’m including the west brom match in the chelsea bad news … if I didn’t have a dog in this hunt, yes I’m sure I too would have appreciated the magical becker moment too

speaking of chelsea, uefa champions league final did, indeed, move … it will be in porto

#lufc managed not to burn out towards the end of the season, tho there does seem to be some kind of split personality disorder going on there, not knowing which team is going to show up from one match to the next … that said, as of today, #lufc is guaranteed to finish in the top half of the table … amazing result for their first season back

I am still not sure about the new cdc guidance, but I will be trying to get tickets for the re-arranged in this moment black veil brides tour … bvb, btw, moved their release from jun 4th to oct 29th (and, entirely unrelated, sam and the terrible news moved their release from last week to august)

according to tdl, we can apparently expect something new from angels and airwaves this week … perhaps tmro … perhaps called euphoria

and we already got something new from don broco this week … not sure what to tell you but, if you’re not a manc …

FUN ALK3 OR SKIBA OR BLINK NEWS

danny channeling dylan … count me in

SHIT YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO (band, song, etc … my main playlist)

SAME PLAYLIST ON YT MUSIC

the stayawakes; pink wave; wonderful little pop punk song

pet needs; tracey emin’s bed; not sure what it is … melodic punk ish power pop, maybe? … not sure, but I can’t get enough of this shiz

trash boat; he’s so good; he (aka this song) truly is soooo good … pop/melodic punk

the pretty reckless; witches burn; grunge-y, kinda-sorta-punk-y alt … good listen … I think TM’s voice is still getting better … this is doing very well in the uk album charts, btw … witches burn is one of the instant classics on here … so good … it’s probably farther from my sweetspot than any other song currently on my playlist, but it’s just fucking irresistible

chaser; a new direction; this one’s a terrific melodic punk-er

mikey erg; can’t be too careless; melodic punk goodness

doll skin; control freak; fabulous pop-punk-ish, kinda-metal-ish alt rock

taken days; smile; admittedly pop-punk-ish melodic punk coolness

taken days; how’d it come to this; it’s probably pop-punk … it’s still terrific

authority zero; fire off another; pop-rock melodic punk … I know that’s not really a thing … you may fuck right off now, thanks

talk me off; escape from LA; groovy little skate/melodic punker

sam russo; the window; apparently a sam russo folk-punker, that now gets the melodic punk treatment … terrific stuff

sam russo; young heroes; this folk-punker gets maybe more of an indie punk treatment, but also totally cool

iron chic; catgut; awesome melodic punk

weezer; the end of the game; weezer pop is the best pop … cool song

down memory lane; white house; excellent canadian melodic punk from excellent canadian melodic punkers

OTHER GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS

fully released and added to grandpa’s library

real talk; a better life; pop/indie punk

belvedere; hindsight is the sixth sense; melodic/skate punk from canadadia … good stuff

upcoming albums with pre-release singles already streaming

waterparks; greatest hits; due for release in a couple days, may/21/2021; streamed just kidding … seriously … expect mostly radio-ready-ish pop-punk-ish pop (ish)

hot mulligan; I won’t reach out to you; due out may/28/2021; pop/indie/melodic punk … streamed featuring mark hoppus … some catchy-ass shit, natch

lost in society; stay jaded; this one’s out jun/18/2021; streamed say anything … very cool melodic punk

dream racer; gloomy eyes; also out jun/18/2021; emo pop/indie punk … streamed let’s go home … not half bad

strange bones; england screams; not due until aug/20/2021; streamed title track … electronica pop punk … yes, I realize there can be no such genre … yes, that’s what this is … get over yourself and give it a listen

desperate measures; rinsed; another one not due out until aug 2021; punk n roll … streamed … fuck did I stream? … something about fucking the system before the system fucks you … I’ll look it up before I post this crap … oh, oops

down memory lane; tbd; there’ll be a release in 2021, but that’s all I know; streamed white house … excellent canadian melodic punk shit … still broadly expecting mostly melodic/skate punk

point north; tbd; guessing/hoping for a 2021 release; pop punk … streamed nice now … actually very cool

brutus; tbd; ditto guessing/hoping 2021; streamed (kinda … included in full online live set, dunk festival, belgium) songs that may or may not eventually be called what have we done and love won’t hide the ugliness … probably very good (which means i liked them, and i can’t wait to hear the studio versions) … the whole set was completely awesome, in fact … really like these guys … prog-ish belgian post-h/post-rock … not sure I’m supposed to give you the link (but it may not work for you anyway)

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green day; tbd; ditto guessing/hoping 2021; not what I was expecting but possibly still pop punk … streamed pollyanna

clowns; tbd; ditto guessing/hoping 2021; garage-y pop punk, maybe? some epic guitar in here too … streamed does it matter … not entirely sure what it is, except pretty damn good

settle your scores; tbd; ditto guessing/hoping 2021; streamed 1999 … unashamed 90s/2000s pop punk

UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT

hot mulligan; I won’t reach out to you; may/28/2021 not long now

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for)

none … fuck knows when that might change (tho I am trying to get in this moment and bvb tix this week)

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

<<LET’S MAKE THIS JAN 6 COMMISSION HAPPEN … DO THE RIGHT THING McCONNELL (AND OTHER REPUBLICAN SENATORS)>>

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Grandpa’s [mostly] #MelodicPunk music review … May 11th, 2021

Grandpa’s [mostly] melodic punk [with some alt, pop punk, straight-up punk, and post-h thrown in] weekly [ish] music review

RANDOM NEWS AND/OR INSIGHTS INTO GRANDPA’S SHIT

let’s start this shit with a bang … fuck, this is huge … yup, that’s right … another two-dart 101

if you’ve always secretly, and embarrassingly, liked the song “if it makes you happy” (which definitely doesn’t describe me … I just want to make that clear … shut up … I don’t want to talk about it), then here’s a cover version for you to enjoy (and for you to reference, should you ever be caught in the soups and condiments aisle singing along to the sheryl crow version on the supermarket PA)

this here is the only mention of dropkick murphys or mighty mighty bosstones on this page

no … you’re wrong … clicking “unsubscribe” just makes your email address more valuable … now they know that there’s a human checking mail there … duh

the lippies appear to be done … very much too bad

the bruce lee band … this time with jeff rosenstock on lead vocals (etc) … did a thing

https://asianmanrecords.bandcamp.com/track/blt?from=fanpub_fb_trk

sometimes I pre-filter my candidate list and remove songs over about 4min30secs … if it’s longer than that, it’s too fucking long … it saves me the angst of finding a long song that’s really good and having to decide whether or not to add it to my playlist … i didn’t pre-filter this week … and, post-angst, i eventually had to give it to iron chic (but it’s still too long)

put me down for Devo and Todd Rundgren … it is not lost on me, at all, that they won’t be inducted this time around (if ever), but they are the class of the class … New York Dolls up there too, for me … jay-z and ratm round out my top five … don’t have a problem with most of the others, just to be clear

Chelsea beat real madrid and will meet man city in the ucl final … Chelsea then got in the way of a man city epl celebration (tho man utd have since handed it to them) … just as they prevented a man city fa cup celebration a couple weeks ago … go Chelsea

apparently, Chelsea also won the women’s supercup tit … there has to be a cheap and easy way to make push notifications smart enough to avoid “tit” … anyway, big congrats to the Chelsea women and the supercup title

oh, on a related note, stop fucking with the ucl final … clearly uefa is about as corrupt and untrustworthy as organizations can get, and clearly they are conspiring with untrustworthy BoJo and his corrupt cronies, but surely even they can do the right thing once in a while … #DontBeSoNaiveGrandpa

#lufc also moving down the home stretch in decent form … good result versus spurs … awesome … and now I think I’m done with soccer news

and for those of you who don’t like sports, congrats #lcdh44, great drive to pole and win … even greater strategic call by the team during the race

the new angels and airwaves album is all done … not sure what ‘project dreamland’ is (not mentioned in the post below, but out in the ether), but anyway here are tdl’s musings about the new album

I frequently have a problem with Joy Reid, but she’s absolutely right about Ron Johnson and Fucker Carlson and their spreading of covid and vax mis- and dis-information … they are killing people

I understand that the world needs freedom fighters, but fuck hamas … on a related note, fuck netanyahu and fuck continued building in occupied territories … listening to useless id’s atom bomb again this week seems just too on-point … #TwoStateSolution #RamadanMubarak #ProIsraelProPalestine

get your slurpee ready (yes, that’s a seven eleven reference), because the boys are back in town (or will be soon, on seven eleven, in fact)

FUN ALK3 OR SKIBA OR BLINK NEWS

travis has another collabo in the news … kennyhoopla

mrs danny had a birthday … I swear it seems to be just about every fucking year at this point

and, speaking of shit that is getting to be a yearly event (what’s next? christmas every fucking year?), apparently mrs skiba has been celebrating something called mothers day (or, anyway, baby matthew has been celebrating her)

SHIT YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO (band, song, etc … my main playlist)

SAME PLAYLIST ON YT MUSIC

the stayawakes; pink wave; wonderful little pop punk song

pet needs; tracey emin’s bed; not sure what it is … melodic punk ish power pop, maybe? … not sure, but I can’t get enough of this shiz

trash boat; he’s so good; he (aka this song) truly is soooo good … pop/melodic punk

the pretty reckless; witches burn; grunge-y, kinda-sorta-punk-y alt … good listen … I think TM’s voice is still getting better … this is doing very well in the uk album charts, btw … witches burn is one of the instant classics on here … so good … it’s probably farther from my sweetspot than any other song currently on my playlist, but it’s just fucking irresistible

chaser; a new direction; this one’s a terrific melodic punk-er

mikey erg; can’t be too careless; melodic punk goodness

doll skin; control freak; fabulous pop-punk-ish, kinda-metal-ish alt rock

taken days; smile; admittedly pop-punk-ish melodic punk coolness

taken days; how’d it come to this; it’s probably pop-punk … it’s still terrific

authority zero; fire off another; pop-rock melodic punk … I know that’s not really a thing … you may fuck right off now, thanks

talk me off; escape from LA; groovy little skate/melodic punker

sam russo; the window; apparently a sam russo folk-punker, that now gets the melodic punk treatment … terrific stuff

sam russo; young heroes; this folk-punker gets maybe more of an indie punk treatment, but also totally cool

iron chic; catgut; awesome melodic punk

weezer; the end of the game; weezer pop is the best pop … cool song

OTHER GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS

fully released and added to grandpa’s library

american television; adolescence; terrific, sometimes ramones-like, sometimes clash-y melodic punk covers

eternal boy; bad days are over; pop punk … some stuff on here that is far from shabby

useless id; most useless songs; isreali melodic punk … sensational, of course

messier; on malaise; finnish, mostly mellow indie/melodic punk … kinda

salem; salem ii; alt pop melodic punk

weezer; van weezer; excellent weezer pop

upcoming albums with pre-release singles already streaming

belvedere; hindsight is the sixth sense; this is due out in a couple days, may/14/2021; melodic punk from canadadia … streamed chromatic … I think … good stuff

fiddlehead; between the richness; due may/21/2021; streamed down university … vaguely punk-y alt rock

misgivings; dream neighbour; supposedly out may/25/2021; I’m old … I don’t remember what I have or have not told you about … either way, loyal souls is awesome … brit pop/melodic punk

needles//pins; s/t; releases may/28/2021; canadian garage melodic punk … streamed of things best left to chance

neighborhood brats; confines of life; also due out may/28/2021; streamed harvey weinsten is a symptom … cali punk

evening shadows; s/t; another one due may/28/2021; supergroup (there, I said it) melodic punk … not the sound you’d expect if you knew the other bands these guys are in … streamed karma snake … totally terrific

raging nathans; waste my heart; this one’s due jun/4/2021; streamed freedom … pop/melodic punk … this is the good stuff, right here

latewaves; hell to pay; this is also due jun/4/2021; punk-ish indie cool … streamed enough is enough

cardboard box colony; have a bad day; also out jun/4/2021; streamed have a bad day … melodic/indie/pop punk … you should give it a listen or several … it also won’t take up a whole helluva lot of your time … sadly, this song represents fully one third of the EP, but maybe there’s more on the way pretty soon

napoleon; enemy within; this will be out jun/11/2021; alt punk … streamed I better run

hearts apart; numbers one to no one; due jun/18/2021; streamed lonely days … I’m expecting italian indie/pop punk, but this one’s basically a pop song … let’s say power pop … doesn’t mean you should run away

neckscars; don’t panic; also out jun/18/2021; melodic punk … streamed jarring … liking this

ink bomb/no breakfast goodbye; split; another one out jun/18/2021; streamed no dice, by dutch fuckers no breakfast goodbye … fast and fantastic melodic punk

no guidance; fireworks for arsonists; due jun/25/2021; skate/melodic punk from german people land … streamed make it out alive (awesome skate punker) and how to pronounce metrocity (also pretty damn good)

descendents; 9th & walnut; not out until jul/23/2021; streamed baby doncha know … so excited they’re back … melodic punk

sincere engineer; bless my psyche; and this one doesn’t release until sep/10/2021; chicago melodic punk … streamed come out for a spell … lovin it strong

what makes sense; tbd; guessing/hoping there’ll be a 2021 release; streamed cary grant … excellent pop punk … this is really good

iron chic; tbd; ditto guessing/hoping 2021; melodic punk … streamed catgut … omfg, this is good … I hope they’re kidding about having taken the whole lockdown to create just one song

calling all captains; tbd; ditto guessing/hoping 2021; streamed tailspin … cool aggressive pop punk

calmgrove; tbd; ditto guessing/hoping 2021; pop punk … streamed fixate

UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT

evening shadows; s/t; may/28/2021

neckscars; don’t panic; jun/18/2021

descendents; 9th & walnut; jul/23/2021

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for)

none … fuck knows when that might change (tho I realize there are signs of improvement)

STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK

the jacklights; dump him … I know I’m the fucker who removed it, but still kinda sad about it … it was also the last of the 2020 songs on my playlist … it’s a whole new era (no, it’s not)

RECURRING SHOUT OUT

HoldenCM and LCTap … without them, this pile of crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything

<<SERIOUSLY, BELATED HAPPY MOTHERS DAY>>

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Grandpa’s [mostly] #MelodicPunk music review … May 4th, 2021

Grandpa’s [mostly] melodic punk [with some alt, pop punk, straight-up punk, and post-h thrown in] weekly [ish] music review

RANDOM NEWS AND/OR INSIGHTS INTO GRANDPA’S SHIT

no changes to grandpa’s playlist this week … but sam russo loves me, so there’s that

if you’re missing tom morello and/or pussy … erm, riot, here’s something you might like

if garbage is more your speed (and, I concede, that’s not inconceivable), then maybe no gods no masters should be wedged up your alley

angels & airwaves are apparently releasing a song called euphoria (presumably off the larger release that I believe will be called strange times) in late may, ie soon … per tdl comments a few weeks ago, maybe we should be expecting a box car racer kind of sound

still waiting for poly’s movie to be available in the US

the return of bamboozle is official … may 5 thru 7 2023

how is salem’s first headliner tour any use to me? … can I really get to the UK for that? … seems unlikely … anyway, it’s october 10th thru 31st (THIS YEAR!)

you might like some mgk and kellin quinn

congrats #lcdh44 … gonna be quite a season

FUN ALK3 OR SKIBA OR BLINK NEWS

is it pop punk? … is her pop punk side really what willow smith is exploring? … color me unsure but, for the record, travis is helping her explore (my flimsy excuse for mentioning it here) … add “transparent soul” to your willow smith google search, if you want to narrow it down … you’re on your own

little matty has been out and about on his two-wheeler

SHIT YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO (band, song, etc … my main playlist)

SAME PLAYLIST ON YT MUSIC

the jacklights; dump him; perfectly under-produced melodic/indie punk … really good … lovin it strong

the stayawakes; pink wave; wonderful little pop punk song

pet needs; tracey emin’s bed; not sure what it is … melodic punk ish power pop, maybe? … not sure, but I can’t get enough of this shiz

trash boat; he’s so good; he (aka this song) truly is soooo good … pop/melodic punk

the pretty reckless; witches burn; grunge-y, kinda-sorta-punk-y alt … good listen … I think TM’s voice is still getting better … this is doing very well in the uk album charts, btw … witches burn is one of the instant classics on here … so good … it’s probably farther from my sweetspot than any other song currently on my playlist, but it’s just fucking irresistible

chaser; a new direction; this one’s a terrific melodic punk-er

mikey erg; can’t be too careless; melodic punk goodness

doll skin; control freak; fabulous pop-punk-ish, kinda-metal-ish alt rock

taken days; smile; admittedly pop-punk-ish melodic punk coolness

taken days; how’d it come to this; it’s probably pop-punk … it’s still terrific

authority zero; fire off another; pop-rock melodic punk … I know that’s not really a thing … you may fuck right off now, thanks

talk me off; escape from LA; groovy little skate/melodic punker

sam russo; the window; apparently a sam russo folk-punker, that now gets the melodic punk treatment … terrific stuff

sam russo; young heroes; this folk-punker gets maybe more of an indie punk treatment, but also totally cool

OTHER GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS

fully released and added to grandpa’s library

the lillingtons; can anybody hear me; melodic punk tribute to enemy you … who doesn’t dig the lillingtons? … way cool

action/adventure; pulling focus; chicago pop punk

broken links; conflict::states; pop-rock-ish, new-wave-y post punk … good noise, actually

before they are hanged; these times alone; melodic punk from derby (UK)

me the guts; spilt guts over rough cuts; sometimes prog-ish, mostly fast melodic punk

authority zero; the back nine; melodic punk (etc) … terrific stuff

upcoming albums with pre-release singles already streaming

salem; salem ii; lands in a couple days, on may/7/2021; streamed draculads (which, I realize, has been around for a couple weeks) … my youngest thought this sounded like arctic monkeys … or maybe she just said that to wind me up … I’m not actually an arctic monkeys h8r but, still, ew

waterparks; greatest hits; due out may/21/2021; streamed you’d be paranoid too … expect radio-ready pop-punk-ish pop from the full release

talk show host; mid century modern; due for release jun/4/2021; indie punk … streamed crisis actors … excellent shiz

randells; kicks; also out jun/4/2021; streamed holiday in the sun … don’t normallly do bouncy happy stuff, I suppose, but I kinda like this … pop/melodic punk … from swedish people land

free throw; piecing it together; this one’s due jun/25/2021; indie punk? maybe? … streamed down and out (which it occurs to me I may have already told you about) … easy to dig

under the influence; tbd; hoping/guessing there’ll be a 2021 release; not sure what to tell you … I think it’s probably aussie metal-ish punk … I should say it’s definitely aussie … anyway, streamed gone

wring out; tbd; ditto maybe 2021; streamed I tap 2 and cast counterspell … a cool, heavy, pop-punker (which is probably broadly what to expect from any larger release … heavy-ish pop/melodic punk)

UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT

randells; kicks; jun/4/2021

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for)

none … fuck knows when that might change (tho I realize there are signs of improvement)

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

<<HAPPY STAR WARS DAY, Y’ALL>>

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