A few months back a reviewer here at Indie Crush asked whether “pop punk has become stale and formulaic” – lamenting how “songs about suburbia, pizza, mountain dew, vans, skateboards, and Hot Topic are a dime a dozen, earning the genre a reputation as inauthentic and formulaic…” Now that may well be true – but we’re here…
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Whether it’s that amateur videographer who insists on watching the entire gig through their phone or the aggressive mosher who drags everyone into the pit, we’ve all had gigs ruined by idiot gig-goers. But what about when a gig is ruined by the band? A recent browse of Reddit lead me to a thread in the Pop Punkers…
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Rare Americans is one of those bands that read the rule book cover-to-cover and then set it alight. They’ve repeatedly proved their pioneering mentality with both their innovative pop punk sound and their high-production music videos. (Of course, it does help that frontman James Priestner owns small production company where the band are based in Vancouver.)…
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Though rock is often spoken of in wistfully familial terms, this bond of blood is literalised in Rare Americans, a band comprised of front man James Priestner, his brother Jared and guitarist Lubo Ivan. With ‘Balmoral Hotel‘, the band forge their own concoction of smooth pop hooks, rapped verses and rolling soft-rock sheen. The band’s…
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We’d love to say pop punk has come a long way since the likes of Green Day and Blink 182 and Good Charlotte sprung onto the scene a few decades ago, but the truth is we don’t know if it has. The musical hallmarks that those heavyweights established way back when have been regurgitated and…
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Rare Americans have already proved their vitality within the genre of pop punk, but now they’re stepping outside of the music sphere to demonstrate their power as socio-political commentators too. With their new video and single, the Canadian trio address the issues surrounding Moss Park. For those of you on the British side of the pond…
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Rare Americans is one of those bands that read the rule book cover-to-cover and then set it alight. New single Cats, Dogs & Rats is testament to this, ticking all the boxes of a pop-punk anthem without regurgitating the tried and tested formula. The pioneers playfully disregard the genre’s tropes, opting for acoustic guitar and horns…
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When The Survival Code aren’t tearing apart venues up and down the country, you can hear them plastered across the airwaves, making themselves unignorable on the rock scene. Continuing their bid to draw more ears and eyes to their music, the duo have now released no-frills anthem ‘Not Working’ accompanied by a brilliantly irreverent video. The track…
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