Ho Ho Ho! In a major twist, we're not talking about Punk Goes Christmas, but we are talking about the classic punk-rock Christmas comp A Santa Cause: It's a Punk-Rock Christmas. Joining us is one of the artists on the comp, Chris Fafalios of Punchline! We talk holiday cheer, "anti-holiday" songs, and walk through the comp track by track.
HSNE Goes... Punk Goes Metal w/ Television Supervision
It's the second episode of HSNE Goes... Punk Goes... and we're going back to the very first Punk Goes Comp from 2000 which was Punk Goes Metal. The boys from Television Supervision join us for the episode and a special surprise. The companion playlist has all the originals and covers: https://open.spotify.com/album/7kGwBt4AaxUx6PSoYzgKtT?si=-PbQJLH3QjGJv_8d2iUX0Q
HSNE Goes... Punk Goes Pop w/ Project Revise
Blink-182 may be coming... but here at HSNE we are GOING. That's right, strap in for an in-depth deep dive on all the emo kids' favorite cover compilations PUNK GOES! On our first episode we explain what the hell we're doing and we talk all about Punk Goes Pop with the boys from Project Revise. The companion playlist has all the originals and covers back to back for easy reference: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6wx94voDtfvcJC2unIDXJA?si=5e23c12542084193
Album Spotlight: Goldfinger
In today's Album Spotlight we travel back to 1996 and visit the first album put out by Goldfinger. Chris-183 has fuzzy memories of this CD and we go through it track by track and rank our favorites!
Stories from the Stage: After Elmer
Wingman Steve & Chris-183 take a virtual trip to Rotterdam in the Netherlands this week as we sit down and chat with the boys in the punk band After Elmer. They give us some Dutch geography lessons, discuss debauchery in Amsterdam and rank some of their favorite influential tracks. Check out After Elmer on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4URpB1n4Ty2J4M0wWHg1k2?si=iLZjNwCYRd-sbNsjyDNDcw
Listening Party: Volume 3
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