Let's have a thread in which we can wax eloquent (more than likely, probably not) about all the great pop-punk/screamo/emo/whatever the hell you want to call. This can probably cover a pretty wide range of stuff, open to interpretation.

For example, here are two of my favorites from this year:



Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
This gets a little better with each listen, the two singles are great fun especially "MakeDamnSure".



The Format - Dog Problems
I'm new to these guys, but totally digging on this. It's like what happens if Steely Dan was born thirty years later and grew up on Drive-Thru.

Not to mention Cobra Starship and the awesomely over the top "Snakes On A Plane (Bring It)".



So yeah, we can talk about those. Or maybe you can tell me about that new HelloGoodbye album, the title makes it sound awesome.

I've also been enjoying this lately:

that HelloGoodbye video ("Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn" I think it was called) was pretty terrible.



this on the other hand, very cool

i was in my friends car the other night and he put on New Found Glory's self titled disc. man did that cd rock.

The Format record is fantastic. Haven't really heard much from the newest Taking Back Sunday record.

I caught the video for their new single, its surprisingly not terrible even if they stole the teens in underwear thing from J.E.W.

I went to High School with the lead singer of Fall out Boy. he still lives around here and he's still a complete scum fuck whiny cunt

did New Found Glory ever have any actual hits? The only songs I know from them were off their 2004 album.

"Head On Collision" and "My Friends Over You" both hit pretty big in whatever year that album was. '02 maybe?

EDIT: Just checked, '02 it was. "My Friends Over You" hit #85 on the Hot 100 and #5 Modern Rock. "Head On Collision" hit #28 Modern Rock.

FAKE EDIT: Obviously "pretty big" was all relative.

I think they had some hits off their 2000 self-titled album. You know, the album after they signed with MCA and changed their name to New Found Glory?

I'll have to check those out I guess. "All Downhill from Here" was OK.

"Hit or Miss" was a funny song for me in college. Funny as in so bad it's funny.

I think both of those were far better than that one.

this thread is surely some sign of the apocalypse.

What is this like?

All acoustic songs? I think, but I'm not sure.



Good!

Yeah, pretty much all acoustic songs for the most part. The Skiba songs sound just like acoustic Alkaline Trio songs. I'm not too familiar with 7 Seconds so I'm not sure how they compare.

Working out w/ Richard Simmons >>>> this thread

I've come to accept the fact that emo is used with this stuff now,cause it kinda has been since SDRE and stuff of that ilk,but I really don't get how screamo went from being bands like Orchid to bands like Thursday.

But on this type of music's tip.. who digs/used to dig Reggie and the Full Effect? I used to love that shit,and I still can't hate it just because DeWees is such a cool guy(even if he is in New Found Glory now). Plus he was the drummer for Coalesce,so extra cool points for him.

I love his first two records. Lost interest after Under the Tray.

REEL BIG FISH BOOYAH!

you went to gbs?

and i like jimmy eat world's clarity.

Yeah, I expected to get some crap for using that in the title - but for better or worse, "emo" has a whole new meaning for kids growing up on the My Chemical Romance/Fall Out Boy Stuff. We an argue semantics as long as we want, but its not going to stop the youngins' from considering a lot of this stuff emo.

Also, I don't see whats so wring with this thread. Why is this so much worse than having a Metal thread? Or a noise thread? There's quite a few people on the board that enjoy this kind of stuff, so why not condense it into one thread that the haters can avoid easily. This is certainly no worse than the rampant Weezer-worship that has seemed to take over the board as of late.

Which, to be fair, would be right at home in this thread.

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong - I certainly love Weezer. Pinkerton is in my Top 25 albums of all time. Just that the over-abundance of threads devolving into pictures of Rivers and Green Album quotes is beginning to bug even me.

Pretty big words from someone with Snow Patrol in their sig.

I have to find that Paramore album. I can't stop playing "Emergency". Talk about catchy. The 16 year-old singer's a bit of an Avril clone, but the song's good enough to let it slide.

Has anyone else here heard the Forecast? They're from Peoria, and sort of combine roots rock with emo, and have an amazing boy-girl lead vocal thing going on. I liked their debut, but their new one takes things to the next level.

I also got a cd in the mail by a band called On the Last Day, and when I looked at the photo on the back, I just wanted to punch every last one of them:

I've heard a lot about The Forecast, but have yet to hear an actual track. I'm intrigued.

And yes, pretty much half of the bands listed in this thread have at least one or two punch-worthy members.

this has gotta be my biggest 'guilty pleasure' record. i grew up on it, and it brings back major nostalgia every time i listen to it.

Fact: I really do enjoy the music of Fenix Tx.

Fact: I really do enjoy the music of MxPx.

Fact: I once had an MxPx CD, and I kept trying to sell it, but nobody would buy it, so I mailed it to my friend in Detroit, along with Primus's Anti-Pop, and the Hippos' Heads Are Gonna Roll. He was not happy about this.

Another fact: I enjoy multiple albums by the group Nerf Herder, as well as frontman Parry Gripp's solo album For Those About To Shop We Salute You.

Yet another fact: The Vandals are awesome.

Fact: I really do enjoy the music of Brand New.

this is classic.

You just know they get their equipment stolen all the time.

Here's something not-new, but some underheard 1987 roots of "emo", I suppose:
Government Issue's best album You.

GI was a 1980s melodic hardcore band from DC who weren't on Dischord, for some reason. One or two of these guys went on to form Jawbox and then Burning Airlines.
Great album.

See? This thread is already great. I need to rip my Swing Kids vinyl on to my computer one of these days.

Ah, this is the thread for me.

Dog Problems and Louder Now are my current #1 and #2 for the year. I'm seeing The Format on Friday at Metro. So pumped.

albums are so good. I want to go listen to them now, but they're upstairs.

From another thread...



LINK PROBABLY STILL WORKS.

excellent

way to make life convenient Paves

i think it's cool that pop-punk is now mainstream music. even if i don't know any of the popular bands, i like to flip on mtv and see some kids pop-punkin' rather than seeing some guys in their 30's nu-metallin'.

respect:

I hate most of the local pop punk bands but at least the shows are fun.

lol at metal shows

Good call. I haven't heard that Finch disc since my ex "borrowed" it from me four years ago!

I went to a metal show once. In Wheeling. You were probably there or something.

I was probably playing.

Yeah, it was probably a Tiger & Crane show.

these were my pre-T&C days. Back when I had a shitty metal band but people actually came to the shows for some reason.

Is this crossing the line?

There is no line in this thread.