We're wrapping up our Acoustic April with a double dose of acoustic guitars from 2 of our favorite bands. This week Justin from Cheer Up Dusty joins us to discuss Fall Out Boy's EP My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue and State Champs' The Acoustic Things. Check out Cheer Up Dusty and their new single Everybody Hates Me II: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5q3IEYLUoXQp2Io1kAyDE5?si=0zWPofs2RI6jCBT7xm1SfA
Acoustic April: Dashboard MTV Unplugged 2.0
We could not do a full month about acoustic albums and not feature one on Dashboard. So we went back to the days of MTV Unplugged as we walk through their acoustic live performance along with Pamela V!
Acoustic April: Ocean Avenue Acoustic
Next up on Acoustic April it's another "Avenue" but this time it's Yellowcard's Ocean Avenue. We never actually did a full spotlight on the original so it's fun chat through a classic album along with Dr Bernie!
Acoustic April: Page Avenue Ten Years and Counting
For April we're calming things down and going acoustic. First up, we have an acoustic re-imagining of Story of the Year's Page Avenue called Page Avenue: Ten Years in Counting. If you've never heard this version of the album, check it out and listen to us break it down track by track.
March Madness: Movie Bracket
OK so it's April now, but we had one more March Madness bracket to finish up, and that's a mega 64 choice bracket featuring movies! Of course Movie Steve joins us to help pick the winner.
March Madness: AI's Screamo/Post-Hardcore Bracket
Four our next March Madness bracket, we turned back to AI and asked it to give us a list of 32 top screamo/post-hardcore songs. Stew and Darin help us crown the winner! Companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6IyLuuhUkzMJcrOSaQFlip?si=IwnpHGw9TlqmX2aXStnSeQ&pi=qxs3Sh4ySLCQL
March Madness: Pop-Punk Road Trip Snacks Bracket
This week's March Madness comes courtesy of Jason C who gave us 32 Road Trip Snack Foods that correllate to pop-punk bands for us to determine what is the ultimate road trip snack. Tom Keiger from Houston Calls joins us to figure out the winner, and we preview a new song from his solo project Throw Thermal Pod.
March Madness: AI's Pop-Punk Song Bracket
Welcome to HSNE March Madness! This week we asked AI to pick 32 top pop-punk songs and put them in a bracket to see which will prevail the winner! Eternal Boy frontman and Four Chord Music Festival founder Rishi Bahl joins us as the resident pop-punk expert to help us determine the ultimate song (based on what AI gave us).
Patreon Sneak Peek: Blink No Singles Setlist Challenge
This week we're giving you a sneak peak into our Patreon exclusives! PunkishDad was calling the shots for February and asked us all to make the perfect blink-182 setlist with the caveat that NO SINGLES are allowed. Wingman Steve, Chris-183, PunkishDad himself, and Nick J make their setlists and Tom G analyzes and picks the winner. For more Patreon shenanigans, subscribe at www.patreon.com/hsnepod
Forgotten Favorites February: Vacation
We wrap up Forgotten Favorites February with a discussion about everyone's favorite topic... Vacation! This is the album Vacation by Seaway, and we're joined by PunkishDad him self and Chris from the cautious.optimistic handle to deep dive the album, talk about Maxim magazine and much more!
Forgotten Favorites February: Skip School, Start Fights
We do not endorse our listeners to skip school or start fights, but we do endorse you to check out Hit the Lights and their album Skip School, Start Fights. We've never spoken about Hit the Lights before but we have Stefan from gear182 to help us walk through this neon pop-punk jam.
Forgotten Favorites February: Unwritten Law
For our next Forgotten Favorites February we're talking about a band that somehow we have overlooked for years. Today we are joined by D-Rock and we're talking all about Unwritten Law's self-titled album.
Forgotten Favorites February: Sound the Alarm
Our HSNE Jeopardy Tournament of Champions Winner PunkishDad gets to pick the content for our show for all of February! He's demed this "Forgotten Favorites February," and if you're unsure what that means, tune in and everything will be explained as we deep dive Saves the Day's Sound the Alarm with PunkishDad and PunkishDad's friend!
HSNE Goes Old School: Stranger Than Fiction
It's our final HSNE Goes Old School and we're deep diving Bad Religion's 1994 record Stranger Than Fiction. Is this a classic album you enjoy? Is this the best Bad Religion album? Tune in and hear our thoughts!
Eternal Youth feat. Ken Vasoli
Tell me what you thought about that time we got to sit down with Ken Vasoli and chat about the Drive-Thru Records days, the new album Eternal Youth, his favorite records, and more!
HSNE Goes Old School: Let's Talk About Feelings
There's nothing that says Old School surf punk like a SoCal band from the 90's. This week we are deep diving Lagwagon and their 1998 album Let's Talk About Feelings. Do you think this is in the top 50 pop-punk albums of all time? We shall discuss!
HSNE Goes Old School: ...And Out Come the Wolves
Next up on HSNE Goes Old School we're breaking out the black coat, white shoes shoes, black hat, Cadillac and we're talkin about Rancid's 1995 record ...And Out Come The Wolves. Mark from The Two Point Conversation Podcast joins us to walk through this old school ska/punk classic and debate what's Rancid's biggest single.
HSNE Goes Old School: Milo Goes to College
It's a new year and a new theme here on HSNE. We're going back back to the old school and visiting some albums that were influential on the pop-punk scene. To start, we are going into The Descendents and their first record Milo Goes to College
HSNE Jeopardy Tournament of Champions!
It's a Christmas miracle! We've brought all 3 of our HSNE Jeopardy Champions together for a Tournament of Champs. We PunkishDad vs Tom vs Dave to see who is the champ of champs. The questions have gotten harder and the board has gotten bigger. Listen in and see who prevails for a very special prize!
2025 Recap: The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World
We're capping off our 2025 Recap with a deep dive on Motion City Soundtrack's new album The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World. It's been 10 years since we've heard a new album from these guys and this is the first Wingman Steve and Chris-183 have seen released as official fans. Tom Good joins us as the resident MCS expert to talk about this one track by track.