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Indulge me for a moment: imagine you are lucky enough to have a little sister, niece, wife, or mother; a woman with which you hold a deep affinity. A woman that you would go to great lengths to protect from any harm that travels in her direction. Now realize, statistically, that probably makes you the […]

Two weeks ago, my bandmate Anthony [Green] and I visited Occupy Philly, playing some songs for the occupiers and anyone else who showed up. The event was a success: We brought out hundreds of people to the protest site who otherwise wouldn’t have been directly exposed to the OWS movement. It was a powerful and […]

(Photo: Natalie Bisignano) I have many stained images in my head because of what I went through in grade school. A lot of them I wish I could wipe clean, but it's not that easy. Instead, I've learned to embrace the fact that I have overcome these painful experiences and have become a better person […]

(Photo: Andy Barron) [Editor’s note: To Write Love On Her Arms is one of 25 charities competing in the American Giving Awards, a Facebook-driven voting contest which honors previous winners of Chase Community Giving. TWLOHA is competing against four other charities in their category; the top vote-getter in the first round of voting—which ends Wednesday, […]

When we first put the term “Pop Punk’s Not Dead” on the back of an NFG t-shirt, a lot of people thought it was a spoof on the Exploited's “Punk’s Not Dead.” Sure, it may have spawned from that a little, but we never looked into the full meaning behind their use of the term. […]

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’ new album, Am I The Enemy, is out August 30. (Pre-order it here.) Listen to an exclusive stream of “Wake Me Up” below while you read Ronnie’s latest AP column. AP and I have teamed up for a column about being an independent artist in today's music scene. This column is directly […]

So you want to start a band, huh? You want to get together with some dudes, write some songs and maybe record a 7-inch you trick your friend into releasing? Start with a name. Seems foolish, right? Seems like a name would be the least important part of the whole enterprise. After all, it’s the […]

As music fans bid adieu to Myspace, the throne has yet to be filled by its social-media peers. Current players—whether it’s Purevolume, Last.fm or Facebook—haven’t yet clinched a dominant position in music discovery. Enter the always-expanding Google, which recently launched their own social network, Google+. This new service, when paired with the company’s progressive ideals, […]

AP and I have teamed up to start a new column about being an independent artist in today's music scene. This column is directly geared towards musicians and artists, both unsigned and independently signed as well. The simple truth is that it's an amazing time to be an independent artist, and there are a lot […]

A band’s online presence is more important than ever. Keeping an audience attentive and satisfied, however, requires acts to adapt to new techniques and an always-evolving Internet culture. This isn’t easy: As every band bum-rushes Web 2.0 with reckless abandon, a plethora of ineffective strategies and vexing habits plagues musicians everywhere. The trick is to […]

(Photo by Julia Arielle Cox) [Editor's note: Go Radio frontman Jason Lancaster–pictured second from right–was kind enough to pen a remembrance about his dad in honor of Father's Day, which is June 19. You can read that below. On Sunday, Amazon will be giving away the band's song “Forever My Father” for free. You can […]

We were all there once. Fifteen years old, full of youthful idealism and joining our first band. Soaking up every sound possible and hoping to change the world, you watched every live DVD from your favorite bands and created grandiose plans with friends to tour and take over the world before you’re even out of […]

All of a sudden, I know what it must feel like to be Josh Farro. And to a lesser extent: Zac Farro. (Nobody thinks it was his idea.) After five years at Alternative Press, three cover stories and countless nights spent before the warm glow of my computer, I’m stepping down as web editor to […]

  “If you like, I am glad that he is dead. At the same time his loss wounds me. Why? He has taken a piece of my life with him into his death, irrevocably. And a grain of his death has scattered it's dismaying seed within me.”  -Death of the Adversary, Hans Keilson Hans Keilson […]

Welcome to the fifth and final edition of my On Your Side Tour photo blogs! This is another GIF-laden post entitled “'Tis Better To GIF Than To Receive”. This also has quite a few photos of A Rocket To The Moon who were so generous to take us out and were amazing hosts as a […]

  Our friends Texas In July are a Christian metalcore band and they’re on tour with us on the Take Action Tour. This year’s sponsor is Sex Etc., an organization promoting safe sex, education and awareness of what is really going on. “Fans” of Texas In July are beginning to protest the band and making […]

Welcome to the fourth On Your Side Tour photo blog. In this edition I decided to make a bunch of GIF animations. The new name for the blog has been changed to “GIF Me A Break”… a second runner up was “GIF'n It All I've Got.” Enjoy! On the way to Seattle we saw this […]