La Dispute, Balance And Composure announce Australian, New Zealand tours
La Dispute have announced an Australian tour this June with support from Balance And Composure. Following the Australian run, the bands will hit New Zealand for a couple dates. The tour kicks off June 7 in Perth; you can check out the full list of tour dates and locations below. La Dispute will release their...
Ranking Romance: 10 Essential Rock Couples
Rock ’n’ roll has given us its fair share of musician couples throughout the years, from John and Yoko to Kurt and Courtney to, uh, Chad and Avril. (They’re not all winners, folks.) We’re counting down 10 of our favorite pairings from AP’s scene, past and present (we’re saving “future” for our secret slashfic Tumblr—don’t...
Elitist - "Return To Sender" (Acoustic Valentine's Day serenade)
Elitist ditch their usual heaviness to serenade you with their first-ever acoustic song. The band reworked “Return To Sender” just for Valentine's Day. “We have always been big fans of bands we listen to rewriting acoustic versions of songs that were originally intended to be heavy,” says guitarist Julian Rodriguez. “We love to have fun...
Bayside stream full album, ‘Cult’
Bayside are currently streaming their new album, Cult, in full on the Hopeless Records YouTube account. The album is available for pre-order now and will be released on February 18 via Hopeless Records. Stream the album below, and tell us what you think in the comments. Additionally, the band have been releasing a series of studio...
Issues - Issues
Issues Issues “Fuck the voice of a generation/I just wanna be who I am.” With that said, Atlanta’s Issues have made the mission statement for their debut album. The certified banger “Mad At Myself” lets frontman Tyler Carter strut over poppy, djent-based breakdowns as he boasts, “She’s like a Honda/These days, I drive Mercedes.” The...
Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend) duet on new version of "The Moon Song"
If you caught recent Spike Jonze film Her, you're likely familiar with “The Moon Song,” the Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Jonze penned tracked performed as a touching duet between lead actor Joaquin Phoenix and his digital love interest, voiced by Scarlett Johansson. If you stuck around during the film's credits, then you've also already heard Karen O's...
JT Woodruff (Hawthorne Heights) - "Field Medicine" video premiere and solo album reveal
Hawthorne Heights frontman JT Woodruff is preparing for the release of his new full-length solo album, Field Medicine, this spring. AP can exclusively announce that Woodruff has signed a deal with InVogue Records and the album is set for release March 18, 2014 preceding HH's The Silence In Black And White ten-year tour. “I'm excited to be releasing my latest solo...
Death Grips premiere "No Love" music video
When we last checked in with experimental hardcore hip hop group Death Grips, the band had just made their surprise third album, Government Plates, available for free download. In the few months since, Government Plates has seen an “official release” to iTunes, Death Grips have announced plans to tour and record throughout 2014, and the trio even inked a new publishing...