August 1, 2012

Amazon Inc. has announced several improvements to its cloud-based music service, Cloud Player.  They include licensing deals with “Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and more than 150 independent distributors, aggregators and music publishers” that will allow users access to and ability to store more music than before and upgrades...

The East Coast Tsunami Fest has announced its 2012 line-up. Some of the bands set to perform the annual punk and hardcore fest include: Cro-Mags H2O Agnostic Front The Casualties Sick Of It All Biohazard and D.R.I. among others, which you can see in the event flier above. East Coast Tsunami Fest takes place September...

Marine Electric are currently streaming their debut full-length, Restrained Joy, through PunkNews.org. You can listen to it on their PunkNews band profile page. You can also stream or download “Murder Mile,” Restrained Joy 's first single.

Stephen Colbert of “The Colbert Report” has announced that he will host a music festival aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum in New York on August 10.  The concert, named in full: “Pepsi Presents StePhest Colbchella `012: RocktAugustFest” will feature: The Flaming Lips Grandmaster Flash Santigold and fun.  

Everyone Dies In Utah +//- (Polarities) While an argument could always be made that the world doesn’t ever really need another band like Everyone Dies In Utah (or an album title like +//- (Polarities), for that matter), some significantly redeeming qualities can be found on the Texas post-hardcore band’s second album. Take “Simply Me//2,” for...

For the eighth installment of our summer-long Two-Minute Warning series, we're bringing you exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the final moments before OF MICE & MEN hit the stage. In it you can see the band hanging out backstage, eating a bit, listening to music and then hustling onto stage into their opener! We'll be showing...

Today we're bringing you the first single from Back Pocket Memory's upcoming self-titled EP to be released digitally this September. The album was produced by Erik Ron, who has worked with acts such as Panic! At The Disco, Foxy Shazam and Four Year Strong among so many others. You can catch the band on tour...

If you head to music player on our homepage (right below APTV!), you can check out a brand new track titled “Backsell” from Desaparecidos, the band fronted by Bright Eyes mastermind Conor Oberst. The band will be releasing the song, along with the track “MariKKKopa” (which you can stream here) digitally and on 7-inch on August...

Yellowcard have posted a new lyric video for “Here I Am Alive.” We Are The In Crowd's Tay Jardine is featured on the track. The band's upcoming album, Southern Air, will be released on Aug. 14. Pre-orders are on sale now. Check out the lyric video below and let us know what you think!