PVRIS to perform at the MTV Woodies and other news you might have missed today
A performance by PVRIS, behind-the-scenes video by Pierce The Veil and a ton more new videos—it was an awesome Friday! Check out the news you might have missed today below! Read more: Between the Buried and Me reveal tour plans and other news you missed today PVRIS performing at MTV Woodies. PVRIS have just been announced...
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes show off classics with a punk twist
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes Rake It In: The Greatest Hits FILE UNDER: The greatest of greatest hits ROCKS LIKE: NOFX, Lagwagon, Swingin’ Utters WHAT'S DIFFERENT: Being a culling of selections from the vast library of covers the Gimmes have under their (garter) belts, nothing’s really different. Though, if you’ve never heard the good...
All Time Low play "Stay Awake," "The Beach," more 'So Wrong, It's Right' hits at tiny secret show
Two days ago, All Time Low teased a show by the Young Renegades on Twitter. We thought it was quite suspicious to say the least. Turns out our suspicions were right: All Time Low played a secret show as the Young Renegades, and the footage is awesome. Read more: A definitive ranking of All Time...
Can't Swim bring us more signature bitter basement anthems
Can’t Swim Fail You Again FILE UNDER: Post-hardcore of Jersey past ROCKS LIKE: Thursday, Armor For Sleep, Engine Down WHAT'S DIFFERENT: A rousing “Hey, Hey, Hey!” straight from the punk playbook is one of Can't Swim's new looks (“What's Your Big Idea”). Likewise, the pop-pimping “We Won't Sleep” and its cheery, crowd-sung chorus leaves their...
Neck Deep's Ben Barlow apologizes following controversial Women's Day tweet
Ben Barlow's tweets on International Women's Day (March 8) garnered some controversy. Now, the Neck Deep frontman has responded. Read more: Knuckle Puck call out YouTuber Jarrod Alonge for selling T-shirt parodying their name and album On March 8, in a deleted tweet, Barlow said: “Happy international women's day! Shout out to the feminists who...
Against The Current's Chrissy Costanza writes heartfelt note to Hayley Williams
On International Women's Day, Against The Current frontwoman Chrissy Costanza thanked a very important inspiration in her life: Paramore's Hayley Williams. “I wasn't cool, I wasn't powerful, I wasn't a leader,” Costanza writes. “Hayley changed that.” Read more: Musicians celebrate International Women's Day Williams responded to Costanza on Twitter, saying: “Love the pieces you've been writing—you're...
10 record labels you probably didn’t know were started by bands
It’s rare to find a musician who is just a musician in their own band anymore. Artists have doubled as everything from actors and models to producers and writers. But now more than ever, musicians are looking to circumvent a lot of major-label politics and headaches in order to get their music out into the...
The Get Up Kids’ Matt Pryor premieres haunting video for “Mary"—watch
In Matt Pryor’s latest solo release, Memento Mori, “Mary” stands out for a multitude of reasons. One of the biggest, though, is that it’s the only fictional song on a very personal album. On Memento, Pryor remembers real people in his life who’ve passed away. Mary, however, is not among those people. Paging the Supernatural...
Mallory Knox stay true with strong choruses, introduce edgy atmosphere
Mallory Knox Wired FILE UNDER: Anthemic rock ROCKS LIKE: Paramore / Twin Atlantic / Jimmy Eat World WHAT'S DIFFERENT: Having established themselves with two solid full-lengths, this time out Mallory Knox get in your face—and stay there. With an edgier, more urgent feel predominating the album, the swaggering “Better Off Without You” fits perfectly alongside...