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The Singles Party: ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, ‘Tacky’ & ‘Word Crimes’

When 'Weird Al' Yankovic releases new material, the world literally stops and pays attention (and if you pay attention to "Word Crimes" you'll know...

Album Review: Rise Against, “The Black Market”

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’

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)

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: Bleachers, ‘Strange Desire’

When I first heard Jack Antonoff sing four years ago, I felt this unexplainable connection to him as both a musician and person. I’m...

Album Review: “Weird Al” Yankovic, ‘Mandatory Fun’

Three years ago, Alpocalypse dropped onto the world. Listening to the record, I couldn’t help but feel “Weird Al” had lost some of his...

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

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

Interview: 311

In 2010, I bought tickets to see The Unity Tour at The PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey. The bill was headlined...

Interview: RDGLDGRN

"Hey, what's that thing with all the letters you're listening to?" That's a question that came my way a lot within the past few weeks,...

Happy Mondays Interview Series: Hot Blood

Happy Mondays at The Wonder Bar in Asbury Park is about to get the volume turned up to 11 tonight. Hot Blood, one of the...

Podcast: News Over Brews – Shock Top Honeycrisp Apple Wheat

Pop-Break.com presents the latest episode of News Over Brews On this weeks episode we review the latest single from Interpol, talk about the newest addition...