Month: April 2023

Grandpa’s [mostly] #MelodicPunk music review … Apr 26, 2023

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

savaged my playlist this week, but didn’t manage to add anything … here’s hoping for some good new stuff in the upcoming weeks … actually the next few days look promising

yup, it’s true, they’re still not quite dead, and they’re still getting it done

not convinced it makes you a good guy, but maybe this is more your speed

more importantly, american thrills did a thing … I think you gotta love the original, and the cover is also pretty fucking awesome

the lovelies who call themselves the smoking popes are in the studio … only went and made my fucking day, didn’t they … and Deanna? … fuckin’ cherry on top, mate

I realize you don’t care, but I genuinely may be done with this crap … IF WORDPRESS CANNOT GET ITS FUCKING ACT TOGETHER, I AM OUT OF HERE

FUN ALKALINE TRIO OR SKIBA/ANDRIANO/GRANT NEWS

Derek had a birthday!

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

SAME PLAYLIST ON YT MUSIC

frank grimes and the disasters; house of horrors; state of the art melodic punk … with the exception of #AlkalineTrio, not sure there’s anyone else around who does it better

sunliner; jo joni mary & maria; excellent leeds melodic punk … amazing stuff

sic waiting; bad times; melodic/pop punk awesomeness

craig’s brother; nosebleeds; spectacular melodic punk

craig’s brother; earning the hate; yet another melodic punk gem

anti-flag; the hazardous; banger

the speakeasy; sticks and stones; terrific melodic punker … omfg

craig’s brother; distance; melodic punk … featuring their old friend and bandmate too bad eugene’s adam nigh

bridge the gap; my creation; secret kombinations; one completely spectacular melodic punker … foly huck

call it off; letting go; basically a straight-up pop-punker (but a cool one!) from these lovely dutch (I think?) pop/melodic punks

fake news; where we stand; cool australian skate/melodic punk

ALL THE GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS

fully released and added to grandpa’s library

enter shikari; a kiss for the whole world; easycore-ish alt … already huge, natch

spanish love songs; doom and gloom sessions; melodic punk … I realize you probably already heard all four doing the rounds pre-release … still my favorite

brutal youth; rebuilding year; melodic punk

killing daisies; break the silence; skate/melodic punk

useless id; live in tel aviv; melodic punk … not sure why my vinyl isn’t here already … anyway, I’ll have to wait until next week to tell you how awesome it is … in the meantime …

upcoming albums with pre-release tracks already streaming

tightwire; head full of snakes; due jun/9/2023; pop punk … no new songs knocking around … I really just wanted to show you the album art and give you the release date

dwellings; little garden ; due out jun/30/2023; you should probably expect funky, alt-y, melodic-punk-y stuff with a bunch of post-h-y cred … streamed waypoints

strike twelve; last band standing; also out jun/30/2023; streamed smart phones stupid people … pop/melodic punk

UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT

strike twelve; last band standing; jun/30/2023

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for and might actually get to)

#NotADamnThing

STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK

l s dunes; permanent rebellion

craig’s brother; violent faith

frank grimes and the disasters; purgatory

l s dunes; grey veins

nonthewiser; the lonely man

RECURRING SHOUT OUT

HoldenCC & LCTap … without them, this crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything

<<DO DEMOCRATS EVER SUCCESSFULLY SELL THEIR HOUSES? … IS JOE BIDEN REALLY THE BEST CURB/KERB APPEAL YOU COULD COME UP WITH? … CLEARLY, NOT UNEXPECTED, BUT REALLY?>>

==EOM==

Grandpa’s [mostly] #MelodicPunk music review … Apr 19, 2023

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABS!

you [people who continue to dislike surrender, by the gulps] could learn from my youngest … okay, maybe my youngest SHOULD understand my various pathologies better than you, but still … the correct psychological approach [per said offspring, and without knowing what was playing]: “were you listening to kings of leon?” … immediate playlist removal … sorry, fellas … still a big fan

I ignored coachella in general and blink-182 in particular, but I hope y’all enjoyed

never been a huge flogging molly fan but, with the bronx playing support for the whole thing, I may need to check out their upcoming tour

I guess I may not be talking about it, but I’ll certainly be listening to the new dave hause thing on the 28th … I believe this is the final pre-release single, and it’s called tarnish

FUN ALKALINE TRIO OR SKIBA/ANDRIANO/GRANT NEWS

now that we know the ladies in #AlkalineTrio have been in the studio, matt’s album art doodling takes on new and exciting significance

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

SAME PLAYLIST ON YT MUSIC

l s dunes; permanent rebellion; amazingly good melodic punk-y post-h-y stuff

craig’s brother; violent faith; excellent melodic punk, of course … from one of my top five favorite bands right now

frank grimes and the disasters; purgatory; spectacular tyke-land melodic punk … totally and completely awesome

frank grimes and the disasters; house of horrors; and one more slice of state of the art melodic punk … with the exception of #AlkalineTrio, not sure there’s anyone else around who does it better

sunliner; jo joni mary & maria; excellent leeds melodic punk … amazing stuff

sic waiting; bad times; melodic/pop punk awesomeness

craig’s brother; nosebleeds; spectacular melodic punk

craig’s brother; earning the hate; yet another melodic punk gem

l s dunes; grey veins; melodic post-h-y punk goodness … omfg

nonthewiser; the lonely man; just spectacular swedish skate punk … so good

anti-flag; the hazardous; banger

the speakeasy; sticks and stones; terrific melodic punker … omfg

craig’s brother; distance; melodic punk … featuring their old friend and bandmate too bad eugene’s adam nigh

bridge the gap; my creation; secret kombinations; one completely spectacular melodic punker … foly huck

call it off; letting go; basically a straight-up pop-punker (but a cool one!) from these lovely dutch (I think?) pop/melodic punks

fake news; where we stand; cool australian skate/melodic punk

ALL THE GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS

fully released and added to grandpa’s library

waterparks; intellectual property; what do you want from me? … did I expect to find something that might find its way onto my playlist? … no, but does that mean I shouldn’t listen to every new waterparks release? … check yo’self … mostly power pop punk, maybe?

not; stop the world; pop/melodic punk

the deathbots/cardboard box colony; split (!); melodic punk … very cool … fully expected to like the cbc songs (and did), but the deathbots more than held their own … need more music from both of them

upcoming albums with pre-release tracks already streaming

nufo; stick together; due out apr/29/2023; austrian melodic/skate punk … streamed devastated … smashed it, bruv

hot mulligan; why would I watch; this one lands may/12/2023; streamed shhhh golf is on and gans media retro games … melodic punk

the dirty nil; free rein to passions; out may/26/2023; melodic punk ish canadian alt rock … streamed nicer guy

rancid; tomorrow never comes; due jun/2/2023; streamed the awseome title track … expect raw melodic street punk

the speakeasy; s/t; this will be out spring 2023, supposedly; canadian melodic/pop punk … the full release (which, I think, will be self-titled) got upgraded from maybe 2023 to def (?!) spring 2023 … streamed breakfast drugs

ink bomb; tbd; apparently we can expect a 2023 release … we’ll see; streamed theme song … dutch indie/melodic punk

wasting time; tbd; guessing/hoping there’ll be a 2023 release; melodic/skate/pop punk … streamed losing my mind … terrific stuff

UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT

nufo; stick together; apr/29/2023

rancid; tomorrow never comes; jun/2/2023

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for and might actually get to)

#NotADamnThing

STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK

charlie bit my finger; paranoid

the gulps; surrender

RECURRING SHOUT OUT

HoldenCC & LCTap … without them, this crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything

<<SORRY, PROGRESSIVES, LIBERALS, AND DEMOCRATS, BUT YOU HAVE IT WRONG AGAIN … FOX NEWS NEEDED TO LOSE AT TRIAL AND, EVEN THEN, I’M NOT SURE THOSE HEADLINES WOULD HAVE DONE WHAT YOU THINK THEY SHOULD … SURE, FOX SURRENDERED, BUT HOW MANY VOTES DO YOU THINK THAT WILL CHANGE?>>

==EOM==

ok … just a few final thoughts …

when I took my early morning old man walk today, I was dressed in a grey/gray t-shirt, a grey/gray [#AlkalineTrio] hoodie, grey/gray jogging pants, and even grey/gray socks … entirely unintentional … thought of this

you know that thing that music streaming sites do, when your playlist finishes and they recommend other shit you might like? … well, credit where credit’s due, youtube music … on said morning walk, after my audition playlist was done, I was presented with #Dandriano, Elvis (no, the good one … that’s right … #DeclanMcManus), #AlkalineTrio, #TheClash, #HeavensBasement, and #Yellowcard … these were such unusually awesome suggestions, back to back to back, that I wrote the list down in my diary [and laughed about it later] … how awesome is this, from Dan Andriano & The Bygones …

Grandpa’s [mostly] #MelodicPunk music review … Apr 11, 2023

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

ok … two apologies this week … number one … when I tell you to expect some flavor of melodic punk, it is [almost always] because I myself expect melodic punk, and I genuinely feel bad when I discover that I have mis-set your expectations (see jetlag jenny, for instance) … my bad

apology number two … no, you know what … I’m NOT apologizing for telling you that the gulps are fucking awesome … guess what … they’re fucking awesome … I know that some of you think that grandpa’s definition of melodic punk is much too big a tent, but that doesn’t [necessarily] mean I’m a “fucking asshole who wouldn’t know melodic punk if it bit him in the ass” … I’ll give you partial credit, I suppose, for the fucking asshole thing, but you don’t know me well enough to understand all of the ways in which I prove my fucking asshole-ness on the reg … this one’s for you …

not much going on this past week or so, new music wise … couple things removed from grandpa’s playlist, but nothing added

happy that I got to see LCTap and fam this past weekend … also lovely to have JTM chillin with grandpa and mrs grandpa for a few days

IF WORDPRESS CONTINUES TO MAKE POSTING THIS SHIT DIFFICULT, I AM FUCKING DONE … SICK AND TIRED OF THIS CRAP … I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU BROKE, BUT FUCKING FIX IT

FUN ALKALINE TRIO OR SKIBA/ANDRIANO/GRANT NEWS

they’re in the studio! they’re in the studio! #AlkalineTrio is in the fucking studio! omfg!

oh, and they’re also doing the jimmy eat world thing in ohio, sep-9 … if they are also in the MA lineup (not sure when that might be announced), I will def be there

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

SAME PLAYLIST ON YT MUSIC

l s dunes; permanent rebellion; amazingly good melodic punk-y post-h-y stuff

charlie bit my finger; paranoid; great melodic punk

craig’s brother; violent faith; excellent melodic punk, of course … from one of my top five favorite bands right now

frank grimes and the disasters; purgatory; spectacular tyke-land melodic punk … totally and completely awesome

frank grimes and the disasters; house of horrors; and one more slice of state of the art melodic punk … with the exception of #AlkalineTrio, not sure there’s anyone else around who does it better

sunliner; jo joni mary & maria; excellent leeds melodic punk … amazing stuff

sic waiting; bad times; melodic/pop punk awesomeness

craig’s brother; nosebleeds; spectacular melodic punk

craig’s brother; earning the hate; yet another melodic punk gem

l s dunes; grey veins; melodic post-h-y punk goodness … omfg

nonthewiser; the lonely man; just spectacular swedish skate punk … so good

anti-flag; the hazardous; banger

the speakeasy; sticks and stones; terrific melodic punker … omfg

craig’s brother; distance; melodic punk … featuring their old friend and bandmate too bad eugene’s adam nigh

bridge the gap; my creation; secret kombinations; one completely spectacular melodic punker … foly huck

call it off; letting go; basically a straight-up pop-punker (but a cool one!) from these lovely dutch (I think?) pop/melodic punks

fake news; where we stand; cool australian skate/melodic punk

the gulps; surrender … fuck, yes … melodic punk

ALL THE GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS

fully released and added to grandpa’s library

jetlag jenny; loser when it comes to love; I’m afraid I may have mis-set my own expectations and, therefore, yours, when I told you to expect pop/melodic punk … it’s a str8-up pop-punker, sometimes even veering into the hey there delilah zone … this poor guy does not seem to have (or expect) a good track record when it comes to relationships … he needs a hug … hope this helps

knife club; our club our rules; street/protest/melodic punk

frenzal rhomb; the cup of pestilence; off-kilter [in a good way] skate/pop/melodic punk … good stuff, top to bottom

wolvesx4; cursex3; punked-out, gruff-ish alt goodness

grave neighbors; we done?; melodic punk

upcoming albums with pre-release tracks already streaming

steady hands; cheap fiction; due may/19/2023; melodic/indie punk … streamed florida, man … excellent, excellent, excellent

versus the world; the bastards live forever; due out may/26/2023; streamed your wedding and a funeral … think you gotta like this … melodic/indie/post punk, avec cam webb at the controls

jughead’s revenge; vultures; I don’t know the exact date, but still due may 2023; skate/melodic punk streamed bridges … coolness

UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT

useless id; live in tel aviv; apr/21/2023 as you may know, grandpa don’t really do either acoustic or live, but exceptions have to be made when it’s someone like useless id

steady hands; cheap fiction; may/19/2023

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for and might actually get to)

#NotADamnThing

STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK

sic waiting; fireworks

the speakeasy; bright side

RECURRING SHOUT OUT

HoldenCC & LCTap … without them, this crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything

<<I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO LIVE TO SEE A TIME WHEN JIM JORDAN GETS TAKEN APART … HE’S HAD IT COMING FOR YEARS … BUT CALM DOWN, LEFTIES … THIS IS NOT THAT TIME>>

==EOM==

final word … how fucking good is this … wow

Grandpa’s [mostly] #MelodicPunk music review … Apr 4, 2023

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

I have never quite been able to make faintest idea part of my steady diet but, if horny, ska, street punk is your thing, you will surely be into the road to sedition … even if that doesn’t sound like your thing, I would still recommend a listen or two

but these fuckers can collab whenever they want, afaiac

yes, actually, I DO get that I’m the only one who cares, but every time grandpa hits that two-dart 101 thing, you ARE going to hear about it

and if you’re that guy who never knows if he should mosh or dance, here’s something that won’t help you get off the fence

ok, youtube … now that you’ve done the right thing and added all coachella stages to your livestream portfolio, how about also adding fob/#AlkalineTrio at wrigley?

belvedere just announced a tour … may have to go check that shit out

if you’re one of them there nutter types, happy easter and or passover and or any other invisible magician related celebration

FUN ALKALINE TRIO OR SKIBA/ANDRIANO/GRANT NEWS

#DAndriano is still an honorary chicagoan, at least according to the #chicagomusicexchange … very good news, it turns out

and I wonder what this gift, from said mr andriano to one mr skiba, should be communicating to me about the likelihood of new #AlkalineTrio music this year

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

SAME PLAYLIST ON YT MUSIC

l s dunes; permanent rebellion; amazingly good melodic punk-y post-h-y stuff

charlie bit my finger; paranoid; great melodic punk

craig’s brother; violent faith; excellent melodic punk, of course … from one of my top five favorite bands right now

frank grimes and the disasters; purgatory; spectacular tyke-land melodic punk … totally and completely awesome

frank grimes and the disasters; house of horrors; and one more slice of state of the art melodic punk … with the exception of #AlkalineTrio, not sure there’s anyone else around who does it better

sunliner; jo joni mary & maria; excellent leeds melodic punk … amazing stuff

sic waiting; bad times; melodic/pop punk awesomeness

sic waiting; fireworks; another melodic punk pop punk blend … spectacular

craig’s brother; nosebleeds; spectacular melodic punk

craig’s brother; earning the hate; yet another melodic punk gem

l s dunes; grey veins; melodic post-h-y punk goodness … omfg

nonthewiser; the lonely man; just spectacular swedish skate punk … so good

anti-flag; the hazardous; banger

the speakeasy; bright side; fast melodic/pop punk grooves from canada

the speakeasy; sticks and stones; and this one’s just a terrific melodic punker … omfg

craig’s brother; distance; melodic punk … featuring their old friend and bandmate too bad eugene’s adam nigh

bridge the gap; my creation; secret kombinations; one completely spectacular melodic punker … foly huck

call it off; letting go; basically a straight-up pop-punker (but a cool one!) from these lovely dutch (I think?) pop/melodic punks

fake news; where we stand; cool australian skate/melodic punk

the gulps; surrender … fuck, yes … the killers and melodic punk had a one-night-stand, and this was the result … grandpa likey mucho

ALL THE GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS

fully released and added to grandpa’s library

lightweight; the next one’s on you; melodic/indie punk … you may not be happy with me calling it melodic punk, but you can’t know unless you give it a listen, can you … go ahead … won’t take long … it’s only four songs

punk rock factory; it’s just a stage we’re going through; pop/melodic punk covers (of songs from musicals) … yes, of course, it’s gimmick-y … pretty much says that on the tin … but ignore it at your ‘peril’ … there’s some good stuff on here

the phase problem; s/t; melodic/pop punk-y alt rock [n roll?]

samiam; stowaway; melodic/indie-punk-ish alt rock

the bar stool preachers; above the static; british (brighton), protest-y (at its best), punk-y indie/ska/melodic pop stuff, some of the most depressing upbeat stuff (or, just as likely, some of the most upbeat depressing stuff) that I’ve listened to this year … it’s not really in my sweetspot and it’s also completely spectacular … it’s a must-listen … go … now … stop reading this bollocks … for anyone who’s still here, I imagine I already told you how beautiful lighthouse keeper is … wow

melonball; breathe; german melodic punk … which means it sounds like a punked-out rock album … hardly a bad thing, imho … btw, you may also see reviews that mention pop-, ska-, and skate-punk, not inaccurately … here’s their cover of your love

avem; nerdin about birdin; canadian pop/indie/melodic punk (about birds) … still diggin’ these guys

upcoming albums with pre-release tracks already streaming

not; stop the world; due out apr/14/2023; streamed if only … here it is … still expecting melodic/pop punk, but this one’s basically a str8-up pop-punker

brutal youth; rebuilding year; due just one week later, apr/21/2023; melodic punk … streamed through the teeth

trash boat; tbd; hoping/guessing there might be a 2023 release; yeah, I guess I probably told you about delusions of grandeur … britpop easycore

the gulps; tbd; ditto hoping 2023; streamed surrender … fuck, yes … melodic punk

UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT

the gulps; tbd; 2023 maybe?

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for and might actually get to)

#NotADamnThing

STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK

nada

RECURRING SHOUT OUT

HoldenCC & LCTap … without them, this crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything

<<YOU PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT THE ORANGE MORON’S INDICTMENT IS A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION ARE OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MINDS … THIS IS A CAREER CRIMINAL DIRTBAG WE’RE TALKING ABOUT … HE’LL SIDE-STEP THIS AND SMILE AT US WHILE HE DOES IT AGAIN>>

==EOM==