13 Musicians You Didn’t Know Were Also Oscar Winners
Last night, Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman Jared Leto took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Dallas Buyers Club. While he might be the first musician to win in one of the “big six” categories of the Academy Awards in its 86-year history, Leto isn’t the first artist to win Oscar...
Man Overboard announce headlining tour with Transit, Forever Came Calling, Knuckle Puck
AP is excited to announce pop-punk defenders Man Overboard’s new North American headlining tour. The Heart Attack Tour is presented by Alternative Press Magazine and will run May 20 through June 21 in the U.S. and Canada and features support from Transit, Forever Came Calling and Knuckle Puck. MO guitarist Justin Collier states: “It has been a while since we...
Metal Goes Miley: Silence The Messenger cover "Wrecking Ball"
San Antonio metalcore quintet Silence The Messenger may take their music seriously, but they don't take themselves too seriously to do something fun and a wee bit ridiculous—like covering Miley Cyrus' “Wrecking Ball.” Check out the lyric video for the cover, complete with inserted expletives exclusively on APTV! “We've just always talked about what songs would be fun or ridiculous...
Emarosa, Rise Records hint at June album release
Emarosa have been pretty busy as of late: The band have finished recording their third full-length album—the first since frontman Jonny Craig’s departure and with new singer Bradley Walden at the helm—and were recently announced as direct support for Chiodos’ massive Devil’s Dance Tour. LP3 tracked. #emarosa — Emarosa (@Emarosa) January 15, 2014 The band...
Crosses (†††) announce U.S. spring tour
Crosses (†††) have announced a run of U.S. tour dates this spring. The tour will kick off with a performance in Austin, TX, at SXSW. (Some of the dates had previously been announced; some had not.) The band will be touring in support of their debut full-length album, †††, which was released back in February...
Watch Emmure's video for "Nemesis"
Emmure have released the debut video, “Nemesis,” from their controversial upcoming album Eternal Enemies, which is set for release April 15 via Victory Records. The band are also releasing a DVD titled Enemy Lines which documents the album's creation process and contains the band's full music video catalog, including two brand new videos—one of which is “Nemesis,” the brand new performance...
Taking Back Sunday stream new single, "Stood A Chance"
Taking Back Sunday are streaming “Stood A Chance,” the second single from Happiness Is, the band's upcoming sixth studio album due out on March 18 via Hopeless Records. The song follows their lead single (“Flicker, Fade“–watch AP's exclusive making the video) released in January and can be purchased from iTunes. Co-headlining tour dates with the Used and supporting guests Sleepwave and Tonight Alive...