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Taste Of Tuesday: Major meltdowns and creating a three-disc concept album with the Early November
Editor's note: In its origins, the TASTE OF CHAOS tour was frequently deemed “Winter Warped” by both fans and organizers. The 2006 road show took place in the late winter and early spring, featuring lineups populated by some of the most diverse voices in the scene, including bands like My Chemical Romance, the Used, Underoath, […]
Yellowcard - "Crash The Gates" song premiere and interview
Pop-punk stalwarts YELLOWCARD have faced more than their share of adversity as of late, from band turnover to health scares to heartbreaking personal tragedy. Down but never out, their ambitious new album Lift A Sail (iTunes | Amazon | Google Play) documents these trials—and rocks hard. It’s been a trying few years for Yellowcard, to say the […]
“You can hate my past all you want. I’m here to make you love my future”—Jonny Craig on Slaves
Jonny Craig is back, and if you ask the golden-throated, frequently controversial frontman, he’ll tell you that he’s better than ever. He’s even got a new band—Slaves—to prove it. Their debut, Through Art We Are All Equals, dropped June 24 on Artery. AP talked with the singer after Slaves’ recent U.S. headlining tour with Hands […]
Who should win the Artist Philanthropic Award at the APMAs?
With the inaugural AP Music Awards taking place July 21, 2014, at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum at North Coast Harbor, we thought we would use the weeks leading up to the historic event to give you a category-by-category breakdown of the nominees so you can be an informed voter. Read […]
Exclusive Interview: Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman on safety concerns for traveling music fests
(Photo: Lisa Johnson) This summer was truly terrifying for some music festival attendees, with multiple instances of stages collapsing amid bouts of inclement weather. Since these unfortunate occurrences seem to be on the rise (the Indiana State Fair, Ottawa Bluesfest, Tulsa Oklahoma's Brady District Block Party and the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium), AP tapped Warped […]
Exclusive Interview: All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth Checks In After Six Weeks Of Dirty Work In Europe
Although All Time Low’s fourth full-length, Dirty Work, didn’t hit stores until early June (a delay from its intended spring release), the band have regained any lost momentum in the ensuing months. With one single in the bag (“I Feel Like Dancin’”) and another being readied for a U.K. release (“Forget About It”), the band […]
Taking Back Sunday School: The Wonder Years’ Dan “Soupy” Campbell clarifies his thoughts on religion
The most controversial track on the Wonder Years’ new release, Suburbia I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing, is “I Won’t Say The Lord’s Prayer.” Easily one of the album’s centerpieces, the song features frontman Dan “Soupy” Campbell discussing the dangers of blind faith and the hypocrisy of organized religion, using his hometown of […]
Exclusive Interview: Craig Owens reflects on his Warped summer and what’s next musically
It’s been just five months since Craig Owens reasserted his claim in the “über-frontman” sweepstakes with the self-titled release by his new outfit, Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows. That album was only the beginning of the work for the former Chiodos vocalist. Since then, the band—which also includes guitarist/synth-op Matt Good (ex-From First To Last), […]
Taking Back Sunday Oral History bonus cut: the reunion, recording new music and their new album
In 2010, Mark O’Connell’s never-ending campaigns to bring his friends John Nolan and Shaun Cooper back into Team TBS finally bore fruit. Reconvening for the first time in seven years, the reunited quintet started writing a new album. The result of these sessions is a self-titled release, which is due June 28. Beyond providing needed […]