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“A pop-punk dream come true:” Restless Digital on marketing their favorite bands

Restless Digital is a digital marketing company many years in the making. Founders Geoff Funk and Caroline Kimiko Jensen partnered up after years of internships (and full-time jobs) between them. Funk alone racked up more than 40 internships in music and companies such as WWE and Marvel, while Jensen shadowed at Live Nation and Fearless […]

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Weatherbox American Art [4.5/5] Doghouse Records must slip something in their A&R reps’ Vitamin Waters daily; from the Get Up Kids to the All-American Rejects to Say Anything, the label has consistently discovered new talent and delivered scene-changing records. And not to get all hyperbolic on you, but prepare to look back on American Art, […]

Ronnie Radke/Sumerian Diss Tracks Disappear: The Beef is Over, But We've Got Full Lyrics Right Here

To paraphrase “The Usual Suspects”: “And poof. Just like that, they’re gone.” Sumerian Records removed their “answer back” (as they say in hip-hop) diss track responding to Ronnie Radke just hours after debuting it online. “When Ronnie Met Sally,” credited to Ashtradamus (Sumerian founder Ash Avildsen) and The Main Event, aka ex-Sworn Enemy guitarist turned […]

6 takeaways from Leafar Seyer's Artist Friendly podcast interview

Leafar Seyer of Prayers joined Joel Madden on the most recent episode of the Artist Friendly podcast, presented by Alternative Press. Here’s what we learned.

Four new unsigned bands you should hear this month

Welcome to the first installment of our new AP&R online series. Some of you may be thinking, “Wait. Isn’t this usually in the magazine?” Yes, it is, but we’re upping the ante with this section in our future issues by giving your favorite among our scouted unsigned artists an opportunity for a larger print feature […]

blink-182, Weezer, Limp Bizkit among Inkcarceration 2020 lineup

Limp Bizkit, Weezer and blink-182 will headline the third annual Inkcarceration Music And Tattoo Festival. The festival celebrating decibels and body art returns to the grounds of the famous Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, July 10 -12, 2020. “We here at the Reformatory are thrilled to be the home of the Inkcarceration Festival again […]

10 bands that prove why Misfits endure, from Metallica to My Chemical Romance

Misfits are the very model of an influential punk band. Which was most likely not Glenn Danzig’s goal when he formed them in 1977 in his native Lodi, New Jersey, naming them for Marilyn Monroe’s final film from 1961. After initially being driven by Danzig’s distorted electric piano, Misfits became known for sludgy power chords […]

Kill Hannah reveal details for final shows

After a 20-year career, the members of Kill Hannah will amicably go their separate ways to focus on other musical endeavors following a handful of last-ever shows this December. Kill Hannah's final performances include three U.K. shows from December 3-6 and two more in the band's hometown of Chicago on December 18 and 19 at […]

No Use For A Name guitarist joins Bleeding Through

David Nassie, who is best known as the guitarist for legendary punk outfit No Use For A Name, will be joining Bleeding Through as their permanent replacement for Jona Weinhofen, the band’s current guitarist. Weinhofen says his decision to part ways with Bleeding Through, which he joined two years ago, is primarily due to missing […]

#339 My Chemical Romance: Collector's Issue

My Chemical Romance #339 –  2016 Celebrating the 10th anniversary of My Chemical Romance’s THE BLACK PARADE; Too Close To Touch, Yellowcard, The Amity Affliction and more! ORDER ISSUE MEMBERSHIPS DIGITAL EDITION WHERE TO FIND AP [AP STORE]  [SUBSCRIBE] MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE: THE LEGEND OF THE BLACK PARADE MCR’s groundbreaking, game-changing, scene-shattering third album turns […]