Taking Back Sunday Added To When We Were Young 2024

Our prayers have been answered!

Emo legends Taking Back Sunday were officially added to the bill for this years When We Were Young in Las Vegas this October on Tuesday evening. With this year’s theme being full album playthroughs, the Long Island act will be playing their debut Tell All Your Friends. The record which came out in 2002 through now-defunct label Victory Records (1997, Electric Frankenstein, Secret Lives! Of The Freemasons) launched TBS and features some of their most beloved tracks like “Cute Without The ‘E’ (Cut From The Team),” “You’re So Last Summer” and “Timberwolves At New Jersey”.

A few months ago, fans noticed the cover of Tell All Your Friends on the official festival poster in October. The band was set to play at the festival, but the announcement was delayed because of a contract they had with Coachella. Coachella had also announced that TBS would be playing in April on the same day they were announced for WWWY. TBS are also performing at Bonnaroo this June. They’ll be on tour this summer alongside WWWY veterans Citizen.

When We Were Young announced 2024’s lineup days after 2023’s festival wrapped up. Headlining are My Chemical Romance (performing The Black Parade) and Fall Out Boy, with additional performances from Pretty Girls Make Graves, Jimmy Eat World, Chiodos, The Distillers, Motion City Soundtrack, Atreyu, The Forecast, A Day To Remember, Cobra Starship, Against The Current, and many more. Check out the lineup below.

WWWY 2024 takes place Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. Tickets for day 2 are available here.

Less Than Jake, Youth Fountain, Koyo, More To Appear On Pure Noise Records/Pabst Blue Ribbon Cover Comp ‘Dead Formats Vol. 2″

It’s back!

Last year, indie label Pure Noise Records (’68, Galactic Empire, The Pink Spiders) and beer brand Pabst Blue Ribbon teamed up to create Dead Formats Vol. 1, a covers compilation featuring Pure Noise acts covering songs from the 90s and 2000s. As stated by Rock ‘N’ Load Mag, “The concept with Volume 1 was originally curated as a way for fans to discover new, like-minded bands, the same way legendary comps like Atticus’ Dragging The Lake, Punk O Rama, or the Vans Warped Tour Compilations did in the 90s and 2000s.” And now they’re back with another volume.

PBR and PNR announced on Tuesday that Dead Formats Vol. 2 is coming out on September 1st. They have already released three songs from the album, including ska-punk band Less Than Jake’s cover of The Kinks’ “Come Dancing”, pop-punk group Knuckle Puck’s rendition of Third Eye Blind’s “Losing A Whole Year”, and indie pop band Lavalove’s version of Nirvana’s “Lithium”. You can listen to these covers below.

Volume 2 also features bands like The Early November, Koyo, Action/Adventure, Youth Fountain, Mugshot, The Chisel, Prince Daddy & The Hyena, Mint Green, Sad Park, The Bouncing Souls, and more. Check out the tracklist below.

1. Less Than Jake “Come Dancing” (The Kinks Cover)
2. Knuckle Puck “Losing A Whole Year” (Third Eye Blind Cover)
3. Lavalove “Lithium” (Nirvana Cover)
4. The Chisel “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)” (Elton John Cover)
5. Koyo “Do You Still Hate Me?” (Jawbreaker Cover)
6. Prince Daddy and the Hyena “You Get What You Give” (New Radicals Cover)
7. The Early November “Bizarre Love Triangle” (New Order Cover)
8. The Seafloor Cinema “Cute Without The ‘E’” (Taking Back Sunday Cover)
9. Belmont “Lying From You” (Linkin Park Cover)
10. Mugshot “Get This” (Slipknot Cover)
11. Action/Adventure “Hanging By A Moment” (Lifehouse Cover)
12. Youth Fountain “Look What Happened” (Less Than Jake Cover)
13. Mint Green “Drive” (Incubus Cover)
14. Sad Park “Sink To The Bottom” (Fountains Of Wayne Cover)
15. The Bouncing Souls  “In The Dark” (Toots And The Maytals Cover)

Pre-orders are now available. Click here to place your order.

Last August, Dead Formats Vol. 1 was released. It showcased bands like Four Year Strong, Drug Church, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Chamber, and State Champs covering songs by popular artists like My Chemical Romance, Blink-182, Rancid, The All-American Rejects, and Descendents.

Yellowcard, The Gaslight Anthem, Streetlight Manifesto, More To Play Four Chord Music Festival 9

Ready for some fun this summer in Pittsburgh?

Pittsburgh’s beloved annual punk rock festival Four Chord is back for its ninth year. The two-day, 100% DIY festival features a stacked roster, with reunited pop-punk act Yellowcard (performing Ocean Avenue in full) and emo band Taking Back Sunday headlining Saturday, August 12, and reunited heartland punk rockers The Gaslight Anthem headlining Sunday, August 13. Others performing include Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness, Mest, Waterparks, Origami Angel, Streetlight Manifesto, Patent Pending, Face To Face, American Football, Punchline, Sincere Engineer, and many more. Check out the lineup below.

“Couldn’t be more excited to get Four Chord Music Fest 9 up and running for this year,” festival founder Rishi Bahl said in a press release. “The lineup has been specially curated to try to attract the widest possible crowd within the punk rock genre, and I think it rocks. We also take pride in trying to make it as affordable as possible by controlling the fees, total cost, etc. We hope the scene will come together and spend the weekend of the year with us. DIY Til’ We Die.”

For tickets and festival info, click here.

Four Chord Music Festival 9 takes place Saturday, August 12 and ends Sunday, August 13, at the Wild Things Park in Pittsburgh/Washington, Pa. 

Four Chord Music Festival began in 2014 inside of a nightclub and has since ventured out into the Wild Things Park in Pittsburgh/Washington, Pa. Bands and acts who’ve played Four Chord in the past include Turnover, Masked Intruder, Hit The Lights, State Champs, Cartel, The Offspring, Four Year Strong, and I Am The Avalanche.

Hot Mulligan Announce New Album, Go Golfing With “Shhhh! Golf Is On”

It’s time.

Hot Mulligan, the #1 Hot New Band, have unveiled a brand new album. Their third album titled Why Would I Watch, which was recently named one of the most anticipated albums of 2023 on here, comes out May 12 via Wax Bodega Records (Carly Cosgrove, Maybeshewill, Super American). Produced by Brett Romnes (Heart Attack Man, I Am The Avalanche, Save Face,) Why Would I Watch features 12 emotionally pop-punk/emo bangers to get you through 2023. Frontman Tades Sanville told BrooklynVegan, “‘Shhhh! Golf Is On’ is about my mom. I’m asking her to die. Every time I hear about her, she’s a worse person than before.” Check out the song below.

Also check out the artwork and track list below.

1. Shouldn’t Have A Leg Hole But I Do

2. It’s A Family Movie She Hates Her Dad

3. And I Smoke

4. This Song Is Called It’s Called What It’s Called

5. No Shoes In The Coffee Shop (Or Socks)

6. Christ Alive My Toe Dammit Hurts

7. Betty

8. Cock Party 2 (Better Than The First)

9. Shhh! Golf Is On

10. Gans Media Retro Games

11. Smahccked My Head Awf

12. John “The Rock” Cena, Can You Smell What The Undertaker

Hot Mulligan are currently touring with The Wonder Years. They’re also performing at Sad Summer Fest this summer with Taking Back Sunday, Mom Jeans. and Head Automatica, and this October, they’re attending both days of When We Were Young along with Green Day, 5 Seconds Of Summer and Zebrahead.