Rachel Campbell

2008 was an epic year full of side-swept bangs and all-neon everything. Most of those trends were left in the aughts, and most people would rather forget they ever embraced them, but that will never happen thanks to the internet. From bands who are still rocking it to lineups we wish would announce a permanent reunion already, check out some of the best snaps below...

  Before reality shows such as Jersey Shore and Teen Mom pulled in viewers on MTV, we had Punk’d, a weekly dose of hilarity where host Ashton Kutcher pranked some of the 2000s most popular celebrities. Beginning in 2003, Kutcher helmed the show as host for eight seasons and produced nine—the last of which he passed off the ever-changing hosting throne so celebrities such as Miley Cyrus and Nick Ca

Blink-182 have announced they will be playing two charity shows this September: one on the 10th in Sayreville, NJ at Starland Ballroom and a second on the 11th in Brooklyn, NY at Music Hall of Williamsburg. The Starland Ballroom announced in June that they will reopen in September after a nearly two-year closure due to damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. Blink-18 ...

Progressive Nation at Sea will be launching its inaugural cruise Febuary 18 - 22, 2014. Some of the acts slated to perform aboard the Norwegian Pearl include Animals As Leaders, the Dear Hunter, King's X, Transatlantic, Portnoy Sheehan Macalpine Sherinian, Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew's Power Trio, Devin Towsend, Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings, Pain of Salvation, Riverside, The Safety Fire, Ton

Front Porch Step have joined the Pure Noise Records roster. The indie acoustic solo project of Jake Mcelfresh hails from Newark, Ohio and was featured as one of our AP&R artists in issue #291. Pure Noise will release Front Porch Step's full-length this fall. Check ou ...

Tonight Alive have posted a short clip of the soon-to-be released video for "Lonely Girl." The video will premiere on the band's YouTube account August 15 at 6 p.m. Australian local time / 4 a.m. EST. "Lonely Girl" is off Tonight Alive's upcoming full-length, The Other Side, out September 10 via Fearless Records. Pre-or... Read More ...

Panic! At The Disco's Spencer Smith recently opened up about four-year struggle with prescription drugs and drinking on the band's official website. Smith has now delved further into his addiction in an interview with MTV that was posted this week. Pan ...

Bars of Gold have announced they will be releasing a new album, Wheels, on October 28 via Belly Ache Records. The band features frontman Marc Paffi and drummer Brandon Moss, formerly of Bear vs. Shark, a post-hardcore band who was signed to Equal Vision in the early 2000s ...

The Swellers have revealed their fourth full-length will be titled The Light Under Closed Doors. The album drops October 29 via No Sleep Records, but is available for pre-order on the label's site now. It is available in digitial, CD and LP formats, the latter of which can be purchased in opaque yellow or black/white haze. In a ...

CHVRCHES, a Scotland-based trio, have premiered the video for "The Mother We Share," which is the first single off of their debut album, The Bones Of What You Believe. The Bones Of What You Believe will be released September 24 via Glassnote and is currently available for pre-order on iTunes. ...

Tear Out The Heart , one of AP's 100 bands you need to know, have posted a video for "Coffin Eyes," which features vocals from Story Of The Year frontman Dan Marsala. "Coffin Eyes" appears on Tear Out The Heart's latest release, Violence, which dropped March 19 via Victory Records. In addition t ...

Modern Life Is War are currently streaming their upcoming album, Fever Hunting, on Pitchfork. The album was announced last month as a follow-up to 2007's Midnight in America, and marks the return of the band's original lineup. Fever Hunting drops September 9 via Deathwish Inc., and t ...

Divided By Friday have been posting covers of popular Top 40 songs over the past few weeks as decided by their fans via Facebook. This week's winner was "Mirrors" by Justin Timberlake, so the North Carolina natives hit up the Charlotte Warped tour to recruit some guest vocals for the track. ...

Brian Marquis, former Therefore I Am guitarist and creator of the Acoustic Basement stage on Warped Tour, has dropped off the rest of the tour following a run in with a storm at the West Palm Beach stop that left him hospitalized. Marquis was attempting to secure his stage's tent when lightining struck nearby and carried through to him. Ma ...

William Beckett has premiered his music video for "Benny and Joon" on Fuse's website. The track will appear on Beckett's upcoming full-length, Genuine & Counterfeit, which drops August 20 via Equal Vision Records. This will be Beckett's first full-length since embarking on his solo venture, but he released three EPs in 2012 - the most recent of which was What Will Be in October.

Shone, which features Brand New's drummer, Brian Lane, have released a music video for their track, "Kin." This band stirred the Internet at the end of 2012, and most notably this past February with a viral campaign that did nothing but confuse those who were selected to be involved. ...

Sweden's INVSN will be releasing their self-titled album on September 24 via Razor & Tie. The band was formed by Dennis Lyxzén (Refused, The (International) Noise Conspiracy) who recruited Andre Sandström (DS-13), Sara Almgren (The (International) Noise Conspiracy), Richard Österman, and Anders Stenberg (Lykke Li, Deportees). Although INVSN have relea ...

The Naked and Famous have announced their second full-length, In Rolling Waves, will be released September 17 via Republic Records. The album is a follow-up to 2010's Passive Me, Aggressive You. Pre-orders for In Rolling Waves are currently available on iTunes. The first ...

Fall Out Boy, fun., Skrillex and Twenty | One | Pilots have all been nominated for MTV's 2013 VMAs. This will be the 30th VMAs, and MTV has decided to broadcast from Brooklyn for the first time ever at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. fun., ...

Parkway Drive, We Came As Romans, Memphis May Fire and Like Moths To Flames are amongst the acts slated to play Vans "Off The Wall" Music Night in Europe. Many of the shows that these four bands will be playing include Vans Warped Tour Europe ...