If someone asked you to name a pop-punk band, the list would go on for days. When asked if you could name a pop-punk band with a female lead singer though, the story changes. As of now, I can only think of two: the under-appreciated VersaEmerge (fronted by Sierra Kusterbeck), and the mainstream darlings Paramore. Now that Versa is now a duo, and Paramore just getting back into the studio, a large hole has formed in that sub-genre that seems to grow only larger by the start of a lot of mediocre (at best) bands who enter it at a daily basis. [Read more...]