Paul Cerar’s music combines the catchy hooks and chord progressions of 2000’s pop-punk with the cacophony of modern post-punk and noise. Joined onstage by a backing band composed of his friends and fellow Minneapolis musicians, his live shows bring an energy that needs to be seen to be believed.

HALFWAY DOWN IS A HEAVY POP-PUNK BAND FROM ST. PAUL, MN, KNOWN FOR THEIR DYNAMIC SOUND AND HONEST LYRICS. DRAWING INFLUENCE FROM BANDS LIKE BLINK-182, THE WONDER YEARS, FOUR YEAR STRONG, AND THE STORY SO FAR, HALFWAY DOWN’S MUSIC SPEAKS TO ANYONE WHO’S EVER FELT LOST OR OVERWHELMED, OFFERING BOTH A CATHARTIC RELEASE AND A SENSE OF HOPE.

Fueled by psychedelic barrages and dreamy brutality, Minneapolis-based Massive Green delivers walls of fuzzy roars alongside spaced-out abysses. Drawing from Sleep, Electric Wizard, Eyehategod, and the PlayStation 2 menu, Massive Green’s “post-stoner jungle doom” takes the audience on an intense and imaginative journey.