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It‘s here – the 2005 AP Readers Poll, your annual hit list of the year‘s best and worst in music, movies and life in general. Click the link here to vote — it‘s free and painless, and if we like your comments, you may even end up getting printed in our annual Readers Poll issue, […]

Vagrant Records has announced the impending release of a deluxe edition of Crimson, the newest album from goth-punk group Alkaline Trio. The album will come with a second disc consisting of demo and acoustic tracks of Crimson songs, and will be enhanced with both the "Time To Waste" and "Mercy Me" music videos. Look for […]

Even though Equal Vision hotshots Armor For Sleep are heading out with Matchbook Romance next week for a month-long tour of the U.S. of A., the band are already looking to the future — December will find the group getting their passports stamped as they head to the United Kingdom for a brief winter vacation. […]

New Takeover Records band Paperface had their new album, The Legend Of Harley Knowles, hit stores this past Tuesday, Oct. 18. But in case you haven‘t ran out and bought it already, the band have posted the piano-rockin‘ disc up on their PureVolume page in its entirety for you to stream at your leisure. Check […]

The motherf‘ing man, Ted Leo, is packing up his travel bag once more this November with his band of merry Pharmacists in tow to bring the rock to the huddled masses. His rock cavalry will be making stops at both Chicago‘s Flower15 fest and Gainesville, Florida‘s The Fest 4; the majority of the rest of […]

Last night, Oct. 19, Ryan "Dallas" Cook, 23, was killed in a motorcycle accident. Dallas was best known as the trombonist for California ska band Suburban Legends. Friend and bandmate Brian Robertson posted the following on the band‘s website: "I can not put into words what I‘m feeling now. My band mate, my best […]

We‘re so excited about Days Like These‘s new album, Inventure, that we asked the totally awesome people at Lobster Records if we could exclusively stream the release before it comes out, and whaddya know: They said yes! So, if you head to our media page, you can stream every single song off Inventure from now […]

Fat Wreck Chords have been busy little drunk bees this month, releasing not one or two but three (betcha didn‘t see that coming) new albums this month. And, as any good label should, they‘ve made e-cards for all three. First up is Potemkin City Limits, the new album from Propagandhi. The record dropped yesterday, and […]

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 […]

Abacus Recordings band the Goodwill have parted ways with vocalist Brian Barbuto, and are currently looking to audition new vocalists. Here‘s a statement from guitarist Travis Johnides: " just wanted to let everyone know that we have decided to part ways with vocalist Brian Barbuto. This decision did not come easy but we knew […]

The (International) Noise Conspiracy are currently in the process of tearing up America‘s highways and byways in support of Armed Love, their new album which was (finally) released Stateside Oct. 4. While you may already be familiar with the first single, "A Small Demand," we bring you some killer live footage of the same song. […]

Lovitt Records keyboardcore spazoids Rah Bras are heading out on on a brief tour at the end of this month alongside Measles Mumps Rubella and SideOneDummy band VCR. It‘s assumed that the trio will be playing tracks off their upcoming Lovitt full-length, WHOHM, out Nov. 7, but you never know with those kids. Dates: […]