Luke Skywalker teased in production announcement video for next Star Wars movie
After initially having its release date pushed back to December 2017, Star Wars Episode VIII is officially in production. A production announcement video has been unveiled with a brief teaser of Luke Skywalker and casting announcements as well, which you can view below. Read More: Darth Vader rumored to appear in ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars...
Dave Grohl reunites with girl from Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" video 23 years later
Nirvana released their “Heart-Shaped Box” music video in 1993, The clip featured, among others, six-year-old Kelsey Rohr. Now, 23 years later, Rohr has re-connected with Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. Listen: Hear Kurt Cobain’s vocals isolated from Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” “Today Dave Grohl and I picked up right where we left off 23 years...
Jake Carruthers talks about what it takes to be an illustrator in the music industry
Jake Carruthers is a 22-year-old illustrator from Toronto who has created album art and T-shirt designs for many of the scene’s hottest acts—August Burns Red, Real Friends and Neck Deep are all in his repertoire. AP sat down to talk with him about his inspirations, what it’s like working with musicians and advice for starting...
Blink-182 pulled a Green Day and scrapped all initial songs for comeback album
Before Green Day wrote and recorded American Idiot, they had the masters of roughly 20 tracks for an entirely different LP, tentatively titled Cigarettes And Valentines, stolen from a recording studio. Instead of simply re-recording the songs, Green Day decided to scrap them entirely and start over. This is what allowed them to create one...
Members of Ohio hard rock band CounterFlux killed in car crash
Three members of Ohio-based hard rock band CounterFlux were killed in a wrong-way car crash Saturday morning, (via My Dayton Daily News). The band member’s vehicle collided with a separate vehicle that was driving on the wrong side of Interstate 75 in downtown Dayton, Ohio. Authorities suspect alcohol played a role in the tragedy. The...
Drop Dead, Gorgeous members form new project 888, premiere music video (exclusive)
Alt rock band 888 formed in the spring of last year from the members of Drop Dead, Gorgeous, and have been creating a unique blend of pop rock since. Now, they’ve joined AP to release a new live video of their song “Critical Mistakes.” The video shows members of the band both hanging out backstage...
All members of indie band Viola Beach and manager killed in car crash
All four members of British alt-indie band Viola Beach and their manager were killed in a car crash in Stockholm Saturday morning. The group were headed to a gig in Guildford, England when the vehicle they were traveling in veered off a bridge and into a canal. The 25-foot plunge killed frontman Kris Leonard, guitarist...