Manchester Orchestra stream new single, "Cope"
Manchester Orchestra have made their new single, “Cope,” the title track from their upcoming fourth full-length album, available to stream. Cope is set to drop next week, April 1, via Loma Vista. The group's latest track, which follows aggressive lead single “Top Notch,” and the poppier and more upbeat “Every Stone,” takes a darker and more melancholy...
South By So What?! AP afterparty photo recap with Bring Me The Horizon, Issues, CTE, letlive.
Photographer: Bryce Hall AP hosted the ultimate afterparty at South By So What?! on March 15. Go behind the scenes with your favorite artists through these photos by Bryce Hall!
Taking Back Sunday to host Reddit AMA
Taking Back Sunday will be hosting an AMA (“ask me anything”) today on Reddit. The thread is now live, and questions can be submitted and viewed here. The band will join in around 6 p.m. EST, and plan to stick around as long as possible. Check out an announcement from Taking Back Sunday below: The...
Neon Trees frontman Tyler Glenn comes out as gay—"I am a happy and healthy Mormon gay pop star"
Neon Trees frontman Tyler Glenn has come out as gay. The singer and longtime AP reader publicly addresses his sexuality in the Rolling Stone issue due out tomorrow, March 25. “I've always felt like I'm an open book, and yet obviously I haven't been completely,” he told RS. Glenn says he first came out to friends and family last fall, but has struggled...
Hundredth - Resist EP
Hundredth Resist EP Hundredth have proven to be one of the better bands of their ilk since breaking out with 2011's Let Go, playing a stripped-down strain of melodic, mid-tempo, metallic hardcore that draws from forebears like Shai Hulud (albeit with far less technicality) and Strongarm (though certainly less heavy). The second of a pair of...
12 best metalcore covers of hip-hop songs, ranked
As far as brootal cover songs go, hip-hop ones tend to take a backseat to their poppy counterparts. (There have been five Punk Goes Pop compilations and only one Punk Goes Crunk.) For metalcore bands, hip-hop covers are far from easy to pull off, but when the speed and intricacies of both genres fuse, the...
The Wonder Years release "Dismantling Summer" music video
The Wonder Years have debuted a new music video for “Dismantling Summer,” a single from their latest full-length, The Greatest Generation, released last year through Hopeless Records. Check out “Dismantling Summer” below: The band are currently in the midst of a North American tour with Fireworks, Citizen, Real Friends, and Modern Baseball, and will next head to...
The Menzingers stream new single, “I Don’t Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore”
Scranton, Pennsylvania punks, the Menzingers premiered their second single, “I Don’t Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore,” today on Pitchfork. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming fourth album and label-debut for Epitaph Records, Rented World, which will be released on April 22. Listen to the song below, and let us know what you think. The...
Pixies announce new EP, first full-length album since 1991, premiere "Snakes" video
Pixies have announced a new EP, EP-3, their third and final in a recent series, as well as a full-length studio album, Indie Cindy, their forth overall and first since 1991's Trompe Le Monde. Additionally, the band have released a video for their song “Snakes.” As with previous surprise releases, September's EP-1 and January's EP-2, EP-3 is available for immediate digital download, as well as...