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Neck Deep, State Champs Announce Co-Headlining Tour With Knuckle Puck, Like Pacific

Hold on to your britches, pop-punkers. Neck Deep and State Champs will co-headline across North America in 2016 for the AP World Tour. Knuckle Puck and Like Pacific will provide support for the affair, which is one of the biggest pop-punk tour lineups in recent memory. Check out dates and a flyer below. Neck Deep […]

State Champs Release Music Video For Breakup Anthem, “All You Are Is History”

The anticipation intensifies as we get closer to the October 16 release of State Champs‘ sophomore full-length effort, Around The World And Back. The Albany pop-punk five-piece have just put out a brand new music video for their song, entitled “All You Are Is History.” The track, as its title suggests, is an edgy jam […]

The Wonder Years Announce Fall Headlining Tour Alongside Motion City Soundtrack & More

In heavy anticipation of their upcoming fifth full-length record No Closer To Heaven, Philadelphia pop-punk frontrunners The Wonder Years have just announced that they will be heading out on tour this Fall. They will be joined by some killer bands, both old and new, on a month-long run across the country; the bands namely Motion […]

Here Are Six Bands You Shouldn’t Miss At Today’s Mixtape Festival

East Coast Collective, famously known on Long Island for putting on massive amounts of great shows ranging from punk (Glassjaw recently played a surprise set during a Soda Bomb show) to hardcore (Bane played Spring Mixtape Fest) to hip-hop (Ja Rule headlined a show last summer), is also home to a beloved two-day festival: Today’s […]

State Champs Announce ‘Around The World And Back,’ Stream “Secrets”

State Champs have been very busy lately. The Albany pop-punk breakouts have spent the past year on the road alongside All Time Low in the U.S. and 5 Seconds Of Summer in Australia. In more good news, it seems they are gearing up finally to put out some new music. Following their very successful debut […]

5 Seconds Of Summer Announce Australia Tour With State Champs, Pop-Punk World Implodes

In an unexpected move, 5 Seconds Of Summer have announced that New York pop-punk band State Champs will be directly supporting the band on their upcoming Australia / New Zealand tour. Since the One Direction prodigy boy band graced the cover of Alternative Press last year, speculation has run wild that 5 Seconds of Summer are important […]

REVIEW: Speak Low If You Speak Love – ‘Everything But What You Need’

Artist: Speak Low If You Speak Love Album: Everything But What You Need Genre: Acoustic indie rock Label: Pure Noise Records In the punk world, acoustic side projects often carry an unjustified stigma. While many of the records in the “sensitive pop-punk dude with acoustic guitar” genre tend to fall flat due to uninspired songwriting […]

Speak Low If You Speak Love Premieres “Have My Head”

Speak Low If You Speak Love (Ryan Scott Graham of State Champs) has partnered with AbsolutePunk to premiere a brand new single titled “Have My Head.” Check it out by following the jump below, and let us know what you think in the replies. The track is taken from the remastered version of Everything But […]

State Champs Release New Music Video For “If I’m Lucky”

Arguably one of the best (if not the best) songs off of State Champs‘ latest The Acoustic Things EP is a song entitled “If I’m Lucky.” Today the Albany, NY pop-punk five-piece has released the music video for this song and it most definitely suits the cutesy, acoustic vibe going around. The music video features […]

Good Luck Varsity Release Second Track From Final Album

When Good Luck Varsity was white-hot, they entered the studio to record their first full-length record. Countless EPs and years of progress led to that point and fans’ mouths were watering at the thought. Unfortunately, the band announced their split and the record was shelved for quite a while. Meanwhile, guitarist/vocalists Evan Baker and Ryan […]

All Time Low To Embark On ‘Future Hearts’ Tour; Support From Issues, Tonight Alive, State Champs

Recently, All Time Low announced some really exciting news about their upcoming album, Future Hearts. However, in the shadow of the exciting announcement basks a tour that deserves to be recognized: This spring, All Time Low will hit the road in the US with ISSUES, Tonight Alive and State Champs. The 32-stop outing starts April […]

State Champs, Senses Fail & More To Release New Music Through Pure Noise Records In 2015

​If you are a fan of Pure Noise Records, then you have an exciting year ahead of you. The label has confirmed a slew of album releases slated for 2015 as well as a major UK tour. We can expect to see full-length albums from Hit The Lights, Four Year Strong, The Story So Far, […]