Knuckle Puck

Since forming in Chicago’s south suburbs a decade ago, KNUCKLE PUCK have become one of the aggressive pop-punk genre’s preeminent forces thanks to a relatable lyrical approach and similarly engaging musical sensibilities – a blend that has filled venues around the world and the main stages of the Vans Warped Tour and Slam Dunk. Now,…

Real Friends

For as much as the world has changed since Real Friends first emerged in 2010, the band’s mission hasn’t. The Chicago, Illinois quintet continue to bleed without apology and write songs that make it okay to feel everything: The ups, the downs, and everything else in between. Rather than shy away from emotion, the renowned…

One Step Closer

One Step Closer has always believed that hardcore is limitless. On All You Embrace, the band puts that theory into practice. Every release from the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania band has seen them exploring the sonic overlaps of hardcore, emo, and ‘90s alternative rock without an iota of self-consciousness, or pretension, creeping into the mix. Taken in…

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