Whipping out a ton of whoa’s, singalong choruses and melodic hooks over a foundation of fast-paced drums and distorted guitars never fails to grab my attention when executed properly.

Hey, apparently you don’t need just three chords to make it in punkrock. Three songs are all you need! This is proven by The Holy Mess, an outfit operating out of Philadelphia.

When Pierce The Veil dropped their debut “A Flair For The Dramatic”, all I could think about was that the album title was quite the understatement.

On their fourth album Defiance Ohio continue to treat us to some finely carved out folk tunes. The band’s positivity is still as contagious as their socially aware lyrics are insightful.

Ben Murray and Laura Nichol were previously in the metalcore beast that was Light This City but their true calling has apparently always been punkrock.

Here to bring back crossover from where most bands left it in the late 80s and early 90s, is The Bitter End.

On album number three End Of A Year offer more of what they are best at. Call it post-punk, post-hardcore or post-something. Or describe it as hardcore disguised as indie rock. It all works.

Splat! What was that? That’s the sound your head makes when you crank “Lock & Key” up all the way.

For the longest time Good Riddance treated us to some of the best melodic hardcore punk I have ever heard. I thought it was a real shame when they called it a day back in 2007.

The Real McKenzies are a bunch of Scottish Canadians who have been pillaging liquor cabinets around the world for quite a bunch of years already when they’re not too busy impregnating the local wom