Defend Pop Punk

Now this is a cause I can get behind!

New Jersey's finest, Man Overboard, have a four-part free podcast chockablock with the some of the best pop punk has to offer with tracks from the almighty All Or Nothing (fresh from signing with Transmission Records), Fireworks, The Swellers, Man Overboard (of course!), Handguns and Shotgun Bang. What's even better it's free. So what are you waiting for? This is your call to arms - defend pop punk!

The Fest 9

For those lucky souls to be gracing glorious Gainesville at the end of the month, head on over to The Fest's website to check out the schedule. Featuring none other than the likes of The Suicide Machines, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, The Swellers, Teenage Bottlerocket and tonnes more of equally awesome bands.

And for those of us poor sods who aren't going - read and feel that jealousy kick in.

Vans Warped Tour: Free Sampler

It's summer so that means festivals galore! One of the best is the classic Vans Warped Tour for it's great selection of pop-punk and punk bands over a variety of stages. For those of you lucky enough to be going to melt and see some rad bands this summer check out the free sampler featuring The Swellers, Set Your Goals, Voodoo Glow Skulls and Alkaline Trio to name but a few. 

Unfortunately this is only available in the USA and Canada so us lot in Europe and the rest of the world will just go and cry now thinking about how much fun we're missing out on...