podcast episode 48 – Boston is the reason(2)

Boston is the reason
Featured Band: Have Heart (myspace.com/HaveHeart)
Throwback band: American Nightmare

News stories covered:

Converge enters the studio
Doomriders complete new album
Minus the Bear hit the studio, look to fall release
Have Heart is breaking up
Rancid release a new video
Children Of Bodom drops off tour
Eulogy Recordings signs xTyrantx

podcast episode 47 – calling the kettle black(1)

Calling The Kettle Black
Featured Band: The Chariot (myspace.com/TheChariot)
Throwback band: Underoath

News stories covered:

Outbreak set to release new EP
Underoath calls Avenged Sevenfold “a gimmick”
Scream The Prayer Tour 2009 details announced
Social Distortion’s Mike Ness says go vegan?
Sleeping Giant releases teaser for new album, “Sons of Thunder”
Cave In reunites “Jupiter” lineup, plans new vinyl-only EP
Emmure departures confirmed
Atreyu enters the [...]

Sleeping Giant releases teaser for new album, “Sons of Thunder”(0)

Sleeping Giant has released a teaser for their sophomore album on Face Down records, titled “Sons Of Thunder”. The teaser features  almost a minute of music from the title track of the album, “Sons of Thunder”, as well as revealing the albums artwork (very converge  jane doe esque). The street date for the album is [...]

Sleeping Giant – Live at Facedown Fest 2009(3)

notPopular.com had a chance to catch up with Sleeping Giant April 3rd, 2009 at the Glasshouse in Pomona, Ca for Facedown Fest. That night Sleeping Giant played one of their most powerful sets to date. We filmed a far amount of their set from 2 different angles, from the crowd, and from on stage.

xDEATHSTARx’s final show – Full Set Video(3)

After 7 years, Southern California’s 8 member strong Christian Straight Edge band, xDEATHSTARx, called it quits April 4th 2009 at the Glasshouse in Pomona California for Facedown Fest 2009. noPopular.com staff were on able to film the set from the side of the stage, and record the final moments of this band up close and personal.

A 7 year pictorial evolution of notPopular.com(0)

I launched notPopular.com 7 years ago, valentines day (February 14th), 2002.  Over the years notPop has grown and changed in many ways. Some of those changes can been seen through the various pictures below. It’s impossible to contain all the things that have happened in the last 7 years, in 50 pictures, but it’s fun [...]

notPop 3.0 is here!(8)

Some skeptics said this would never happen… notPop 3.0 is here! In 2002, notPopular.com first launched. After 7 years, I am proud to announce that notPopular.com has been reborn!