News you may have missed! (3/27/20)
New site. Who dis? Free guitar lessons, new All Time Low music and more!
What’s up, everyone?! Hope everyone is doing well.
Most of us are still in “work-from-home” mode. I have to say, I like the WFH option a lot more than I thought I would. I feel like I’m actually a bit more productive. Maybe it’s because I’m not as interrupted as usual? Who knows.
This week is brought to you by All Punked Up’s new site! That’s right, we’ve got a new design. I’ll talk about it more below.
But before that, let’s get to the news.
News you may have missed…
As mentioned last week (and the week before), during this time, let’s make sure we are taking necessary precautions not only to keep ourselves safe, but others around us too. It’s being recommended that we not touch our face and that we wash our hands for at least 20 seconds. Above all, if you feel sick, stay home. Ok, to the news…
All Time Low did an interview with Amazon Music and the band released some a new song called “Melancholy Kaleidoscope”—listen
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong shares cover of “I Think We’re Alone Now”
Machine Gun Kelly & Travis Barker cover Paramore’s “Misery Business”
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Random Thoughts
New site! Who dis?
If you haven’t noticed already, we have a NEW SITE! The news site has had the same design for almost 4 years. We were well overdo for a re-design. I was looking for something fast, something minimal, something eye-appealing to you and something that would allow me to promote the things we need to promote without bogging down speed. Well, I found it!
First, you should notice that the site loads much faster than before. It may take slightly longer when you first visit the new site, but from there on out, you should see the site load up quicker as your phones and computers will cache the new design.
One of my favorite things about this new look are our article pages, especially on desktop computers. I decided (for now) to forgo the sidebar content on our articles. You aren’t there for the sidebar content (ads and trending articles and anything else I decide to throw in there), you’re there for the content you want to read. I respect that. So I’m giving you what you want :) Forgoing the sidebar content allows for the article content to go full width and centered for distraction free reading.
We’ve (for now) updated our site from just plain black and white and added a little bit of color. You should see a nice turquoise accent color throughout the site now.
The site now has the ability to add different types of ads throughout the site. This will be great when it comes to promoting things like the All Punked Up store, bands, products or releases. I won’t be adding any third-party advertising or anything liked that. Only ads for the store and paid-for spots.
I really hope everyone digs the new design. I’m in love with it. For me, It’s like getting a brand new toy. I can’t stop looking at it and it motivates me to keep updating. Let me know what you think at info@allpunkedup.com.
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So with that said, let’s get to why you are here.
12 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.
“Secrets” — State Champs
“Until the Day I Die” — Story of the Year
“Melancholy Kaleidoscope” — All Time Low
“Gas Lighting” — Lizzy Farrall
“Hate Conquers All” — Anti Flag
“Gave You Everything” — The Interrupters
“Green Squirrel in Pretty Bad Shape” — Hot Mulligan
“Head Above Water” — Avril Lavigne (featuring We the Kings)
“Ocean Avenue” — Yellowcard
“Biding Time” — Chief State
“Wildflower” — 5 Seconds of Summer
“My Friends Over You” — New Found Glory
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.
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Cheers,
Tyler Winters, Founder
All Punked Up