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Hearts Up (and Down): Bands tell us about their best and worst Valentine's Days

Every February, Cupid arrives to hone his archery skills and (hopefully) bring a little love to people. Whether you stick with giving roses and chocolate and everything turned out fine—or you got dumped in front of the whole school only to walk home in blistering hail only to find out your pet hamster died—one thing’s […]

God Is Dead: An Essay By William Control

I posted a few days ago on one of my social networking sites that If it says “Christian” under your religion information tab, then don’t bother adding me. This set off a huge debate on both sides of the coin about what kind of statement that was, what my intentions actually were and whether I […]

Arctic Monkeys aren’t done evolving

The Car defies expectations of what an Arctic Monkeys record can sound like. In AP’s digital cover story, frontman Alex Turner breaks down their cinematic seventh album.

THE SIX DEGREES OF SUMMER: DISCS

1. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Killswitch Engage (ROADRUNNER; roadrunnerrecords.com) WHEN: Late June Every band will tell you that their new music is either "bigger-sounding," "heavier" or "meaner." So when we asked Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones to describe his band’s self-titled fifth […]

Black Veil Brides are unplugging for free virtual 2021 acoustic tour

Black Veil Brides fans are in for a special treat starting this week. Because the band are unable to tour right now amid the COVID-19 pandemic, they are bringing their live performances straight into fans’ homes. On Monday, Black Veil Brides officially announced their first-ever virtual acoustic radio tour called Acoustour. For the string of […]

The reinvention of Dove Cameron

SITTING IN HER TRAILER last November, Dove Cameron was getting her nails done ahead of an elaborate, cabaret-style performance of “Boyfriend” at the American Music Awards. She should have been a bundle of nervous excitement. Instead, she felt overcome with horror. The night before, a gunman had killed five people and injured dozens more inside an LGBTQ+ club […]

Phoebe Bridgers wants to see more diversity behind the scenes of music

Phoebe Bridgers and I were digital friends first. We followed each other from afar, orbiting gravitational loops of likes and story views before somehow aligning at the cosmically precise degree to which we still met strangers from the internet. This feels fitting, or almost fated: A lot of the time, Phoebe reminds me of the […]

Web Exclusive: A conversation with Frank Turner

Although folk-punk musician FRANK TURNER calls England home, he certainly isn’t unknown in the states. Last year, he hopped on a portion of the Revival Tour with Chuck Ragan, Ben Nichols and Tim Barry, and shortly after signed to Epitaph Records on the strength of strong stateside buzz and his 2008 full-length, Love Ire & […]

Meeting People Is Easy: What To Do--And What *Not* To Do--When Approaching Your Idols

The division between fans and musicians during a concert is self-explanatory: There’s the audience, there’s the band and what separates the two is the stage. But what do you do after the show, when that barrier is no longer there, and you have the chance to meet your idols in person? What do you say—and […]

Amy Lee and Lzzy Hale discuss the joys of touring with your friends

Evanescence and Halestorm’s tour, launching Nov. 5 from Portland, Oregon, is rapidly approaching. During the run, the bands will be joined by PLUSH and Lilith Czar on select dates, crossing the U.S. along the way. Read more: Evanescence debut new NFT collection based on ‘Echoes From The Void’ The tour is a welcome sight for […]