Matt Crane

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Sumerian Records announce Florence + The Machine cover album, stream three covers

Sumerian Records have announced they will be releasing Florence + The Machine cover album, creatively titled: Florence + The Sphinx. You can check out the full tracklisting and three of the covers and a below. Three covers have already been released from the album: Periphery’s cover of “Only If For A Night,” Stick To Your Guns’ cover of […]

“They always say no”—Taking Back Sunday on touring with Brand New

Reddit AMAs have been paying out some pretty good information lately (see: Thrice). Yesterday, during the Taking Back Sunday AMA, a fan asked the band about their relationship with Brand New (of course). Drummer Mark O’Connell surprisingly replied that their booking agent has actually tried to set up a Brand New and TBS tour, but […]

Chiodos stream new song, “Looking For A Tornado”

Chiodos have premiered “Looking For A Tornado,” the latest song to be released from their upcoming album, Devil, on Loudwire today. (The band have already released eight other tracks from the album, all of which you can listen to on AltPress.) Listen to the song below, and tell us what you think. Chiodos will officially release Devil on April […]

The Used stream new album, ‘Imaginary Enemy’

UPDATE: You can also stream the album via Pandora. The Used are currently streaming their new album, Imaginary Enemy, ahead of its release on Amazon MP3. The album will be streaming their in full until March 31. While the Amazon player is absolutely awful—you can’t even skip songs—it still offers an early listen to the […]

Say Anything announce new album, tour with the Front Bottoms

Say Anything will release their sixth studio album, Hebrews, on June 10 via Equal Vision Records. The record will be the band’s follow-up to 2012’s Anarchy, My Dear. Max Bemis has already hinted at guest vocals for the album. In addition to the album, the band have announced a new tour, which will find Say […]

For Today release video for “Break The Cycle” (ft. Matty Mullins)

For Today have released a new music video for “Break The Cycles.” The track, which features Memphis May Fire’s Matty Mullins on vocals, is taken from the band’s new album, Fight The Silence, which premiered on AltPress and is out now via Razor & Tie Records. Mullins also appears in the video. Check it out below, […]

Finch stream 'What It Is To Burn X'

Finch have premiered their new live album, What It Is To Burn X, on AbsolutePunk. The album, which you can stream below, is officially out today via Tragic Hero Records. Let us know what you think of it. So far, 2014 has been a busy year for Finch: On top of coming back from the […]

Memphis May Fire release “No Ordinary Love” music video

Memphis May Fire have released a new music video for “No Ordinary Love.” The track is taken from the band’s brand new album, Unconditional, which is officially out today via Rise Records. Watch the music video below, and tell us what you think. Also, check out a behind the scenes video for the shoot. MMF […]

12 best metalcore covers of hip-hop songs, ranked

As far as brootal cover songs go, hip-hop ones tend to take a backseat to their poppy counterparts. (There have been five Punk Goes Pop compilations and only one Punk Goes Crunk.) For metalcore bands, hip-hop covers are far from easy to pull off, but when the speed and intricacies of both genres fuse, the […]