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Founded in September 2009, The Pop Break is a digital pop culture magazine that covers film, music, television, video games, books and comics books and professional wrestling.

Album Review: Rise Against, “The Black Market”

Pop-Break Staff - July 17, 2014

Written by Molly Boekenheide After 15 long years together, one might think that it's difficult to continue sounding fresh. Not so, for punkers Rise...

Album Review: Those Mockingbirds, ‘Penny the Dreadful’

Pop-Break Staff - July 17, 2014

Written by Matt DeBenedetti During my first listen to Those Mockingbirds' newest work, Penny the Dreadful, their sound had an immediate comparability to bands like...

Pop-Break Live: The Fray (JBL Live at Pier 97, NYC)

Pop-Break Staff - July 17, 2014

The rain clouds over New York City parted long enough last week to allow The Fray to put on an emotional and high-energy performance...

Album Review: Morrissey, ‘World Peace Is None of Your Business’

Pop-Break Staff - July 16, 2014

Written by Max Freedman Modern music journalism has expanded to include coverage of artist drama that is often completely irrelevant to the music being made....

Pop-Break Live: The Asbury Park Surf Music Festival (Asbury Lanes)

Pop-Break Staff - July 16, 2014

Pop-Break was stoked to be the sponsor of the 1st Annual Asbury Park Surf Music Festival on Saturday July 12 at The Asbury Lanes....

Trailer Tuesdays: Sex Tape

Pop-Break Staff - July 15, 2014

Written by Bill Bodkin and Logan J. Fowler Release Date: July 18, 2014 Starring: Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Robb Corddry, Ellie Kemper, Rob Lowe, Nat...

Pop-Ed: Real Men Talk Reality TV – The Real Housewives of NJ Premiere

Pop-Break Staff - July 14, 2014

Managing Editor’s Note: I love reality television and for years I’ve been thinking of a new and creative way to cover it on this...

Asbury Surf Music Festival Mixtape

Pop-Break Staff - July 12, 2014

Written by Vincent Minervino The following column is brought to Pop-Break by Vincent Minervino, organizer of The Asbury Surf Music Festival. From blues to punk, sci-fi...

Interview: Radkey

Pop-Break Staff - July 12, 2014

Written by Molly Boekenheide When you think back to your teenage years, what comes to mind? Stressing over exams? Fretting over your prom date? How...

#FridayReads: Migration: New & Selected Poems by W. S. Merwin

Pop-Break Staff - July 11, 2014

Written by Matt Haviland The first assignment from my Intermediate Poetry Writing professor was to explore our course book, The Vintage Book of Contemporary American...