Saturday, March 31, 2012

Pop Punk Not Pills Tour- Like Pacific and Live The Story

Come out and support two of Canada's finest pop punk bands!

www.poppunksnotdead.net
Presents:

*THE POP PUNK NOT PILLS TOUR*
Featuring

LIVE THE STORY
https://www.facebook.com/livethestory

LIKE PACIFIC
https://www.facebook.com/likepacific

DATES
Saturday March 31st - Toronto
***Live The Story ONLY, The Artist Life Farewell Show***
https://www.facebook.com/events/290201171041072/

Sunday April 1st - Ottawa
https://www.facebook.com/events/350239631687182/

Tuesday April 3rd - Belleville
http://www.facebook.com/events/386298441380325/?notif_t=event_invite

Wednesday April 4th - Newmarket
https://www.facebook.com/events/310486369015593/?notif_t=event_invite

Thursday April 5th - Kitchener
https://www.facebook.com/events/359734647400622/

Friday April 6th - TBA

Saturday April 7th - St. Catherines
https://www.facebook.com/events/140045149451376/

Thursday, April 12th - Toronto
***Like Pacific ONLY w/Maker, State Champs, & River City***
https://www.facebook.com/events/348685175172666/

Support You're Local Scene, Support Touring Bands, Support Pop Punk.
Stage Dives & High Fives!

Friday, March 30, 2012

Seed Rock (Brazilian Pop Punk)

http://www.reverbnation.com/seedpoppunk
http://soundcloud.com/seedrock

Limited Time Charity T-shirts

Cold Cuts Merch and Wass Photography have teamed up to help raise money for several charities. Each month they will release a series of two t-shirt designs. Each design will feature a live photo of a band shot by Wass Photography in or around Philadelphia. There will be a song lyric to accompany each photo. All profits from each monthly series will be donated to charity by Wass Photography, Cold Cuts Merch, and the participating band. These t-shirts will only be offered for a limited time and will be exclusively sold at the Cold Cuts Merch online store. The band will help design, select photo, lyric & charity.

TUMBLR - http://liveshotcharitytees.tumblr.com/
TWITTER - https://twitter.com/#!/LiveShotCharity

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Real Friends- Cheap Talk And Eager Lies

Coming Clean- Drive Safe (2012)

Forrest- Before You Go (2012)

July- West Coast Pimpin' (2012)

Fire Away- The East Coast Wouldn't Be So Bad


http://www.facebook.com/fireaway
http://www.mediafire.com/?806sb9xqqe62yzp

Neighborhoods- Fighting Words (2012)


Brand new EP from Jersey's Neighborhoods, produced by Nick from Man Overboard. Buy it for 3$.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

The Holy Shits- Jammed Full of Jams (2012)

This Time Easycore Presents "Easycore Compilation 2012"

Easycore Compilation 2012 by ttexc
http://www.mediafire.com/?p4xd7pxj17uqcc1

Thursday, March 22, 2012

I Call Fives- Someone That's Not You (2012)

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Fire Away- Nineohfive EP (2012)

http://www.mediafire.com/?806sb9xqqe62yzp

http://www.facebook.com/fireaway

Monday, March 19, 2012

Take My Place (Newmarket Pop Punk)


http://www.facebook.com/takemyplace

We Were Sharks Interview (Ottawa Pop Punk)

First off, state your name and role in We Were Sharks.

Randy Frobel/Vocals

How would you describe your music to someone who has never heard it?

A pop punk party! lol

The pop punk scene in Ontario seems to be growing rapidly. How would you describe it? Are there any bands that you would recommend my readers to check out?

The last little while i have noticed that. It seems the pop punk thing is growing all over. Bands like The Wonder Years, The Story So Far, Man Overboard and others are hitting home with a new audience. Its really cool to see. Bands you should check out. Over The Top, The Vegas Wake Up, Like Pacific, July, After The Anthems, Rydell. Just a few sweet bands that are keeping it real.

This past January you released your debut full length entitled “Highways”. How did that album come together?

We released two eps under the name SHARKS! before changing our name so we thought it would be a good idea to re record them. At the same time we had a few new songs we were pumped on releasing. A full length just kind of seemed like i good idea.

The track “I only like their first album” features guest vocals form Liferuiner’s Jonny OC. How did Jonny get involved with the project?

Our drummer Will use to play in a band with johnny back when he lived in ottawa. We all kind of knew him from back in the day. We sent him a text asking him if he would be down to lay out a vocal track for us. We were pumped he was down.

What’s the most memorable show that you’ve played?

I think anytime we play somewhere we have never been before and just having the people sing back and appreciating what we do is always memorable.

What’s the best show that you remember attending?

Im going to have to say the time i seen blink 182 New Found Glory on the same bill. Two of my favorite bands together. It was unreal.

What’s the craziest thing that has ever happened at a show or while on tour?

I remember In Binghamton some dude broke if finger at the start of our set. Got the sound guy to put it back into place taped it up and went back to the pit. That was pretty cool.

This week, you guys will be involved in the Canadian Music Week Festival. Can you give us some details on your showcase?

We are playing March 21 in toronto at the Tranzac (Front Room) doors are at 6:30pm. We will be on at 10:00pm. Its going to be a blast.

What can we expect from We Were Sharks in the near future?

More touring, getting back to the U.S, maybe some west coast canada stuff in there as well. We haven't stopped writing so you can count on some new tracks coming out as well.

Thanks for your time. Do you have any final comments?

Add us on facebook, twitter and youtube, keep our eyes and ears open and when we hit your town come out and party with us. Thank you for all the support.

March 22nd in Toronto!















UNION EVENTS x #MFOY CMW SHOWCASE
Hardluck Bar
772A Dundas St. W. Toronto

I CALL FIVES
http://www.facebook.com/icallfives

FOREVER CAME CALLING
http://www.facebook.com/forevercamecalling

THE AMERICAN SCENE
http://www.facebook.com/theamericanscene

BATHURST
http://www.myspace.com/bathurstsucks

LIVE THE STORY
http://www.facebook.com/livethestory

LIKE PACIFIC
http://www.facebook.com/likepacific

5PM DOORS | ALL AGES

$10 OR ADMITTANCE WITH CMW WRISTBAND
- Limited advanced tickets, on sale Friday (Info @ www.canadianmusicfest.com)

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Measure for Measure- Welcome EP (2012)

Friday, March 16, 2012

TROPHIES - What You Want To Be

Attention Bands!!

If any bands are interested in playing an acoustic set for an outdoor picnic/party I'm putting on in Toronto, Ontario in Mid June, please email me at poppunksnotdead@hotmail.com with the subject picnic. Thanks, in advance!!!


Chris
PPND

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Neighborhoods' New EP Out March 27th!


Neighborhoods brand new EP will be available March 27th via Lost Tape Collective.

Harbour (Toronto Pop Punk)

Harbour are a brand new Pop Punk band from Toronto, Ontario. Check out there first single "Half Right", currently streaming on their Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/harbourtoronto

Our Own Everest - So Bad (Montreal Pop Punk)

Monday, March 12, 2012

Real Friends- Floorboards (Acoustic)

Not The Bees!- Knees

Bombardier To Pilot - Twice In One Year (Acoustic)


http://www.facebook.com/BombardierBand

Cardinal- ST (2012)

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Fire Away- Nineohfive EP (2012)

Fire Away are streaming their brand new EP on their Facebook page. Check it out.

http://www.facebook.com/fireaway?sk=app_178091127385

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Real Friends Interview (Chicago Pop Punk)

First off state your name(s) and role in Real Friends.

My name is Kyle and i play the bass guitar.

How would you describe your music to someone who hasn’t heard it?

I would say that it's kind of an aggressive pop punk. It's so hard to really classify every band under one general genre these days. But yeah, aggressive pop punk.

What would you say are your biggest influences?

There are so many bands that influence us. Pop punk, indie, and even some heavier bands give us good inspiration. We all listen to different kinds of bands, but i feel like it all comes together well when writing.

What’s the pop punk scene like in Chicago?

Honestly, we don't play the area much, so i can't really judge it. But i don't think there's a lot of pop punk bands, as compared to like the east coast. The east coast has an awesome pop punk scene as of late.

Are there any other bands in your scene that you could recommend?

Our good friends in Knuckle Puck! www.facebook.com/knucklepuckil

You recently released your brand new EP “Everyone That Dragged You Here”. It’s quite different from your previous work, and I personally love the direction you’ve taken. How did this EP come together?

Well, we kind of realized shortly after releasing our first EP that we wanted to go in a different direction. A little more aggressive, faster, and more emotional type stuff. We honestly only played 10 shows under our first EP. We just all talked and said we wanted to start from scratch again, even if it meant pretty much throwing away the CD we just took months and months to write. We weren't feeling the first EP like we should. Our hearts just weren't into it. We did spend a lot of money funding it and everything, but it's all about your heart being in the game or not. Money should never come before that. So we started from scratch, wrote the new EP, and self funded the recording and pressing of "Everyone That Dragged You Here."

Have you been in contact with any record labels yet?

Honestly, don't really want to answer this question in the interview. I would rather take this one out. No offense, sorry brah!

You guys have a way of writing straight forward heartfelt lyrics. How important are the lyrics to you guys?

The lyrics are very meaningful to us. I actually write a majority of the lyrics. Dan, our singer, also write some of the lyrics. But everyone as a band can relate to all the songs. This new EP is kind of cool in the sense that every song is about someone in our lives. So the title of the cd, Everyone That Dragged You Here, makes perfect sense.

What’s the best show you’ve played so far as a band?

We actually just played a show in a suburb of Chicago called Worth. It was a smaller show at this church, maybe 40 kids. It wasn't the biggest show, but just about everyone sang all the words to our songs with us. Everyone was pushing each other and having a really good time. It meant so much to us as a band. GOOD TIMES!

What’s the best show that you remember attending?

Ahhh that's such a tough question. There are so many. There's this acoustic guy from Chicago that goes under the name, Owen. Very underrated musician. I would say seeing him play with a full band was my most favorite show. Everyone reading this should check him out! I know most people reading this are more into the pop punk type stuff, but you should check out Owen for sure.

What’s the craziest thing that has ever happened at a show or while on tour?

We have yet to tour, so i feel like there will be some better stories after we actually do some touring. But we like to have a good time at shows and on our way to the shows. Just being in the van with all of us acting like idiots is a pretty crazy experience. Good luck to anybody trying to fall asleep. Brian, our drummer, likes to laugh like a demon. And our guitar player, Dave, likes to get naked. Crazy stuff.

Any upcoming shows/tours that you’d like to promote?

We are playing with A Loss For Words in De Kalb, IL on March 24th. We are pretty stoked on that. Besides that, we have a ton of shows coming up ! We play just about every weekend. So if you live in the midwest, chances are we are coming for you. Check out our shows section on the facebook.

Do you have any plans on playing in Toronto? There’s a lot of buzz about you guys in my scene, I know a bunch of people who would come out to your show.

We plan to do some east coast touring this summer. After summer hopefully we will be touring on somewhat of a regular basis. So i can for surely see us coming out there this year!

Thanks for your time, Any final comments?

Just thank you to anybody that has taken the time to listen to our music. It seriously means so much. This band is what everyone does. We don't have a plan B, this is what we do. And to get such an awesome response from our new CD is nothing short of amazing! Please come out to a show and sing along with us. We love you guys! Thanks for the interview!

Monday, March 5, 2012

Be Easy - Selflessness Music Video

Forever Came Calling To Play SXSW Premiere of 'No Room For Rockstars' with Pennywise March 13!‏


Pure Noise Records’ Forever Came Calling are one of the main subjects of the new Vans Warped Tour documentary No Room For Rockstars.
The band will perform along with Pennywise at the SXSW premiere of the film on March 13th. The address is: 1100 E. 5th Street Warehouse.
The event is all ages and open to the public. Entrance based on capacity. Come early!

For more info: http://noroomforrockstars.com

Class Picture (Baltimore Pop Punk)


http://www.mediafire.com/?a1pbasefviyat7k

http://www.facebook.com/classpicture

Spraynard Tour Promo/Trembling


Real Friends- This Is Honesty (2011)

This is Honesty

Real Friends- Home for Fall (Acoustic)

Real Friends- Everyone That Dragged You Here

Bowling For Soup/Patent Pending Tour

Apr 18 Granada Theatre, Lawrence, KS
Apr 19 Sokol Underground, Omaha, NE
Apr 22 Chameleon Club, Lancaster, PA
Apr 23 Jammin’ Java, Vienna, VA
Apr 24 Crocodile Rock, Allentown, PA
Apr 25 World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
Apr 26 Gramercy Theatre, New York, NY
Apr 28 Peabodys, Cleveland, OH
Apr 29 A&R Music Bar, Columbus, OH
Apr 30 Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
May 01 Old Rock House, St Louis, MO
Tickets on sale now at
http://bowlingforsoup.com/tourbig.php

Sunday, March 4, 2012

River City- Timeline EP (2012)

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Seaway- Acoustic Demonstration 2012