Nicole Rork

Epitaph‘s metalcore maestros Converge are gearing up for one of the sickest tours in hardcore this November. Accompanying them on this trek will be Darkest Hour, the Red Chord and Municipal Waste, with Cleveland hardcore heavyweights Ringworm joining the tour for a handful of shows. Dates are below; stay posi out there: (11/4-11/8 w/Ringworm) […]

Omaha‘s long-running punk/hip-hop/groove/rock collective 311 are beginning their latest headlining tour tonight and will be on the road through mid-December in support of their new album, Don‘t Tread On Me (which we unfortunately never got at the AP offices; if you have it, comment and let us know how it is!). The band are letting […]

Grey Flight Records band the Cardinal Sin have posted the video for "Quarterlife Crisis," one of the many spicy rock jams off their debut Oil And Water EP which was released earlier this year. You can click here to see the clip in a variety of formats, and if you like what you see, learn […]

Hydrahead‘s prodigal sons, Cave In, have returned with Perfect Pitch Black, their new album which hit stores last month. But what‘s a new album without a tour in support of it? Thus, the band are packing their bags and heading out this November and December for a good ol‘ cross-country jaunt with opening acts Doomriders […]

Springman Records instrumentalists Tera Melos are hitting the road this November in support of their untitled (not self-titled; untitled) Springman debut, which came out Oct. 4 and features three headless dudes carrying chainsaws on the cover of it. Pretty sweet. The band also have plans for a feature-length DVD in the works, so head to […]

Fearless Records have released the tracklisting and cover art for Waiter: “You Vultures!”, the debut full-length from Portugal. The Man. You can view the cover art here. The tracklisting: 1- How The Leopard Got Its Spots 2-Stables And Chairs 3-Gold Fronts 4-AKA M80 The Wolf 5-Marching With Six 6-Elephants 7-Waiter 8-Chicago 9-Bad Bad Levi Brown […]

Female-fronted indie-pop band the Eames Era have been forced to cancel their upcoming tour due to a car accident involving the band and a National Guard military truck in the band‘s hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisana. The band‘s publicist informed AP that "All five band members received varying degrees of injury, the worst being guitarist […]

Deep Elm band Claire De Lune‘s video for "Passenger View," off their full-length album Marionettes, has won First Prize in both Best Animation and Best Performance categories, as well as 2nd place in the Best Visual Effects category in the 2005 DivX Music Video Contest. The Minneapolis band let director J.J. Johnstone (Settlefish) create the […]

Lobster Records band (and one of AP‘s 100 Bands You Need To Know in 2005) Days Like These have posted two new tracks, "Caution" and "Charming," on both their PureVolume and MySpace pages. Both tracks are taken from the band‘s new album, Inventure, out Nov. 1. And if you like what you hear, keep your […]