Sad Summer Festival has decided to postpone this year’s tour until 2021
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, various shows and tours worldwide have been canceled. Since the pandemic began, Sad Summer Festival has made frequent updates about its upcoming run with All Time Low, The Story So Far, the Maine and more. Set to kick off in July, Sad Summer said at the end of last...
10 metalcore bands who normalized electronic influences in the 2000s
During the 2000s and early 2010s, a surge of electronic influences found their way into metalcore as EDM became the biggest genre in music at the time. Warped Tour was flooded with synths and neon skinny jeans instead of mohawks and stick-and-poke tattoos as the flavor of the day became electronicore bands. While it’s tapered...
This Joker tattoo in ‘Suicide Squad’ has a bigger meaning than you realize
Suicide Squad director David Ayer has been vocal on Twitter this week, responding to fan questions about the 2016 film. On Monday, Ayer revealed his true feelings about Jared Leto‘s portrayal of Joker after years of speculation. Now, Ayer is sharing his thoughts about a fan theory regarding one of Joker’s tattoos in the film....
Here’s how Arkansas is hosting one of the first socially-distanced concerts
Arkansas is getting the ball rolling on live concerts after a massive event-ban and shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The first to take place will be Travis McCready from country-rock band Bishop Gunn next week on May 15. The date is a bit odd because Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson just announced on Monday that...
QUIZ: How well do you remember the lyrics to “Saturday” by Fall Out Boy?
Seventeen years ago today, Fall Out Boy made their entrance into the world by releasing their debut album, Take This To Your Grave. It seems like just yesterday that the band dropped the album that started it all, which featured bangers such as “Dead On Arrival” and “Saturday.” In honor of the album’s anniversary, we...
Watch Weezer pay tribute to essential workers with their new song “Hero”
Weezer just dropped their second single from their upcoming album Van Weezer. The new song is titled “Hero” and was teased earlier this week. “Hero” marks the first new music we’ve heard from Weezer since “The End Of The Game” which dropped when the Hella Mega Tour was announced last year. Read More: Here are the Green Day,...
Hear PHNTMS tackle expectations versus reality in dynamic “Towers”
As they get ready to drop their self-titled EP, PHNTMS are teaming up with AltPress to debut the second track off the upcoming release with the relatable “Towers.” The track serves as the band’s way to reflect on life and how our realities may not always match our expectations. Influenced by film soundtracks and groups...
twenty one pilots are the first to achieve this chart feat in two years
twenty one pilots have hit another chart milestone this week with their newest hit “Level Of Concern.” The quarantine-themed song has officially hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Songs Chart. It took only four weeks to achieve and is the fastest song to hit No. 1 in the past two years. The last song that did...
Loote and Travis Barker hit an emotional rollercoaster in “Sex With My Ex”
Synth-pop duo Loote take you on a creepy and twisted carnival adventure in their brand-new music video “Sex With My Ex,” which they are exclusively premiering with AltPress. Loote, comprising Jackson Foote and Emma Lov, teamed up with blink-182’s Travis Barker and L.A.-based production trio Captain Cuts to create the emo-synth track. Listeners can also...