This week we are playing DJ once again and listening along with you while we spin some tracks from bands that are tearing up the scene. We span the country and the rest of the globe with our international showcase of pop-punk bangers. You can listen back after the episode with a playlist of all the songs in the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4oUE2fx63t2ULDrdzLDCcy?si=ea49e4b57a144c21
Album Spotlight: Perhaps, I Suppose (Rufio)
Tune the speed to extra fast, the guitar hooks to killer and the choruses to melodic bops, it's time for us to chat about Rufio's 2001 classic "Perhaps, I Suppose." As non-committal as the title is, this was a scene staple back in the day. We enlist pod-bud Steve Kelly to join us in a track by track breakdown that includes a Rankin' It of our favorite tracks.
A Turbulent Discussion on Waterparks w/ PunkishDad
It's time to get dialed in to the new wave of pop-punk. We sit down and chat with @punkishdad about all things Waterparks. This Houston pop-punk/synth band has been gaining steam in the scene since they came on in 2016. Today we discuss all their albums and rank our favorite songs. Here's our playlist of the best of the best: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5vjoOXhhm1ery20AWhQCjg?si=39b1763a3a5c4ccc
Blink is Back!
BLINK IS BACK! TOM IS BACK! NEW MUSIC! AHHHH!!!! Today we sit down with music journalist Mike Damante to discuss everything about the reunion we've been dreaming about for years... The good, the bad ::ticket prices:: and the new song EDGING
Stories from the Stage w/ FRND CRCL
This week we sit down with the boys in the South Jersey punk band FRND CRCL. We chat a little bit about the Four Chord Music Festival, coming up in the SNJ/Philly pop-punk scene, and the boys rank their favorite pop-punk albums of all time. Check out FRND CRCL on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5y4MciXJL9xyGtvnig6zAB?si=Fk-QvHoXSCCwEzrR0b0NKQ
Everywhere You Look: A Chat about TV Theme Songs
Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name and sometimes you just need the origin story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We all know and love us some TV theme songs, so this week on the show we chat with Movie Steve and Kevin from Ford the River about the TV theme songs that shaped our youth and we even jam to these days.
Stories from the Stage: Calling All Captains
When post-hardcore meets melodic pop-punk... Four Years Strong meets blink-182... we get to the intersection that is Calling All Captains. Today we sit down with Brad and Nick from Canada's finest road warriors to talk all about the band's 10 year history, touring van breakdown stories, and a whole lot more. Make sure to check out Calling All Captains on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/38vVrIl7XQVwKEg9lvuygG?si=_41blPRxRHSdZXq4PVE4sg
Album Spotlight: Let It Enfold You (Senses Fail)
Fresh off Drive-Thru Summer we're going to let it enfold us as we album spotlight Senses Fail's 2004 debut full length Let It Enfold You. We break down this album track by track and talk all about this emo/post-hardcore banger.
Drive-Thru Summer Recap w/ @kevinmusic33 & @stoph224
As #DriveThruSummer comes to an official close, we welcome in new listeners to the pod Chris & Kevin to chat all about our summer series, the Drive-Thru bands we all love, and put a retrospective to all the discussions we've had.
Drive-Thru Summer leads to Early November feat. Ace Enders & Jeff Kummer
As we transition from Drive-Thru Summer into the fall, we got the chance to sit down with Jeff Kummers & Ace Enders from The Early November to talk all about the band's beginnings signing with Drive-Thru all the way through their new record 20. Ace & Jeff field tons of questions about their influences, their early albums and how the band has evolved over the years. We even got Ace & Jeff to rank their top TEN tracks.
It's Just Rock N Roll: A Midtown Chat feat. Rob Hitt
We're still tryin' to wrap our heads around the Midtown Resurrection that is coming this fall. This week we sit down with Midtown drummer and I Surrender Records founder Rob Hitt to chat about the early days of the band, the 2022 reunion, Drive-Thru Records, and of course... cats. After you listen, check out Rob's super awesome punk running playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0JCOvRIHkgJpZLTumio1TA?si=270ef547a653429f
Drive-Thru Summer: Last Stop Suburbia (Allister) w/ @dangergavin
Somewhere down on Fullerton, there's a record label that meant so much to everybody like me. This week, we present our last #DriveThruSummer Album Spotlight and it's a big one - Allister's Last Stop Suburbia. We welcome @dangergavin to give us a fresh perspective on the album and chat about it track by track. Keep that podcast player on all night long and listen!
Drive-Thru Summer: Progress (Rx Bandits) w/ @steveinbrooklyn & @bendpm
We're all just analog boys in a digital world. On this week's Drive-Thru Summer album spotlight we deep dive the 2001 album Progress by Rx Bandits. These guys mix punk, ska, reggae and funk and deliver something completely different than the rest of the Drive-Thru catalog. We have listener guests Ben and Steve to help us break it all down track by track.
Drive-Thru Summer: Kings Of Pop (Home Grown) w/ @salciaart
Take a chance on stupidity, and have a seat come ride with us this week as we deep dive the 2022 banger by Home Grown - it's Kings of Pop y'all! We enlist the help of @salciaart and we dissect Kings of Pop track by track and rank our favorite songs. Give it up and listen along!
Drive-Thru Summer: 40 Hour Train Back to Penn (The Movielife) w/ @actionleaguemat & @sk8dad921
We don't wish a 40 hour train ride on anyone, but this week on #DriveThruSummer we celebrate The Movielife's 2003 banger 40 Hour Train Back to Penn. We break down the album track by track with Ford The River's @actionleagemat and HSNE listener @sk8dad921 who are huge Movielife fans
Drive-Thru Summer: Living Well Is the Best Revenge (Midtown) w/ @thomaswgood
I'm afraid that we've become everything that we had hated, and today we're going to deep dive that sentiment and discuss Midtown's 2022 banger Living Well Is the Best Revenge. Today on the show we welcome Tom Good to help us break down this classic DTR album track by track in anticipation of their resurrection/reunion in 2022.
Drive-Thru Summer: Roundtable feat. Adam Lohrbach & Tim Rogner
At the mid-point of Drive-Thru Summer we summon upon some of Drive-Thru's very early recording artists in a roundtable format. Adam Lohrbach from Home Grown and Tim Allister reunite on the show and we hit them with our own and listener submitted questions all about Drive-Thru Records
Drive-Thru Summer: Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! (HelloGoodbye) w/ @lins1080
It's time to dive into synth-pop as we discuss one of Drive-Thru's later signings, HelloGoodbye. Today we discuss their debut full lenght Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! and not only that, we welcome Chris-183's prom date to join us! Lindsay is a Z!A!V!D! fan and helps us break down the electic 2006 banger.
Drive-Thru Summer: Say It Like You Mean It (Starting Line) w/ @punkishdad
Tell me what you thought about when you were a Drive-Thru kid listening to the very first Starting Line album. We'll give you our thoughts along with @punkishdad's in this Album Spotlight of Say It Like You Mean it, an emotional banger brought to us via Drive-Thru Records. Today we deep dive SILYMI complete with a track by track breakdown and a ranking of our favorite songs. We all got older, but we're still young. We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up!
Drive-Thru Summer: The Room's Too Cold (The Early November) w/ @jamesonranck
For the next Drive-Thru Summer spotlight we're getting emo and discussing NJ rockers The Early November's 2003 release "The Room's Too Cold." We needed some help taking about TEN so we enlist Jameson Ranck to help us dissect this DTR classic.