I sometimes feel isolated as a rock fan for my preferences. It seems like most of the people that are primarily interested in and passionate about rock music are really into metal and hardcore and maybe they have some time for Green Day but it's like 10-15% of what they listen to. I feel like all the sites and podcasts built around rock music are so much more geared towards the heavier end of things. The only releases I like this year from anything approaching heavy music are from The White Noise, Eighteen Visions, Zeal & Ardor, and Dead Cross. I feel like one of the only people whose main sphere of influences are bands like Blink, Weezer, and The Gaslight Anthem.