August 9, 2008

The Dillinger Escape Plan and Suicide Silence co-headline fall tour

Technical noisecore trailblazers The Dillinger Escape Plan and rising death metal act Suicide Silence are set to destroy stages across much of the U.S. this fall. They'll be joined by Emmure, Beneath The Massacre, and Architects, and you can find the dates below: 10/3 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre 10/4 Denver, CO @ Cervantes Ballroom...

Lagwagon premeire "Memoirs And Landmines"

Long-running pop-punks Lagwagon have a new song out online titled "Memoirs And Landmines." You can give it a listen right here, or on their nostalgically titled forthcoming album I Think My Older Brother Used To Listen To Lagwagon, due out Aug. 19 on Fat Wreck.

Alive In Wild Paint robbed on the road

Adding another victim to the seemingly growing list of bands getting robbed on tour, Alive In Wild Paint have had their trailer stolen. According to their blog: Unless someone is playing a practical joke on us, our trailer has been stolen. Inside the trailer was an original UK Vox AC30 6TB 2×12 combo,...

Georgie James break up

Washington, D.C.-based pop duo Georgie James have decided to disband. The band posted the following statement on their website regarding the dissolution: "After three years, Georgie James is calling it a day. We’re proud of the album we made and everything else that we were able to do during our time together. We are...

PlayRadioPlay! to FTSK singer: "Wake the f*ck up"

Dan Hunter of Dallas/Fort Worth-based pop act PlayRadioPlay! has taken to task Jonathan Cook, singer of Dallas/Fort Worth-based pop act Forever The Sickest Kids, due to a questionable, politically motivated blog post Cook made (viewable here) where he cut-and-pasted a commonly forwarded propaganda email implying U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama’s "unamerican" tendencies due to the...

AP Exclusive: Go backstage at Warped with Jack's Mannequin!

When Warped Tour rolled through Cleveland a few weeks back, we hauled out our video camera and tracked down some of our favorite musicians for impromptu, on-the-spot Q&As. This is the first installment in our "Backstage At Warped" video series, featuring Jack's Mannequin leader Andrew McMahon. Check it out below, and keep your eyes peeled...

3OH!3 - Don't Trust Me (acoustic) (AltPress.com exclusive)

Check out this exclusive, acoustic version of 3OH!3’s “Don’t Trust Me”.

Backstage At Warped With Jack's Mannequin (AltPress.com Exclusive)

Alternative Press music editor Scott Heisel recently sat down with Jack’s Mannequin frontman Andrew McMahon at the Cleveland stop of the 2008 Vans Warped Tour for an intimate, exclusive conversation.