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Facedown Records hardcore act Nodes OF Ranvier have their video for “Glass Half Nothing,” off their new album The Years To Come debuting on MTV2’s Headbanger’s Ball this Saturday at 10pm EST. Of course, if you prefer to rock cable modem instead of the cable TV, you can check out the video online by clicking […]

College students nationwide chose their favorite artists and music of the year as mtvU, MTV’s college network, held the second-annual Woodie Awards last night, Nov 2. The ceremony featured performances from Death Cab For Cutie, the Go! Team, Saul Williams and more, and appearances from Lou Reed, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Coheed And Cambria, Aesop Rock, […]

Bad Religion (oh, sorry; you might know them as one of the best punk-rock bands of all time) have confirmed the release date of their Live At The Palladium DVD, filmed earlier this year at the band's two-night stint at the Hollywood Palladium. The DVD has been set for a Feb. 21, 2006 release date […]

Following up Monday's story about the death of Bayside drummer John "Beatz" Holohan and hospitalization of bassist Nick Ghanbarian after the van they were traveling in hit a patch of ice and flipped outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming: The Never Sleep Again tour, which the band were a part of alongside labelmates Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein and […]

A follow-up to today's earlier story about Fenix TX's impending live album, Purple Reign In Blood, it has been announced that Prince himself is suing the band over the disc's cover art [viewable here]. The original pressing of the CD, scheduled to go on sale this Tuesday, Nov. 8, will still be available, but as […]

Lobster Records buzz band Lorene Drive are currently traversing the highways and byways of the USA in support of their debut full-length Romantic Wealth. Right now, they're doing a week of shows with My Epiphany and the Forecast, then a few one-off shows with Hidden In Plain View, before embarking on the super-colossally awesome Cave […]

Yellowcard are currently out on their intimate club tour with Acceptance, the Pink Spiders and Reeve Oliver. If you haven't gotten your tickets yet to this quickly selling out trek, check out the dates below. But if you've already got your tickets in hand and wanna get psyched up for the show (or got shut […]

The currently labelless art-punk provocateurs in Murder By Death are heading out on a three-week U.S. tour starting this Thursday, Nov. 3, in beautiful Urbana, Illinois, before wrapping up Nov. 20 in the band‘s hometown of Bloomington, Indiana. They are planning on leaving the Midwest at some point, however; dates below (and all shows are […]

As announced here last week, recently reunited pop-punks Fenix TX have their first-ever live album, Purple Reign In Blood, hitting stores next Tuesday, Nov. 8 via Adrenaline Music/New Planet Ventures. The disc contains the band‘s comeback performance in from August 19 at The Club House in Tempe, Arizona, and is enhanced with a live video […]

State Of Mind Recordings band This Is Hell are taking it to the streets (Doobie Brothers-style) once more this November and December. After a handful of shows with Blacklisted and Cancer Bats, the band (who you‘re probably way stoked on right now, after reading their Low Profile in AP 207) will meet up with Most […]

Epitaph band (and former AP cover stars) Matchbook Romance have posted a brand new song from their upcoming album, Voices, out Feb. 14, 2006. The song is called "Are You Afraid Of Monsters?" and can be heard here. The band are currently on tour with Armor For Sleep, Lovedrug and Gatsbys American Dream right […]

Eulogy Recordings band Evergreen Terrace are heading out on the Slightly Out Of Control Tour, their first proper headlining tour since their new album, Sincerity Is An Easy Disguise In This Business, hit a CD store near you (quite possibly in the gut) this past June. Supporting the band on various stages of the month-long […]

On Nov. 22, Vagrant Records will release a split CD from crazy Canucks Alexisonfire and Moneen, simply titled Split EP. Points for creativity, guys. Alexisonfire cover two Moneen songs, Moneen cover two Alexisonfire songs, and both bands contribute a new jam. Vagrant has posted an e-card here where you can stream AOF‘s cover of "The […]

Each week, Mammoth Press debuts a different album on their Mammoth Stream feature, allowing you, the amazing person that you are, to stream a brand new record in its entirety. This week‘s album? Cognicide, the new LP from Fat Wreck Chords band Valencia. Head to MammothPress.com and click on "Mammoth Stream" to be whisked away […]

Long-running San Diego art-rock/electronics collective Tristeza (a band who, at one time, had members of the Locust, the Crimson Curse and the Album Leaf in their lineup — weird) are gearing up for the release of their new album, A Colores, hitting stores via Better Looking Records Nov. 22, by heading out on a comprehensive […]

Defunct punkers Face To Face have their retrospective release, Shoot The Moon: The Essential Collection hitting stores today, Nov. 1, via Keith‘s own label, Antagonist Records. In case you‘re unfamiliar with the band‘s catalog (or haven‘t read the track-by-track breakdown we did with Keith in this month‘s AP yet), you can stream the whole release […]

In case you haven‘t checked out the AP media page lately, we‘re currently streaming Days Like These‘s new album, Inventure, free of charge, for everyone to check out! Come tomorrow night, Nov. 1, at midnight, we‘ll be taking it down, because that‘s when the album will be on sale nationwide (and we fully expect you […]

Last week, we brought you news of Solid Gold Hits, the upcoming greatest-hits compilation from the Beastie Boys, out Nov. 8. Today, we bring you some pretty cool video footage of the triple troublemakers themselves giving a track-by-track analysis of each song on the collection. Check out the footage in Windows Media (lo/hi), Real Video […]

Abacus Recordings band the Juliana Theory are heading out on another U.S. tour beginning tonight in Sacramento. Accompanying them are JamisonParker and June. If we were Buddyhead, we‘d tell you to try and steal Brett Detar‘s headset mic. Dates: 10/31 Sacramento, CA @ The Underground 11/1 San Francisco, CA @ Slims 11/2 San […]

Hopeless Records band Kaddisfly were robbed recently while on tour in Florida. Their statement: "WE GOT OUR TRAILER JACKED. That’s right… we’ve had all of our music equipment, all of our merchandise, all of our clothes, some skateboards and a fishing rod stolen. We now know how it feels to have no […]