About the author  ⁄ Emily Matview

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It’s hard to imagine now that playing pop punk could turn you into a massive commercial success. But back in 2003, with Blink 182 and Fall Out Boy blaring from everyone’s radio, pop punk was big business. It was an era when bands like Saves the Day were filling up the House of Blues and New Found Glory could sell out the Thomas & Mack. It was a good time to be a pop punk band, and it was that was the year that Yellowcard, after years of relentlessly touring, caught fire with Ocean Avenue, a slice of summery fun that seemed to only exist in that time and place. ...

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Being that this was my first time at The Artistic Armory, and knowing only that it was an art gallery, I was curious as to how the venue could possibly hold the 150+ people who RSVP’d on Facebook. As it turns out, the art-adorned warehouse is a very nice size for shows, cozy enough to provide an intimate setting, but large enough to alleviate my fears that the place would be too tiny to hold the skanking that was about to ensue. ...

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