For the month of June we're hyping up one of the coolest indie festivals out there - Four Chord Music Festival in Pittsburgh. We're devoting all our episodes to bands playing this year's Four Chord and we're kicking it all off with the man himself... the creator of the entire event... and frontman for Eternal Boy - Rishi Bahl! We dive in deep to Eternal Boy and how the festival got started plus get some inside info into the booking process of the festival. Join us at the show - tickets are available at www.fourchordmusicfestival.com
Movie May Soundtrack Edition: Not Another Teen Movie
We conclude this year's Movie May: Soundtrack Edition with a conversation about a spoof movie and it's all-covers soundtrack. Not Another Teen Movie features some pop-punk covers, some all-time great ones, and some really bad ones.
Movie May Soundtrack Edition: BASEketball
Our breakdown of fun movie soundtracks continues with a deep dive on BASEketball! We're not sure what about Tre Parker and Matt Stone playing a newly constructed sport has to do with ska... but we're here for it. Movie Steve joins in on the fun!
HSNE Pop-Punk Madness
We had so much fun recording this bracket-style matchup of pre-2001 pop-punk bands for Patreon that we're releasing it for all as a special patron exclusive freebie! Play along, here's a link to the bracket: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k9P_ofOcqZRcOsD7JKjC-UN08HXtiby5/view?usp=drivesdk
Movie May Soundtrack Edition: Dumb & Dumber
In our next Movie May Soundtrack Edition we're deep diving the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack! We're joined by Steve Kelly who played in a cover band that solely played this album which is the definition of an expert. Enjoy the episode and we hope it's not the most annoying sound in the world.
Movie May Soundtrack Edition: American Pie
Movie May is back with a brand new spin! All month we will be diving into some of our favorite movie soundtracks. First up, a movie that captivated us all and a soundtrack that has 90's written all over it... it's American Pie! Dave Dross joins in on the fun.
Patron Picks: The Greatest Generation
Patron Picks April wraps up as Tom chose a band that we really needed to talk about. This week we deep dive The Wonder Years and their album The Greatest Generation.
Patron Picks: Monster
We're back to Patron Picks April and next up Ashleigh chose REM's Monster. We deep dive the album and talk a whole bunch about REM!
Awful April: M A N I A
Awful April was so fun last year that even though it's not our official theme for the month we had to sneak one in there. A vote on social media dubbed Fall Out Boy's MANIA as AWFUL. Do we agree?
Quick Hits: Old Neon
Quick Hits is back! In a special bonus episode we sit down with Sean and Mike from Pittsburgh's Old Neon! They talk us through playing through several natural disasters and we check out their brand new single from their upcoming EP Resolution. Check out Old Neon on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wlS5mhA0UzBOuLfaeMQvx?si=J6b4gL_IS1qThXKzpOuUPQ
Patron Picks: Sweet Tooth
For April we raffled off our episode topics to our Patrons. PunkishDad's name was first drawn so he got to pick the topic and he went with Mom Jeans and their album Sweet Tooth.
Steve Picks: A Lesson in Romantics
In our final Steve Picks episode, we're talking about a pop-punk emo staple, Mayday Parade and their debut album A Lesson in Romantics!
Steve Picks: Superhero
Never before spoken about in HSNE history, we're talking about musical comedy! This week on Steve Picks we're deep diving Stephen Lynch's album Superhero. It's inappropriate and hilarious - don't listen with your kids in the car. Local comedian Jesse Draham joins in on the fun - follow him on Instagram @jessedraham
Steve Picks: You're Awful, I Love You feat. Mike Landlot
Since the launch of the show Wingman Steve has been talking up the band Ludo as the best band not enough people have heard of. Today we're joined by Mike Landlot, owner of over 216 small businesses to discuss their album You're Awful, I Love You. You can find Mike's podcast all about Small Busness here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/small-busness/id1796984419
Steve Picks: American Hi-Fi
It's now March and it's Wingman Steve's turn to pick any album he wants. First up, we're going with America Hi-Fi's debut self-titled album. Was this album just a flavor of the weak or does it hold up in its entirety?
Chris Picks: A Place in the Sun
In the final Chris Picks February, we're taking a trip to A Place in the Sun by Lit. Is this album more than just the big singles? Is it rock, or pop-punk, or something else? Find out as we deep dive the album and more!
Chris Picks: Still Searching
Next up on Chris Picks, we're heading back to NJ to deep dive Senses Fail and their sophomore album Still Searching. Chris has loved this album for a long time, tune in and see if Wingman can get on board!
Chris Picks: No Pressure
Sometimes when our listeners make suggestions we actually follow through on them! This week we got a recommendation to listen to No Pressure's self-titled album and it's Chris Picks February so Chris picked it! Is this a new school call back to the old school? Listen to the album and our episode for our thoughts!
Chris Picks: Sam's Town
This month it's Chris-183's world and we're just listening along. Chris personally picks whatever album he wants and it's all kicked off with a discussion of Sam's Town by The Killers.
New From 2024: Supercharged
We're wrapping up our New from 2024 series with some old school punks doing some new music. This week resident Offspring expert Bailey joins us for a deep dive on SUPERCHARGED. Is this album truly supercharged or is it a dead battery? Listen and find out!