Growing Up Punk

It's the one where David discovers The Home Team with Brian Butcher (vocals) and Daniel Matson (drums). The Home Team released their second album, Slow Bloom in 2021, on Revival Recordings. Blending pop punk, post hardcore, and poppy vocals - The Home Team have found a sound to call their own. In this episode, they discuss three songs that have influenced their music, as well as three songs from S...

It's the one where Aaron discovers Fallstar, with vocalist Christ Ratzlaff. They discuss three albums that inspired Chris, as well as a couple tracks off the latest Fallstar album, Sunbreather (Facedown Records). They also cover what the band was up to in the 6 years between their last two releases, and if Chris could collaborate with anyone, who that would be. Their Links Follow Fallstar on Insta...

It's a new month, which means we take a look back at some of our favourite releases from last month. Listen in as David and Aaron play music from Cold Years, Signals Midwest, A Wilhelm Scream, Praise, Bellwether, Good Hangs, and more! Playlist Links Apple Music Spotify Our Links JOIN OUR PATREON JOIN OUR DISCORD GRAB SOME MERCH TWITTER INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK

It's the one where David interviews YouTuber Todd Barriage. They talk about the stories behind 5 of Todd's favourite covers/mashups/medleys he's done. They also talk about skateboarding, video games, and YouTube being copyright snobs. Videos: If blink-182 Wrote 'All Star' by Smash Mouth MakeDamnSure but it's White Woman's Instagram (Bo Burnham x Taking Back Sunday) The DK Rap but it's Limp Bizkit...

It's the one where David is joined by Casey Iodine of Iodine Recordings. Listen in as Casey plays 11 songs from Iodine Recordings, old and new. Featuring music from Audio Karate, Onelinedrawing, Hey Thanks!, Garrison, and more! Listen to the playlist: Apple Music Spotify Buy some shit from the Iodine Store Follow Iodine on Instagram Our Links PATREON JOIN OUR DISCORD GRAB SOME MERCH TWITTER INSTAG...

It's the one where Aaron interviews Nicholas Angelini (drums) about his five favourite Wilhelm Scream songs. Nicholas also shares the struggles of adapting to recording to a click, writing songs by picking numbers, and submarines, as well as the new record, Lose Your Delusion. Follow the band on Instagram . Order the new record . Listen on Spotify . Listen on Apple Music . OUR LINKS: PATREON DISCO...

It's the one where Aaron welcomes Kevin Kilkenny ( guitar) and Brett Rasmussen (bass), of Orange County melodic hardcore band IGNITE . They talk about growing as a band, and what their latest self-titled record means to the band. They then discuss 5 songs off of the new record, which is available now on Century Media Records . Follow the band on Instagram . Stream IGNITE wherever you get your musi...

It's the one where David discovers San Diego hardcore band, Doc Hammer. David is joined by Josh Ravin (vocals) and Clay Wood (guitar) to discuss some of their influences, some of their favourite Doc Hammer songs, the best tacos in San Diego, and track suits. Videos discussed in the episode: Fugazi - Waiting Room (Live) Doc Hammer - Code Follow Doc Hammer on Instagram . Doc Hammer on Spotify . Doc...

It's the one where David and Aaron play their favourites from the past month. Listen in as they play songs from Moments, 84 Tigers, Koyo, Far From Heroes, and more! Check out the playlist on Apple Music and Spotify . JOIN OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/growingpunkpod JOIN OUR DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/2UhJ7Yx GRAB SOME MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/growingpunkpod WEBSITE: htt...

It's the one where Aaron welcomes Steve Cobucci (vocals & guitar) of Wolves At The Gate . With the release of their latest record, Eulogies (Solid State Records) now seemed like a great time to get Steve to share some of the history of the band, as well as the stories behind 5 of his favourite Wolves At The Gate songs. JOIN OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/growingpunkpod JOIN OUR DISCORD:...

It's the Radio, Radio where Jeremy McLeod of Nicolas Rage takes over. Listen in as he plays songs from blink-182, The Wonder Years, The Dangerous Summer, Sincere Engineer, and more! Follow Nicolas Rage on Instagram . JOIN OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/growingpunkpod JOIN OUR DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/2UhJ7Yx GRAB SOME MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/growingpunkpod WEBSITE: htt...

It's the one where David interviews Arturo Barrios (guitar & vocals) of Audio Karate. Art shares his thoughts and stories behind 5 of his favourite Audio Karate songs.⁠ ⁠ They also discuss the importance of batting orders in baseball, in relation to track listing on albums, and messed up and inappropriate incorrect lyrics on their songs.⁠ ⁠ Purchase the new record ¡OTRA! from Iodine Recor...

It's the one where David chats with Nathan Ellis of The Casket Lottery, about his five favourite songs from the Casket Lottery library. Nathan shares the stories behind those songs, as well as a few bonus ones. David and Nathan also discuss artwork, guitar tones, being a potty mouth, and vacationing somewhere warm. JOIN OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/growingpunkpod JOIN OUR DISCORD: https://...

It's Radio, Radio #3! In this installment, David shares 11 of his favourite artists/songs from Revival Recordings. Featuring music from Nicolas Rage, We Were Sharks, Frontside, Lilac Kings, Lost At Sea, and more! Check out the Revival Recordings store here . Follow them on Instagram. You can find the playlist for this episode on Apple Music , and Spotify . JOIN OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com...

It's the one where Aaron Discovers Belmont , with drummer Brian Lada . In this episode, they talk about the music that influenced the band, and their genre bending sound. They also discuss the new Belmont record, Aftermath , out now on Pure Noise Records . Follow Belmont on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belmontmusic/ Music featured in this episode: Belmont - Parasitic Slipknot Wait & Bl...

In this installment of the 'Discovering' series, Aaron welcomes Andy, Dean & Steve of the band Nominee. Nominee are a pop punk band out of Austin, TX who have forged their following and sound, by zigzagging their way across the US. Drawing from numerous influences including bands like The Story So Far, Underoath, Thrice, and more - they have a hard hitting, hooky sound. NOMINEE: https://nomine...

Listen in as Aaron and David share their favourite releases from this past month. Featuring music from: Bodyjar, Plead the Widow's Cause, Heavyseas, Mom Jeans., Malevolence, Wolfrik, The Fold, You Vandal, Dan Andriano & The Bygones, Travels, & Pennywise! Spotify Playlist: https://tinyurl.com/576w3u67 Apple Music Playlist : https://tinyurl.com/3d3u6z53

It's the one where David chats with Jake Woodruff (guitar/vocals) of Dreamtigers . Listen in as they discuss some of the influences for their brand new record, Ellapsis . They weave in and out of discussions on artists from Rancid to Propagandhi , songwriters Elliott Smith to Dave Bazan , and more. Ellapsis is Dreamtigers second full length, but the first where they really expand and hone in on th...

It's Growing Up Punk Radio, Radio #2! Listen in as David plays tracks from Sincere Engineer, blink-182, No Pressure, DOC HAMMER, Comeback Kid, and more! If you want like these Radio, Radio episodes, be sure to sign up for the Patreon (just $2 a month!) to get more of these! PRE-ORDER the upcoming album from Wolfrik, 'Clones', on Thousand Island Records here: https://thousandislandsrecords.com/2021...

It's the one where David introduces you to Ridgeway. In this episode, Alex Ybarra (guitar/vocals) of California band, Ridgeway, shares a few songs that have inspired his song writing, and a few of his favourites from Ridgeway. The conversation covers the early years of Alex's musical journey, as well as rabbit trails about Tigers Jaw, guitar effects, and naming an album after your grandma. JOIN OU...

It's Radio, Radio #1! Listen in as David spins 11 tracks as picked by author Eric Grubbs (POST). He plays songs from Bad Religion, Green Day, H2O, Lifetime, Face to Face and more! Sign up for our Patreon for future episodes of Radio, Radio! JOIN OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/growingpunkpod JOIN OUR DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/2UhJ7Yx GRAB SOME MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/gro...

It's the one where Aaron discovers Bodyjar, with guitarist Tom Read. Bodyjar is a pop punk band from Melbourne, Australia. Being a band that formed in 1990, they've been around for quite some time, and definitely don't fit the 'new band' mold that the Discovering series will take. Having said that, they're also a band who have been grinding for years (decades), and it's about time you know a littl...

Its the one where Aaron and David recap the month of January. January came and went in a flash. It was cold and miserable for most of it, but it was also loaded with great music. In this episode David and Aaron share a handful of singles they are excited about, as well as a couple albums that are early contenders for AOTY. Singles: Nicolas Rage - Naked Grape Gametime - In The Face of It Phantom Ba...

It's the one where David is joined by Chris Teti (guitar) of Connecticut band The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die. Since their formation in 2009, TWIABP have managed to successfully merge the worlds of post-hardcore, post-rock, indie rock, and more. Creating such a sprawling, and eclectic sound, leads to the listener discovering something new with each listen. Whether...

It's the one where Aaron interviews Mike Perez (vocals) of No Bragging Rights. No Bragging Rights is a melodic hardcore band from California. Since their formation in 1999, NBR has released 5 full length albums, and two EPs, including 2021's self-titled EP. In this interview Mike and Aaron run the gamut of the band. Starting with Mike's introduction to the world of punk and hardcore, and wrapping...