Underoath Sign At The AP Tent
Check out what it’s like when Underoath signed at our tent during the San Antonio stop of Warped Tour.
The Friday Night Boys are "Stuttering"
The Friday Night Boys have teamed up with Glamour Kills Clothing to premiere their new video for “Stuttering.”
Job For A Cowboy stream Ruination on MySpace
Deathcore act Job For A Cowboy are streaming their entire new album, Ruination, on MySpace. You can check it out HERE.
Ruination drops July 6 on Metal Blade Records. You can read AP’s exclusive Web review of the new album HERE.
Various Artists
Various Artists Guilt By Association Volume 2 [4/5]
The first volume of Guilt By Association, which featured the likes of Superchunk and Devendra Banhart covering cheesy hit songs, was a boring, bloodless disappointment. Thankfully, Association’s sequel is more engaging, mainly because its tunes highlight pop music’s melancholic side. Robbers On High Street interpret New Edition’s...
M. Ward
M. Ward Hold Time [4.5/5]
The secret to M. Ward’s consistency of output is his honesty. With that ethos in tow, his sixth studio album comes teeming with lush compositions and fluttering melodies. “For Beginners” implodes into a folk sing-along; linked up with the doo-wop ’50s rockers "Rave On" and the sprawling orchestral din of...
Sholi
Sholi Sholi [3/5]
Sholi are the type of band who will encourage students everywhere to light some incense in their dorm room, dim the lights and stare in a state of pseudo melancholy at their Radiohead poster. There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with the band; the musicianship of vocalist/ guitarist Payam Bavafa, bassist Eric Ruud and...
Pompeii
Pompeii Nothing Happens For A Reason [4/5]
Austin, Texas-based indie popsters Pompeii are frequently compared to Death Cab For Cutie, with the musical aesthetics of Mogwai and Explosions In The Sky, but the quintet transcend such influences on their latest, Nothing Happens For A Reason. The key to the band’s sound is cellist Caitlin Bailey,...
Loney Dear
Loney Dear Dear John [3.5/5]
Sad records can be off-putting, and the last thing America needs is another maudlin Swede peddling his own brand of moody acoustic folk rock to the emotionally starved suburban hipster youth. It’s a good thing, then, that Loney Dear eschew the folksy six-string in favor of dark orchestral arrangements layered...
Ben Lee
Ben Lee Rebirth Of Venus [2/5]
It’s been all downhill for Ben Lee since the 1995 release of Meet The Real You by his precocious punk band Noise Addict-not his career, more so life in general. But that outlook should explain why Lee’s cutesy folk and piano pop leave us cold this time. Sure, he’s...