UK-BASED POP PUNK AND ALTERNATIVE MUSIC PODCAST
Episodes
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
For episode 122, we are at Slam Dunk Festival North 2024.
Chris and NIck spend time on site chatting to Against The Current, The Dangerous Summer, We The Kings, Beauty School, as well as the TPD TV team.
We also give our thoughts on some of the performances and the festival in general this year.
A big thank you to Slam Dunk Festival for having us, see you next year!
Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
LØLØ joins us this time to discuss her career and all that she has achieved in a relatively short space of time. We cover her signing to Hopeless Records, the time she ordered McDonald's for Billie Joe Armstrong and writing K-Pop music.
LØLØ recently announced her debut full-length 'Falling For Robots and Wishing I Was One'. This is out on June 7, and you can listen to her most recent single 'Kill The Girl' now!
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
For episode 120, Chaney Elaine of Texas band House Parties joins us. Chaney took a break from their tour with Games We Play to discuss the history of the band.
House Parties will play at Four Chord Festival in Pittsburgh on June 23 as part of a stacked line up - be sure to there if you are in the area!
Since signing to Equal Vision Records last year, House Parties have put out their EP 'Side Effects'. Chaney discusses how the EP was received and what it was like writing with Derek DiScanio of State Champs.
Side Effects is out everywhere now.
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Today we are joined by James Scarlett, organiser and band booker of 2000 Trees and ArcTanGent festivals. James talks about how 2000 Trees Festival was conceived by him and five friends back in 2006. They wanted to create a festival that had a great a community around it and was a pleasant one to attend. 2000 Trees was born in 2007 and has been going ever since, featuring artists like Frank Turner and Jimmy Eat World over the years. The festival will welcome headliners The Gaslight Anthem later this summer as well as other impressive names.
James also co-hosts the podcast '2 Promoters, 1 Pod', which provides a great insight into what it is like being a successful promoter, be sure to give it a listen.
In the intro this time, Chris and Nick have a special guest in the form of Bobby Grohl from Elvana! Bobby gives us a peak into what it's like being part of the awesome machine that is Elvana. We also discuss Taylor Swift referencing The Starting Line on her new album, as well as music from Mest, Super American, and Militarie Gun.
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
We are thrilled to welcome Tony Lovato, singer for Mest, back to the podcast. We were keen to talk to Tony ahead of Mest's new single 'When We Were Young'.
Tony tells us about the upcoming album and how it came about. He discusses writing in the Hollywood Hills with Taylor Carroll from Lit.
Mest will be reaching their 30th anniversary next year, we discuss their legacy and why the band is still very much relevant today.
When We Were Young feat. Jaret Reddick is out everywhere April 11.
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Today we are joined by Sherry Saeedi and Nick Lippman from Verswire. Launched in 2022, Verswire is a VC incubator for artists providing development and label services. Sherry and Nick teamed up with Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz when they created the company.
Sherry and Nick tell Chris about how the company has grown and how they see it as the future. Verswire is currently working with Beauty School Dropout and girlfriends, but expect to see more names on their roster very soon.
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
We are joined by G’Ra and Rihanna from the band Baby Got Back Talk. Forming in 2017, the band have been making catchy, pop punk songs and have attracted a large following. We discuss the band's formation and how they ended up on Wiretap Records.
G’Ra recently wrote a piece for the Boston Globe 'A rollicking rebuke to the idea that rock music isn’t black music'. This was a pushback against recent comments from Rolling Stone cofounder, Jann Wenner.
Baby Got Back Talk have put together a mixtape full of artists demonstrating that Wenner’s argument that woman and people of colour 'didn't articulate at that level' within rock music is nonsense.
The band will also be releasing a new song and video which will accompany the article and mixtape. Keep an eye out for this soon.
In the mean time, check out the most recent EP from the band 'Wince, Repeat', available everywhere.
Also mentioned at the beginning of this episode are Essex band Sharp Eyes. If you haven't already, check out their fantastic new single 'Past Your Best'.
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
We are delighted to be joined by Cassadee Pope for episode 115. It's fair to say that Cassadee has had a fascinating career. We discuss her beginnings with the Warped Tour band Hey Monday and coming up in that scene. After Hey Monday disbanded, Cassadee entered The Voice in the US, which she ended up winning. This led to a successful career in the pop-country world. Most recently, she has embarked on a welcome return to pop punk. We dicuss all of this as well as what the future holds for her.
Cassadee Pope's new album will be out soon, keep an eye out for that!
We also have a clip of the fantastic new single 'Past Your Best' by Essex band Sharp Eyes. This will be out everywhere on March 6, don't sleep on them!
Chris and Nick also discuss LOVEBREAKERS' recent support slots with the mighty Billie Joe Armstrong and his band The Coverups as well as their long-awaited album 'Wonder' which is out March 1.
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
This time we are joined by Will Nutter of the Seattle-based band Amber Pacific. Amber Pacific burst onto the scene in the mid-2000s, building up a solid fanbase with their catchy sound. Chris and Will talk about the band’s influence and their career, as well as how the band operates today. If you don’t know them, it’s well worth diving into their catalogue.
Watch out for new Amber Pacific music coming this year!
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Episode 113, and we are joined by singer Donots' singer, Ingo Knollmann. The Donots are a huge band in Germany and this year celebrate their 30th anniversary! Ingo tells Chris all about how the band have grown throughout their career and have recently played their biggest shows to date. As well as running Solitary Man Records with the rest of the band, Ingo also hosts 'Donots Rockshow' on Radio Bob.
If you are in Germany, look out for some of their big 30th anniversary plans later this year as well as their shows with Green Day.
Chris and Nick also take the time to get Nick's live reaction and review of the new GAMETIME song 'All In' featuring Scott Sellers of Rufio fame.
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
First episode of 2024, and we're joined by Alternative Press editor-in-chief, Anna Zanes.
Anna tells us about her career so far and what led her to being head-hunted by the Madden brothers. We discuss her love of Green Day and hardcore, and how it feels to interview huge stars. We touch upon the legacy of AP and what the futures holds.
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
As we end 2023, we bring you an end of year special. We discuss our favourite guests from this year as well as some our most-played records.
We look ahead to 2024 and discuss some festival bookings we'd like to see, as well as reunions and collaborations.
Thanks for all the support in 2023 and to every guest that we have had on the show.
Lots planned for 2024, see you in January.
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Greywind are an alternative rock duo from Ireland. Steph and Paul join Chris ahead of the release of their brand new single 'Antidote'. They discuss growing up in Killarney with no scene and being the only people they knew that loved emo music. They attracted attention with their first ever recording and rose quickly but have had bumpy ride in the industry since. Paul and Steph discuss how they perservered and believed in their band, and how this has led them to where they are today.
'Antidote' is available everywhere.
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
We are joined by singer Taylor Acorn. Taylor has had an incredible 2023 playing festivals like Download and having released 'Certified Depressant'. Taylor tells Chris about what life is like for her now as a musician in Nashville. They discuss her background in pop punk, having a country era in her career, and how Cassadee Pope ended up on a song on her latest release.
Taylor Acorn will be on tour this November in the US, and you can hear her latest release 'Certified Depressant' everywhere.
Chris and Nick also discuss recent releases from blink-182, The Gaslight Anthem, and The Menzingers.
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
It's episode 108, and David Michael Frank joins us to discuss his career in the music industry. In the past couple of years, David has made huge waves in the TikTok world but he has a long career music.
David is currently on his 'Private Party Tour' which he has organised entirely independently.
David Michael Frank's new single 'Talk To Myself' is out now.