Pop vs. Punk

Welcome BACK to season 2 of Pop vs. Punk! We know we've been gone for awhile but we're kicking off this second season looking at the second albums from Bloc Party and Panic! at the Disco. Join us as we take a ride through these two albums, finding out which bests the other in categories such as music videos, deep cuts, etc. until we crown the winner of this episode!

With episode 2 of season 2 of Pop Vs. Punk, we keep our theme of 2 as we dive into double albums! Say Anything's "In Defense of the Genre" goes head to head against "Tusk" by LEGENDS, Fleetwood Mac. Join us as we take a ride through these two albums, finding out which bests the other in categories such as music videos, deep cuts, etc. until we crown the winner of this episode!

This episode of Pop Vs. Punk has us taking a look into EPs, so we can give some smaller records some love! Solange and "True" take on Modern Baseball's beloved and long-windedly named "MOBO Presents: The Perfect Cast EP Feat. Modern Baseball". Join us as we take a ride through these two albums, finding out which bests the other in categories such as music videos, deep cuts, etc. until we crown the...

Pop Vs. Punk episode 4 brings us a fierce battle between legends who... are here but aren't HERE if you know what we mean? Title Fight's "Shed" looks to take on BROCKHAMPTON's "SATURATION II" in this bout of bands on an indefinite hiatus. Join us as we take a ride through these two albums, finding out which bests the other in categories such as music videos, deep cuts, etc. until we crown the winn...

Our penultimate season has us pulling albums that feature guitarists from Rolling Stones' best guitarists of all time. Punk legends, The Replacements, have "Let It Be" squaring up against Ani DiFranco's "Up Up Up Up Up Up." Join us as we take a ride through these two albums, finding out which bests the other in categories such as music videos, deep cuts, etc. until we crown the winner of this epis...

Here we are at the finale of Season 2! To celebrate, we decided to do an episode on local bands! Boundary Waters, from Chicago, has "Atalanta" go up against "Keepsake" by Philly's own, Amanda X! Join us as we take a ride through these two albums, finding out which bests the other in categories such as music videos, deep cuts, etc. until we crown the winner of this episode! And thank you for taking...

In our season finale, we look at two albums we felt were overlooked in 2022: "Palomino" by Miranda Lambert, and "See You in Chemistry" by Carly Cosgrove. Join us as we take a ride through these two albums, finding out which bests the other in categories such as music videos, deep cuts, etc. until we crown the winner of this episode!

For our fifth episode of Pop vs. Punk, Nas and The Wonder Years take us through becoming a parent with their respective albums "Life Is Good" and "The Hum Goes On Forever". Join us as we take a ride through these two albums, finding out which bests the other in categories such as music videos, deep cuts, etc. until we crown the winner of this episode!

We're taking a trip around the globe! Episode four on this season of Pop vs. Punk centers around artists writing in a language that is not English. Enter Jyocho with "Let's Promise to Be Happy" and Bad Bunny with "Un Verano Sin Ti"! Join us as we take a ride through these two albums, finding out which bests the other in categories such as music videos, deep cuts, etc. until we crown the winner of...

For our third episode this season on Pop vs. Punk, Liz Phair takes on Blink-182 in the battle of the self-titled albums. Join us as we take a ride through these two albums, finding out which bests the other in categories such as music videos, deep cuts, etc. until we crown the winner of this episode!

The second episode of Pop vs. Punk brings us the theme of albums that are shaping the genre to come. This episode brings SOPHIE's "Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides" head-to-head against "Brave Faces Everyone" by Spanish Love Songs. Join us as we take a ride through these two albums, finding out which bests the other in categories such as music videos, deep cuts, etc. until we crown the winner of th...

The debut episode of Pop vs. Punk fittingly brings us the theme of 'debuts,' pitting Vanessa Carlton's 2002 debut, "Be Not Nobody, " against "Take This To Your Grave," the true debut album by the Chicago rockers in Fall Out Boy. Join us as we take a ride through these two albums, finding out which bests the other in categories such as music videos, deep cuts, etc. until we crown the winner of this...