Mark Hoppus of Blink-182: "We want to be weird on this record"
Blink-182 vocalist/bassist Mark Hoppus recently revealed that the band will "try a bunch of different stuff" when they begin recording their rampantly anticipated upcoming album. Hoppus–who produced Motion City Soundtrack’s latest, My Dinosaur Life–said, "We did a bunch of writing before we left on this tour, then we came home and decided we were going...
Green Day to perform with cast of American Idiot musical at Grammys
The Grammys may not be able to top last year’s Blink-182 reunion announcement, but that doesn’t mean they won’t try. Green Day will perform their song, “21 Guns,” with the Broadway cast of American Idiot at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. A video for the new version of the song will premiere on AOL Music...
Good Old War, the Christmas Lights to open Circa Survive tour
We brought you news yesterday of Circa Survive‘s return to the road via a tiny-venue tour this March, but now we know who will be accompanying them. Philadelphia’s Good Old War, frequently enlisted as Circa frontman Anthony Green’s backing band for solo shows, will support on the brief trek across the country. Maryland’s the Christmas...
Rancid frontman to produce web detective series
Rancid vocalist/guitarist Tim Armstrong has teamed up with director John Roecker (Live Freaky! Die Freaky!) to produce a web series called Svengali. Based on '70s detective shows, the show features acting performances by both Armstrong and Roecker (who plays the titular character). The pair released this description: "Svengali is a detective show that includes murder,...
Paramore unveil headlining tour dates with Relient K and fun.
Paramore have released dates for their upcoming headline tour, set to kick off April 26 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Relient K and fun. will provide support. Pre-sale tickets go on sale to fan club members on Monday, to be followed by general on-sale beginning Feb. 5.
Dates are as follows:
4/26 Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic...
30 More Seconds (more or less) with 30 Seconds To Mars
JARED LETO is an interesting guy. While it’s difficult to get the frontman of 30 SECONDS TO MARS to open up, once he begins, he offers up a wealth of information–so much, in fact, that we couldn’t fit half of it in our cover story for AP 260. Here’s just some of what Leto let...
Shining
Shining Blackjazz [4.5/5]
Norway’s Shining mix industrial and metal into an unholy screech that takes elements from Nine Inch Nails’ Broken EP, Meshuggah’s Nothing and the collected works of Magma and King Crimson (this album includes a hellish version of KC’s “21st Century Schizoid Man”), plus ultra-distorted, shrieking vocals and skronking saxophone. It’s a...
Metro Station to premiere song from Almost Alice
Metro Station will offer a first-listen to their new song, "Where’s My Angel," from the upcoming album, Almost Alice–inspired by Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland. The band’s members–Trace Cyrus and Mason Musso–will premiere the track and then host a live chat beginning at 4 p.m. PST today. The event will be the first to use...
In Theaters This Weekend
Movie trailers for new releases including Edge of Darkness and When in Rome
Edge of Darkness
Starring: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts
Directed by: Martin Campbell
When in Rome
Starring: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Huston, Danny DeVito, Will Arnett
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson