Pop-punk is back and KennyHoopla is one of the new generation’s leading lights: a one-man band who left Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to follow a yellow brick road to Hollywood... then, um, back to Wisconsin again.
Right now, someone somewhere is playing their viral debut single Chaise Longue. As the pair unveil their criminally addictive follow-up, we sit them down to learn the importance of shredding, existentialism “and being silly”.
The mainstream pop-punk renaissance is upon us and Meet Me @ The Altar are blazing the trail for the next generation. We join the American trio as they tour the UK for the first time.
In the lead up to his upcoming LP, PUNK, the rapper debuts a new rock-influenced aesthetic and sound in his Tiny Desk concert.
Put your horns up, bang your head, whip your hair. The 20-year-old pop-punk hero has arrived.
We unpack the songs the Godfather of pop-punk has created through his decades-spanning career.