Candy Hearts begin recording new EP
Candy Hearts entered the studio today to begin recording a new EP. The effort will follow up the band's 2014 full-length, All The Ways You Let Me Down, which is out now on Bridge Nine Records. Check out a tweet from the group below and let us know if you're stoked to hear new material! APTV:...
The 17 Best Dressed Artists At The 2014 APMAs
At our inaugural AP Music Awards last year, we instated a loose punk-formal dress code. And while that code wasn’t necessarily strict, many of the artists who walked our red carpet and took the stage that night played it up and dressed to the nines. Here are just a few of our favorite looks from...
The 10 best Brand New songs
Four albums, each stylistically distinct from its predecessor, prove the wide scope of Brand New’s sonic flexibility. With influences that range from pop-punk powerhouses Descendents to the Smiths to Modest Mouse, this band’s sound has taken many different shapes in the fourteen years since Your Favorite Weapon dropped in 2001. Brand New released their first...
Four new unsigned bands you should hear this month
Welcome to the first installment of our new AP&R online series. Some of you may be thinking, “Wait. Isn’t this usually in the magazine?” Yes, it is, but we’re upping the ante with this section in our future issues by giving your favorite among our scouted unsigned artists an opportunity for a larger print feature...
Here’s a new band you should check out, Violent Kind
Cincinnati, Ohio’s Violent Kind are teaming up with AP to bring you a new music video for “Ghost,” their first single. With the release of the video, the band will wrap up a six-song EP, MMVIII, and distribute it at select dates of Warped Tour 2015. Check out the new video, and let us know your...
Twin Shadow’s tour bus destroyed in highway crash - UPDATED
UPDATE: A statement from Twin Shadow's publicist can be read below: “Driving on Friday morning April 17th, Twin Shadow's tour bus hit a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 in Aurora, Colorado. The circumstances surrounding the accident are being investigated. There were 12 people on the tour bus consisting of band and crew. Everyone was taken to two local hospitals. At this...
Texas In July to break up following farewell shows
Metalcore group Texas In July have announced that following a run of farewell tour dates, they will be calling it quits. “I've had the best times of my life during the last eight years with this band,” shares drummer Adam Gray. “From years of playing for little to no audience – to stages and massive...
Adestria announce indefinite hiatus
In a long-awaited offiical statement from Adestria frontman Matt Anderson, the singer announced that the group are going on an “indefinite break.” You can read all of what he had to say below. Video Premiere: Adestria, “Compromised” Are you sad to see the band go? Would you like to see them get back together in the future? Alright...
Watch Green Day play first show in over a year, bring the house down
Last night, Green Day returned to the stage for the first time in over a year at the House Of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio. They kicked things off with a surprise hour-long set as Sweet Children (Green Day's initial moniker) with original drummer John Kiffmeyer, which included tracks that haven't been performed in over 20 years. Frontman Billie...