AP Podcast #60-Guest: Breathe Carolina
Electronic rock music became a lot more fun when the Colorado-based duo Breathe Carolina launched onto the scene more than six years ago. With the hit single “Blackout,” from 2011's Hell Is What You Make It, having propelled them to the top of both the radio and club charts nationwide, the band are now working on their fourth album, Savages, due...
Dance Gavin Dance stream new album ‘Acceptance Speech’
Dance Gavin Dance are streaming their new album, Acceptance Speech, on the Rise Records YouTube account. The record will be released on October 8. Pre-orders are available on MerchNOW and iTunes. Check it out below:
Alkaline Trio hold eBay gear auction to prepare for fall tour with New Found Glory
Alkaline Trio are currently gearing up (or–in this case–down) for their upcoming co-headlining run with New Found Glory by holding a gear sale on eBay. Items up for grabs include amps, travel cases, a wardrobe, cabinets, guitars (Washburn Hollow Body pictured with vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba below) and more. Head to the band's eBay page to place...
Max Bemis Song Shop to re-open for limited time
The Max Bemis Song Shop is set to re-open for a limited time on October 28, at 12 a.m. central. For those who aren’t familiar, Song Shop is a project where fans can buy a personalized Say Anything song written originally for them—about anything they want. There are options to buy a shorter, cheaper song,...
Perma (Sherri Dupree-Bemis and Max Bemis) premiere new song
Perma have premiered a new song, “Let's Start A Band,” within a 3-song mini-album stream on the A Beautiful Mess blog. Along with the songs, you can checkout some pictures of the couple’s house. The band will release their debut album, Two Of A Crime on October 29 via Roy Records (Bemis’ Equal Vision Imprint)....
Our Last Night announce EP release show
Our Last Night have announced their EP release show will be held on November 2 in Nashua, New Hampshire with Lions Lions. The band, who recently parted ways with Epitaph Records, turned to fans to help fund their latest dual EPs where they more than doubled their $15,000 goal during a month-long Indiegogo campaign. Tickets...
Thoughts In Reverse premiere "Patron Saints" lyric video
Syracuse, New York-based metalcore quintet Thoughts In Reverse have premiered their lyric video for “Patron Saints.” This single is one of two new songs set to follow 2012's Sightings, recorded with producers Michael Hatalak of It Dies Today and Justin Spaulding of Octopus Studios. A former AP&R pick of ours, TIR will serve as direct...
State Champs to stream new album tomorrow
State Champs have announced plans to stream their debut full-length, The Finer Things, tomorrow on Rock Sound. The album is due out on Oct. 8 via Pure Noise Records. Pre-orders can be purchased on MerchNOW and iTunes.
Song Premiere: Story Of The Year, "Until The Day I Die" (acoustic)
Story Of The Year's Page Avenue turned ten last month and the band are honoring the anniversary with the release of a ten-year acoustic album Page Avenue: 10 Years And Counting next week, October 8. For the reworked songs, guitarist Ryan Phillips told us their goal was to up the piano ante and really highly the songs' melodies. “This...