Watch Black Veil Brides Kick Off Our MI Conversation Series
On January 27, Black Veil Brides sat down with AP West Coast Editor Ryan J. Downey in front of an audience of Musicians Institute students for AltPress’ inaugural participation in the MI Conversation series. The band delve into their career and the challenges they've faced, explaining how they have overcome hurdles, kept a firm hold on their...
Six-String Stories with Periphery
In this episode of Six-String Stories presented by Musicians Institute, Periphery’s Misha Mansoor, Mark Holcomb and Jake Bowen chat with APTV's Nick Major about their inspirations for playing guitar, the first songs they learned to play and some of the specifics about their actual guitars. Check it out! If you missed it, watch our last episode with...
Stream a new Of Mice & Men song, "Never Giving Up"
Of Mice & Men are streaming a new song “Never Giving Up,” which is taken from the upcoming reissue of their third studio album, titled, Restoring Force: Full Circle. Give the track a spin below and let us know what your thoughts! Read more: Of Mice & Men’s ‘Restoring Force’ debuts at No. 4, sells 51,000 copies Restoring Force:...
Vocalist launches Change.org petition to stop Facebook from charging bands to reach their fans
Illuminate Me frontman Christopher Murray has launched a Change.org petition asking Facebook to stop making bands (and companies as whole) pay money to reach their fans. In case you don't know, Facebook not only charges pages for ads, but for individual posts as well. Of course, you don't have to pay for your post to be “boosted,”...
The 10 best Ronnie Radke songs
Love him or hate him, Ronnie Radke's career has taken center stage in our music scene since he first released Dying Is Your Latest Fashion with Escape The Fate in 2006. Since then, his output has been both prolific—despite a two-year prison sentence—and controversial (see: the “Alone” video). Despite all the crap he takes, and...
Watch Real Friends' 'Moving Forward' documentary
Real Friends have posted their self-produced documentary, Moving Forward, online for all to see. Check it out below and leave us a comment with your thoughts! Watch: Real Friends get you through the winter in their “Summer” music video Songwriter/bassist Kyle Fasel explains, “Making this documentary gave us a great opportunity to show our fans those inside details....
Hear all the sounds you lose when music is compressed to MP3
According to CBC, University Of Virginia PhD student Ryan Maguire created the project The Ghost In The MP3 to demonstrate the sounds lost when music is compressed to the file format. Using Suzanne Vega’s 1987 single “Tom Diner“—the first song ever compressed to MP3—Maguire created the song “moDernisT,” which is made from the leftover sounds...
The Story So Far, the Movielife, Four Year Strong, Turnstile, more to play Spring Fling Fest
mewithoutYou, Four Year Strong, Terror, Pianos Become The Teeth, Loma Prietta, Gates, Better Off, Souvenirs, Head North, Defeater, Turnstile, Crime in Stereo, Iron Chic, Pentimento, Light Years, No Good News, Heart Attack Man and Royal Psalms will join previously announced headliners the Story So Far and the Movielife at this year's Spring Fling Festival, which will...
Our Last Night announce world tour with Palisades
Our Last Night have announced that they will embark on a world tour with Palisades later this spring. Locations include Russia, France, Germany, Belgium and more. Check out a full list of dates and locations below. Listen: Our Last Night and Craig Owens cover Selena Gomez’s “The Heart Wants What It Wants” Following this run...