The Wonder Years release "Came Out Swinging" video
The Wonder Years have released a video for “Came Out Swinging,” the opening track from their recent full-length Suburbia I've Given You All And Now I'm Nothing. Check it out below!
Minus The Bear to begin recording new album in January
Minus The Bear is currently demoing new songs for their fifth full-length and plan to hit the studio in January to begin recording. The band last released OMNI in 2010 via Dangerbird.
Song Premiere/Interview: Kid Is Qual, "You're A Crumb, I'm Ole"
Jack’s Mannequin fans were saddened with the 2010 departure of bassist Jonathan “Dr. J” Sullivan. But the free-spirited musician is roaring back into music with a new project, Kid Is Qual, who are releasing their debut EP, Damn Son, on Dec. 6. The trio are about as far from JM’s piano-pop as it gets: Buoyed...
Watch Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra perform "Fresh Start Booze" acoustic
Manchester Orchestra frontman Andy Hull recently performed “Fresh Start Booze” acoustic backstage before one of the band's shows on the PacTour with the Dear Hunter and White Denim. Check it out below.
Zakk Wylde to guest on new Black Veil Brides EP
Legendary guitarist Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne's backing band, the Black Label Society) will be contributing a guitar solo to Black Veil Brides' upcoming cover of Kiss' “Unholy,” slated to appear on the band's upcoming Rebels EP due out next month. The EP will also include a cover of Billy Idol's “Rebel Yell” as well as...
Track By Track: Coalesce's "Give Them Rope"
With COALESCE reissuing their landmark 1998 full-length Give Them Rope today on 2xCD (via Relapse Records) and 2xLP (via No Sleep Records), frontman Sean Ingram broke down the lyrical themes of each song in this track by track. Please note that Sean Ingram is in no way trying to speak for any other member of...
Various Artists - Guilt By Association Vol. 3
Various Artists Guilt By Association Vol. 3 Fearless Records’ wildly successful Punk Goes Pop covers compilations tend to be joyous occasions on which rock bands indulge their inner chart-toppers. The previous two Guilt By Association compilations, in contrast, were mostly somber affairs; bands took a stripped-down, singer/songwriter approach to hair metal, cheesy ’80s songs and...
Tour Diary, #5: Go Radio's Matt Poulos
[Go Radio and Every Avenue will be keeping a tour diary for AP while they're touring America with Yellowcard. Here’s installment number five, as penned by Go Radio’s Matt Poulos.] Tomorrow is the last date of this tour. I can honestly say that this six-week run has been one of the best Go Radio has...
Song Premiere/Interview: FEAR's "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
(Photo: David Hermon) FEAR frontman Lee Ving is one of the prickliest personas from the old-school punk movement. As captured in the classic documentary The Decline Of Western Civilization, the singer antagonized audiences between musically sophisticated blasts of hardcore. But if Ving were really that guy, he probably wouldn’t have lived this long. Over the...