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Interview: The Menzingers

jeanne crump gets in the pit... If you haven’t discovered the Philly based punk act The Menzingers yet, open the interwebs and indulge. Their most...

Album Review: The Vaccines ‘The Vaccines Come of Age’

jason stives gets his new booster shot... Rule number 1 for rock music in the 21st century: You can’t please the masses AND the critics...

Album Review: “Tigerface” by Marco Benevento

bill bodkin reviews the latest from the top notch tickler of the ivories... When you think of a pianist images of aging men in a...

Pop-Break Live: The Aggrolites at The Wonder Bar

words and photos by maxwell barna... Following our interview with them in July, The Aggrolites came to Asbury Park’s The Wonder Bar for a one-night...

Interview: We Are the Ocean

kelly gonsalves goes across the pond... It has been an eventful summer for the United Kingdom’s Essex-based rock outfit We Are The Ocean, with the...

Interview: Eric Schackne

Erica Batchelor is schack-ing up with hammers and strings... Pop-rock newcomer Eric Schackne infiltrates the music scene with a new style of rockin’ piano riffs....

Album Review: “The Midsummer Station” by Owl City

kelly gonsalves debuts for pop-break with a look at the record from owl city... Ever since the wave of worldwide success brought about by his...

Uproar Interview Series: Mindset Evolution

lisa pikaard gets into a rock 'n' roll mindset... Finding unsigned bands and spreading the word about them is a responsibility that all music fans...

Summer 2012 Mixtape

the staff of pop-break looks at some of their favorite tunes from this past summer... Summer 2012 was littered with anthems -- from Alex Clare's...

Interview: Westland

brendan hourican goes to the west side... Since their formation in 2009, Westland has been all over the U.S., recorded with multi platinum producer Shep...

Uproar Interview Series: Redlight King

Redlight King is a younger band on an Uproar tour jam packed with rock vets, but that doesn’t mean its members are new to...

Jersey Rock: End of Summer Playlist

our homegirl maria mar looks at her five songs of summer from the jersey shore... What’s up locals? Maria Mar here. I decided I wanted...