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#FridayReads: Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal

Heavy metal has been an essential part of Pop-Break since the beginning. It makes logical sense because, well, I'm the editor-in-chief of the site...

The Singles Party: Slipknot, ‘The Negative One’

Singles Party panelist Nick Porcaro dropped a note to us on Mondays saying, "Last week Slipknot dropped a new song, "The Negative One", their...

Pop-Preview: Sublime with Rome at The Wellmont Theater

Ask anyone born in the last 35 years for the top five bands that come to mind when they think of ska-punk music, and...

Interview: Queensryche

Written by Molly Boekenheide "Keep on keepin' on," seems to be the unofficial motto of the hard-rocking bandmates of Queensryche, who, after a tumultuous couple...

Album Review: Spoon, ‘They Want My Soul’

Written by Max Freedman Prior to the announcement of Spoon’s eighth album, They Want My Soul, the band posted a photo to their Facebook page...

Pop-Break Live: 2014 Rockstar Mayhem Festival 2014 (Camden, NJ)

No other concert experience combines soaking in the August humidity and listening to the finest sounds of heavy metal quite like my full-day excursion...

Interview: Skid Row

Written by Lucas P. Jones For those among us in the heavy metal fan club, Skid Row is a name that is synonymous with metal....

Album Review: Brandon Broderick, ‘Twelve by Twelve’

Written by Matt DeBenedetti Brandon Broderick is a phenomenal musician, songwriter, and lyricist. I was so shocked to hear this album front to back, and...

Pop-Press: Made in America 2014 – One Weekend, Two Coasts

The summer is rapidly coming to an end and that means all those lazy days on the beach, all those backyard BBQ's and all...

Interview: Andrew McMahon

It's hard to believe, but it's been almost two years since Andrew McMahon decided to separate himself from his former projects. On August 25,...

Album Review: Jenny Lewis, ‘The Voyager’

Sure, I could say Jenny Lewis tends to shove awkward, long-winded phrases into ill-fitting melodies on The Voyager. I could point out how her...

Pop-Break Live: XPoNential Festival 2014, Day 3

The final day of XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru featured perhaps the strongest performances and the largest crowds of an already jam-packed weekend. Philly...