Seems like not even emo fans call it emo any more… but Stateside contenders Disalto are keeping the sound alive on debut offering One Beacon In The Strand.

Croydon’s Silent Disguise could probably do with spending less time on pre-emptively pigeonholing themselves and more time on making their tunes sound original.

London four-piece Knievel Genius namecheck the alt-rock greats of the nineties, but “Down With The Fairies” is contemporary Brit-pop-punk of a fairly average ilk.

Green Day’s legacy is still shambling around the mid-sized venue circuit… at least Crazy Arm are talking about something more than cars and girls.

Matt Skiba and friends are still cranking out the albums… but This Addiction says it’s time for Alkaline Trio to retire gracefully from the field of battle.

Another Welsh pop-punk band? Straight Lines may not be doing anything particularly new, but Persistence In This Game at least has the courage of its convictions.

Pop-punks Fireworks finish off the year with All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion, an album that presses all the right buttons and none of the wrong ones.

London four-piece Hope & State evidently remember when pop-punk went bad, and their Grand Gestures EP captures the moment before that in ragged lo-fi glory.

Despite some promising lyrical maturity, Jaded Playboy‘s Broken Heartland EP is a prime example of why young bands shouldn’t rush to self-release their work.

Young Brit metal-popsters Deaf Havana spice up the formula with diet-friendly slivers of Southern rawk on début album Meet Me Halfway, At Least.