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November 12, 2024News, Reviews

Death From Above 1979 at Metro

Death From Above 1979 played at Metro with Teen Mortgage as the opener. It was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen On November 7, I saw Death From […]
September 7, 2024News

Joey CXP opening the night at The Stone Pony, Dashboard Confessional playing Summer Stage

Recent podcast guest Joey CXP opening the night on indoor stage, with Dashboard Confessional and Boys Like Girls playing Summer Stage Joey CXP, one of our recent guests on the […]
October 16, 2023Episodes, News

lolitslea announces personalized direct-to-vinyl live recordings

Choose your favorite lolitslea song to be pressed into a vinyl in real-time. Image via leestavall.com lolitslea announced today (10/16) that they will be recording live performances of their original […]
October 13, 2023News

T1 Fest announces 2023 lineup

T1 Fest is coming to Chicago at Reggie’s Rock Club on October 19, 20, and 21! This year, the headliners will be Flatfoot 56 (Thursday), The Queers (Friday), and Teenage […]
March 23, 2023News

Four Chord Music Festival announces 2023 lineup

Four Chord Music Festival returns to Pennsylvania’s Wild Things Park August 12 and 13, 2023 The ninth iteration of the two-day festival offers an awesome lineup to fans of pop-punk and emo, including […]
March 22, 2023News

The Punk Rock Museum opens with guided tours on April 1st, 2023

Plus May tour guides announced for The Punk Rock Museum! The Punk Rock Museum, located at 1422 Western Ave., between the strip and downtown in Las Vegas, Nevada, will open […]
December 2, 2022News, Uncategorized

How much do streaming services pay bands?

How much do music-streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music actually pay artists? By Sofija Matonis With intro by Noelle Matonis Follow Pop-Punk & Pizza Podcast on: Twitter […]
October 25, 2022News

Jacques LaMore steps down from Pop-Punk & Pizza Podcast

Noelle Matonis takes over as host and producer Jacques LaMore, the creator of Pop-Punk & Pizza Podcast and Kankakee Podcast, has decided to step down as host and pass […]
September 15, 2022News

Riot Fest 2022 Preview with Kevin Andrew of Guardrail

Hello. I’m Kevin Andrew. I sing in the Chicago-based pop-punk (or “diet punk”) band Guardrail. This is my first write-up for the Pop-Punk & Pizza Podcast, and what better topic […]
April 21, 2022News

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: Weatherworn “Last Rites”

Weatherworn’s “Last Rites” Official Music Video is the first release of a three-part video series directed by Rory McAllister. It was scripted in collaboration of Weatherworn and McAllister to support […]