The Making Of: Boys Like Girls - Crazy World
Free download of Shorthand’s self-titled EP! Shorthand has an awesome pop-punk feel, for fans of Balance & Composure, Stickup Kid, Blink-182, and Polar Bear Club.
September
21st Southampton Joiners (UK)
22nd Kingston Fighting Cocks (UK)
23rd Leicester Soundhouse (UK)
24th Birmingham Rainbow (UK)
25th Manchester Star and Garter (UK) * No Bangers
26th Glasgow King Tut’s (UK) * No Bangers
27th Leeds Cockpit (UK)
28th London Old Blue Last (UK)
29th Beverwijk Rock Cafe (Netherlands)
30th Antwerp JC Kavka (Belguim)
October
2nd Berlin Crystal (Germany)
3rd Hamburg Hafenklang (Germany)
4th Cologne MTC (Germany)
5th Prague OO7 (Czech Republic)
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Worcester Palladium (upstairs)
4/9/12
Soup of the Day: The Passenger- Here Today. Gone to Maui.
Formed in the summer of 2011, The Passenger is an alternative rock band hailing from the state where old people go to die: Florida.
Mentally rooted in the mid-nineties Saturday Night Live/”Grunge” Era, The Passenger’s music wants to inspire you to dust off your Doc Martens and tie a flannel around your waist. Their self-produced debut album, “Here Today. Gone To Maui.,” mixed by Ed Rose (Get Up Kids, Motion City Soundtrack, Appleseed Cast…), embodies a well-rounded, full bodied, super catchy rock sound reminiscent of bands like Jimmy Eat World, The Get Up Kids, and Weezer.
Buy “Here Today. Gone To Maui.,” here.
After much digging, I stumbled across Philco Fiction led by frontwomen Turid Solberg. Philco Fiction is an amazing electro-pop trio coming from Oslo. The songs of the trio all have a haunting melody and are epic, broken-hearted piano ballads that recall prime Prince and electropop symphonies….
Man Overboard will re-release their self-titled album with bonus songs for Warped Tour. The “Dead End Dreams” video drops Tuesday.

Everyone can agree it’s been one hell of a pop-punk year! With a TON of new releases from New Found Glory to The Wonder Years, 2012 is sure to be even better! To help you pop-punkers look back with fond memories, here’s RAD’s Top 40 Pop Punk Songs of 2011!
40) Train Yourself To Drive In Colour by Call Off The Search (What Doesn’t Kill Us…EP)
39) Pasini’s Birthday Bash by Giants At Large (Acoustic EP)
38) Truffle Shuffle by Nightlights (So It Goes)
37) Hands On Deck by Carousel Kings (A Pop-Punk Summer)
36) Periphery By Half-Hearted Hero (Running Water)
35) Arrows by Fireworks (Gospel)
34) Definiton by On My Honor (Nature & Nuture)
33) Youth Crew Blues by Latin For Truth (Youth Crew Blues)
32) Screams In Caves by Polar Bear Club (Clash, Battle, Guilt, Pride)
31) Honesty, Honestly by Living With Lions (Holy Shit)
30) What Seems To Be The Officer Problem by Me Vs. Hero (Days That Shape Our Lives)
29) Pride and Progress by The Offseason (Pride and Progress/Goin’ For Broke)
28) Crash and Burn by Boys No Good (Never Felt Better)
27) Transparent Seas by Make Do And Mend (End Measured Mile)
26) Sasha by Turnover (Turnover EP)
25) See, Even Bill Idol Gets It! By Stickup Kid (The Sincerest Form Of Flattery)
24) Seasons by Trash The Dress (Why Do I Do The Things I Hate? EP)
23) True Tales and Short Stories by Sail To North (A Pop Punk Summer)
22) The Office by Forever Came Calling (AAAHH!! Real Pop Punk Vol. 1)
21) Dead Weight by With The Punches (It’s Not The End Of The World)
20) I’ve Made A Huge Mistake by So Many Ways (So Many Ways EP)
19) Start The Reactor by Set Your Goals (Burning At Both)
18) Ladder Match by Hands On The Stereo (Teamwork Makes Dreamwork)
17) Wyoming by Two O’Clock Courage (Here’s To Hoping…)
16) Elevator Music by I Call Fives (Bad Advice)
15) True Color by Bridge The Borders (Amateur Hour EP)
14) Scoreboard by Such Gold (7” Split w/A Loss For Words)
13) Where Are You? By Handguns (Forever Came Calling)
12) Boom, Roasted by Crucial Dudes (61 Penn)
11) How Did I End Up Here? By Carridale (A Pop-Punk Summer)
10) We’re Rooted Here and You Can’t Pull Us Up by Caleb Lionheart (Disconnect Disconnect’s Compilation “Removals”)
9) Memories and Battle Scars by New Found Glory (Radiosurgery)
8) Subject To Change by Major League (Varibles)
7) Daughters by The Story So Far (Under Soil and Dirt)
6) Earthquake by Hit The Lights (Invictica EP)
5) Up All Night by Blink-182 (Neighborhoods)
4) Long Lost Friends by Transit (Listen and Forgive)
3) Spunn by Man Overboard (Man Overboard)
2) Drop Out Of Life by This Time Next Year (Drop Out Of Life)
1) Came Out Swingin’ by The Wonder Years (Suburbia: I’ve Given You All Now I’m Nothing)