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)
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
<<YES, OF COURSE, PALESTINIAN LIVES MATTER … YES, OF COURSE, ISRAELI LIVES MATTER … AAPI LIVES MATTER … ALL FUCKING LIVES MATTER … BUT, TODAY OF ALL DAYS, BLACK LIVES MATTER>>
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quick footnote … i would honestly never have thought i would support romney on anything, ever …
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