2015 World Air Guitar champion on his winning performance: "It goes like a lightning bolt"
[Photo cred: Mikko Tormanen] The Air Guitar World Championships are very real, and have been since 1996. With peformers—lovingly referred to as “Airheads”—donning '80s-inspired outfits and taking on stage names like “Hot Lixx,” “Pelvis Fenderbender” and “Nordic Thunder,” one might mistake an air guitar performance for a WWE entrance. However, there's a percentage of the world's...
WATERMEDOWN signs to Equal Vision for new EP, releases video for "Serenity"
Jonny Mays, a young vocalist and guitarist maybe better known in the music world as WATERMEDOWN, has excitedly announced his signing to Equal Vision Records, with whom he'll release his newest EP, titled Somewhere Sleepless, on September 25. You can stream the effort's reflective and poignant lead single below via its video, featuring Mays on...
Pentimento stream lead single from upcoming album, 'I, No Longer'
Earlier this week, New York's Pentimento announced their sophomore LP, titled I, No Longer, which will be released through Bad Timing Records on October 23. As promised, the album's lead single became available today. You can stream the super melodic “Sink Or Swim” below, via Rock Sound. Read more: Pentimento announce new full-length album, headlining tour with Better...
Light Years announce new full-length album, stream lead single
Cleveland pop-punk quartet Light Years have announced that their brand new full-length album, titled I'll See You When I See You, will be released on November 13 through Rude Records. The 13-track effort, produced by go-to studio wizard Will Yip (Circa Survive, La Dispute, Tigers Jaw), is available for pre-order now with a wide variety of...
Watch Motörhead's Lemmy walk offstage mid-concert: "I can't do it"
Motörhead were forced to cut their Austin, Texas show short last night, September 1, as vocalist/bassist Lemmy Kilmister's recent ongoing illness proved too much for him to continue playing and singing throughout the night. In the fan-shot video below, you can tell from the get-go that Lemmy is feeling under the weather. He tries to press...
10 Things You Didn't Know about We Are Harlot
In our newest episode of “10 Things You Didn't Know,” APTV's Caity Babcock learns some hidden facts about Danny Worsnop and Jeff George form We Are Harlot. Learn their “essential information in life,” including which of them have prosthetic limbs, how many songs they wrote for their new album, what they like to do with...
Drug Church announce new album, stream "Green Like Me"
New York alternative noise band Drug Church have announced their full-length follow-up to 2013's Paul Walker. Titled Hit Your Head, the new effort will be released through No Sleep Records on October 30. Pre-orders are available now on vinyl, CD and digitally. The album's heavy lead single, “Green Like Me” is streaming below, via Noisey....
The 10 best twenty one pilots songs
Columbus, Ohio, duo twenty one pilots are proof that bands can still break big the honest, old-fashioned way. Building a following for their singular brand of hip-hop, pop, electronica and emo confessionals through tireless touring, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun became nationally known after signing to Fueled By Ramen in 2012. Twenty one pilots have...
Avril Lavigne announces separation from Nickelback's Chad Kroeger
After two years of marriage, Avril Lavigne and Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger are separating. The 30-year-old pop star dropped the news through her personal Instagram, sharing a photo of her and Kroeger on their wedding day. “It is with a heavy heart that Chad and I announce our separation today,” she wrote. “Through not only the...