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The Ready Set sign to Razor & Tie, announce new album
The Ready Set have signed to Razor & Tie Records for a mutli-album deal that will begin with the release of a new full-length, The Bad & The Better, on May 27. The new album was produced by Ian Kirkpatrick (Neon Trees, Breathe Carolina). Pre-orders are available now, and the first official single will be […]
Chiodos stream new song, “Under Your Halo”
Chiodos have premiered a new song, “Under Your Halo,” on USA Today. The track is the sixth to be released from the band’s forthcoming album, Devil. (You can listen to the five other previously released tracks on AltPress.) Watch the video for the new song below, and tell us what you think. Chiodos will release Devil April […]
Memphis May Fire’s Matty Mullins talks ‘Unconditional’
Memphis May Fire have released a making of video, which features frontman Matty Mullins discussing the band’s new album, Unconditional. Check out the video below. Unconditional is streaming now and will be officially released on March 25 via Rise Records. Pre-order the album at MerchNOW. MMF are on tour now with the Word Alive, A Skylit Drive, […]
Guitarist Caleb Turman moving on from Forever The Sickest Kids
It looks like guitarist Caleb Turman may have left Forever The Sickest Kids. In a recent interview about his new band, Team, Turman stated that he was “moving on” from FTSK and he’s not entirely sure what the future of the band is. Read a snippet of the interview here. Given the band’s inactivity as of late, […]
Alex Reed (ex-Go Radio) officially joins Stages & Stereos
Stages & Stereos, one of AP’s 100 bands you need to know, have announced that ex-Go Radio guitarist Alex Reed will be joining their lineup as an official member. Reed had been performing as a live member of the band ever since the breakup of Go Radio last year. Check out a statement from the […]
Andrew McMahon (Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin) to tour with Gavin DeGraw, more
Andrew McMahon, formerly of Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin, will be supporting Gavin DeGraw and Matt Nathanson on their co-headlining tour. The 22-date summer trek, which will also feature support from Mary Lambert, begins June 13 in Tucson, Arizona through August 25 in Pomona, New York. McMahon will only be supporting the tour on select dates, all of which you […]
Watch The Summer Set cover The Format’s “The First Single”
The Summer Set are at again. After covering Fall Out Boy’s classic song “Chicago Is So Two Years Ago,” the band have now covered the Format’s “The First Single (You Know Me).” This is all happening on the band’s Legendary Unplugged Tour, where AP recently sat down with the group and had a chat. Watch the […]
SXSW attendees and Vans raise $20,000 for victims in less than 24 hours
A fund set up to help the victims and families of yesterday’s fatal car crash at the South By Southwest festival has already raised $20,000 in donations. The SXSW Cares Fund will help distribute all funds raised to those most affected by the tragedy through a community-based process. (You can still donate to the fund […]
Watch Jimmy Kimmel get people to lie about knowing fake bands at SXSW
After his stint at last year’s Coachella, Jimmy Kimmel isn’t quite finished punking the hipsters who pride themselves on knowing obscure acts even if they don’t really know them. Mr. Kimmel sent a camera crew into the streets of Austin, Texas for this year’s South By Southwest festival and asked attendees about bands that do […]