Apollo Rocket

Got this in an email a few weeks ago, but I only got around to seeing this a few days ago because I often totally forget I even made an email account for this.

Anyway, this is some pretty awesome pop-punk out of Jersey. All of it by one guy who I imagine is a pretty cool dude. Both of his albums are available for download from his myspace as well as a few inches below.

Now That's the Stuff!
The Past Four Years

Apollo Rocket myspace

Lifetime - Jersey's Best Dancers

Classic album from that whole pop-punk/hardcore revolution in the 90's.

Download Lifetime - Jersey's Best Prancers

The Ergs! - Dorkrockcorkrod

If you somehow haven't heard this album, get it now. This album is more of a straight forward pop-punk album, as opposed to Upstairs/Downstairs.

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The Ergs! - Upstairs/Downstairs

It took me a while, but a few months ago I finally "got" The Ergs!. I had initially heard the hype about them around a year ago, but I had only listened to "Hindsight is 20/20, My Friend" which really didn't do it for me at the time. Then a while back, I got this album from another blog and seriously haven't listened to much else since.

Upstairs/Downstairs is usually shadowed by their first full-length, "dorkrockcorkrod" (which I'll post shortly), even though both albums are pretty different musically, imo. As a straight-up, pop-punk album, "dorkrockcorkrod" is definitely better, but "Upstairs/Downstairs" shows a slightly more mature version of The Ergs! nerdy, almost Replacements-esque brand of pop-punk. Standout tracks include "See Him Again", "Books About Miles Davis", and "Fluorescent Stars", the first of which is among my top 5 songs by The Ergs!.

Download The Ergs! - Upstairs/Downstairs