November 10, 2005

Only a month after having $80,000 worth of equipment stolen from them while on tour in the U.S., Victory Records band Streetlight Manifesto have been robbed again while on tour in Europe, this time losing about $4,000 worth of gear, including a 24-track hard-drive recorder the band have been using to record recent shows. The...

New Solid State Records band August Burns Red have just released their label debut, Thrill Seeker, and to check the disc out, an e-card has been posted for the release, viewable here. The band are also on the road from now through the end of December with Bury Your Dead and Ed Gein, among others;...

The White Stripes have released the video for "The Denial Twist," the latest single off their recent album Get Behind Me Satan. The video can be viewed in QuickTime or Window Media lo/med/hi). The band are currently on a comprehensive world tour in support of Satan through February 2006, including stops in Europe, Japan...

No, Aaron doesn’t have leukemia, Judas isn’t leaving and Alternative Press doesn’t hate them. But before they became chatroom-gossip fodder, MATCHBOOK ROMANCE surfed waves of indifference and weeks of algebraic driving regimens on tour, before being bestowed the blessings of a punk-mafia godfather. Story: Julie Seabaugh Matchbook Romance-singer/guitarist Andrew Jordan, guitarist Ryan “Judas” DePaolo,...

While no one was listening, SLINT made some of the most important, influential records of the late ’80s and early ’90s. Then, the band simply disappeared-until a surprise new string of reunion gigs came to turn fans’ expectations on their heads. AP pieces together Slint’s short, strange story with the band and those who helped...

COPELAND’s sturdy belief systems protect them from making sacrifices to both their art and their lives. Story: Julie Seabaugh Early this past February, emo-rock visionaries Mae and ecclesiastical pop-punks Relient K were playing a show at Orlando, Florida’s Social Pavilion. During downtime, some crowd members heard something familiar playing over the sound system. It...

Vagrant band From Autumn To Ashes have just announced the dates for the third leg of their current "Abandon Your Friends Tour," the title of which is taken from the band's new album, Abandon Your Friends, which was released this past August. This third set of dates will run from Dec. 1-15 and focus mainly...

Forget that they’re finally getting to release their anticipated second album after three years of record-label limbo; THE STARTING LINE are still getting their heads around the idea that people realize they’ve matured. Interview: Aaron Burgess If you’ve been reading AP closely since October of 2003, when THE STARTING LINE made their debut on...

Three years after the breakout success of their debut album, the boys of FINCH aren’t fresh-faced teens anymore. Like it or not, they’ve matured-and they have the battle scars to prove it. STORY: Scott Heisel “Man, my neck is really fucked up right now.” These are the first words out of Finch guitarist Randy...