Holy shit. I didn’t think I’d like this at all. I’m really iffy these days about straight-up pop punk bands, mostly because a lot of them sound like fucking New Found Glory. There, now that I said that and made my peace, this album is amazing. Broadway Calls have unleashed a saccharine-soaked tribute to old school pop punk with their self-titled full-length.

The album makes me nostalgic. Me at like 15 or so, totally rocking out to Digger and other pop punk bands as I sat on the curb after school and waited for my friends to get out of their later classes. Oblivious to almost everything except songs about girls and making honest, teenage, and almost amateurish attempts at political commentary. Let me reiterate, there is no way you should really be able to listen to this seriously, and yet, I do. “Suffer The Kids” in particular, a ridiculously catchy song that has me singing “not innocent whoa!” down the street the past two days.

It’s a breath of fresh air, almost literally, to listen to this band. I can’t really stress enough how odd it was to find a totally non-cliched pop punk band that just have fun and make me want to have more fun, but Broadway Calls definitely pulled that off.

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The fine folk at Alternative Press have posted the new video from Long Island’s Crime In Stereo. The clip is for the song “Small Skeletal” off their latest release Crime In Stereo…Is Dead. LNWF’s own Leah recently caught up with the band in Philadelphia, check the interview out here and the video below.

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The fine folks at Sub Pop want to give back to you (if you’re in high school and live in the Pacific Northwest that is).  The label is offering up their annual “Loser Scholarship” for the upcoming academic year. The scholarship is for up to $13,000 in grants, to be dispersed among three different scholarships. All the info can be found after the jump.

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Mono will be playing their only U.S. gig this year at Louisville, KY’s Terrastock Festival. The festival, which is curated by Terrascope Magazine and their online community, will also feature Makoto Kawabata of Acid Mothers Temple, Oneida, Bardo Pond, Marissa Nadler, among many others. Terrastock 7 takes place from June 19th thru June 22nd at the Mellwood Arts Center.

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Full lineup after the jump.

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Great, now I’ve soiled my pants just thinking about how awesome this damn thing is. Polar Bear Club are, hands down, one of my favorite new bands that I’ve discovered in years. It’s not just because they have pretty mouths. I mean sure, that helps, they’re good-looking guys…you know what, I’m just gonna stop now and talk about the record instead.

Sometimes Things Just Disappear, their debut full-length on Red Leader Records follows up the phenomenal The Redder, The Better EP. Drawing from almost all my favorite bands like Lifetime, Hot Water Music, and Texas Is The Reason, this album, including tracks like “Hollow Place,” “Another Night In The Rock,” and “Heart Attack At Thirty” has been playing in my MP3 player and stereo nonstop for a while now. I’m pretty sure it played through about three times on my way to work yesterday.

Sometimes Things Just Disappear is hardcore without being ridiculously overdone. Heavy yet emotional but without the sap. Straight-up fun without any sense of well-planned ironic statements. Polar Bear Club are so right on that you really won’t know what hit you until you’re alone in your room listening to this and screaming along with every fucking word with every ounce of yourself, wishing you were at one of their shows.

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