News you may have missed! (10/3/20)

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Oct 03, 2020

How is it already October?! I can’t believe how fast things seem to be going, but weirdly so slow all at the same time. Is anyone else feeling this way?

Random Thoughts…

I have to say that I was digging the new Machine Gun Kelly album over the last couple of weeks. For those of you who don’t know, MGK released a pop punk album called ‘Tickets to My Downfall’. I will say that it’s not an album that I would compare to one of the great pop punk albums out there, but it definitely holds its own for sure. I think he set out to make a pop punk album and he absolutely nailed it.

And for those of you who have been listening to me over the last few months, I don’t mean to toot my own horn, but I’ve been saying for awhile now that in order for pop punk to get back into the mainstream, it could use help from some people who already have a hold on mainstream radio. One of the artists I’ve been recommending to help pop punk make its comeback was Halsey. Why Halsey? Because Halsey has already released a few rock-esque tracks and actually loves and has a personal relationship with the scene we all know and love. Well guess what? Halsey is featured on one of MGK’s new pop punk tracks and it’s actually pretty good. So again, not to toot my own horn, but I’ve been saying lately that pop punk’s comeback is inevitable. With Halsey and MGK having their ties to mainstream music right now, they are now opening the door for pop punk to walk through again.

Oh, and I hear that the MGK song that features Halsey is being made into a music video which means it’s being released as a single, which also means it could very well hit the Top 40 radio stations. It’s happening, guys. Pop punk is coming back.

The All Punked Up Podcast

We released podcast episode #010 this week. I can’t believe that we’ve already released our tenth (say it with me: 10th!) episode.

This week, Tyler, Ally and Bailey talk about the "sell out" mentality and how it can lead to a toxic environment amongst bands and fans in the scene. The team also gives their takes on how livestream concerts are starting to become a big deal and what that means for the future of how we get our entertainment. Also, after the crew talks about the interesting Tom DeLonge cake one contestant on Great British Bake Off made, they play 'Two Truths and a Lie'. So come play along with your favorite hosts and see if you can figure out what lie they are telling!

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News you may have missed…

Weekly Recap

All Punked Up’s Julia Pearl continues our recap series. Watch to learn more about MGK’s debut rock album, Trapt on Judge Judy, Fall Out Boy vs. Weezer, and more!

14 songs All Punked Up was digging this week…

If All Punked Up made an album for this past week, these are the songs that would be included on it. These songs could be old or new, maybe even unrelated, but they all traveled through APU team members’ headphones this week.

“body bag” — Machine Gun Kelly ft. YUNGBLUD, Bert McCracken of The Used
“Alchemy” — Wilmette
“Too Long” — Bobby XX
“Talking To The Ceiling” — Kulick
“Happy” — Goalkeeper
“Drunk Face” — Machine Gun Kelly
“Welcome to the Black Parade” — My Chemical Romance
“Hangover Cure” — Machine Gun Kelly
“Figure It Out” — Mascots
“Graveyard” — Goalkeeper
“Into the Blue” — Knuckle Puck
“Take Over” — League of Legends (feat. Jeremy McKinnon, MAX, Henry)
“Lighten Up Kid” — Mayday Parade
“Floor Gazer” — Club Dread

If you’re interested in listening to this “album”, we’ve got the playlist created over on Spotify here. Feel free to give it a listen. Maybe go ahead and just subscribe to the playlist while you’re at it. This same playlist will be updated weekly with new songs.

Weekly Game Results

In case you didn’t know we have two games running weekly on our Instagram! We play “Battle of the Bands” every Tuesday and “Timeless or Dated” every Thursday.

Here are this week’s results:

Timeless Or Dated:

Airplane Conversations by Waterparks was voted dated
Black Widow by In This Moment was voted dated
The Story So Far by The Story So Far was voted timeless
Disgusting by Beartooth was voted timeless
Fast Times at Barrington High by The Academy Is... was tied
This is a Stick Up ... don’t Make It a Murder by Hit The Lights was voted dated

Battle of the Bands:

Bring Me The Horizon beat The Amity Affliction by 68%
Alkaline Trio beat The Ataris by 42%
From Ashes To New beat DED by 68%
Bad Relgion beat NOFX by 4%
Less Than Jake beat MxPx by 24%
Reel Big Fish beat Goldfinger by 14%

Do you agree with these results? Be sure to tune in every Tuesday and Thursday at 5 pm EST on our Instagram Story to cast your votes.

What bands would you like to see go head to head in Battle of the Bands? What albums would you like to see us poll for Timeless or Dated? Make sure to send us a DM and let us know!

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