acoustic session

Thrice stopped by APTV to perform an acoustic version on “Black Honey,” the lead single off their last album. Watch Dustin Kensrue and Teppei Teranishi play the somber track and talk about its lyrical origins. Don’t forget to subscribe to APTV for more videos like this with your favorite bands!  

Watch two fifths of Taking Back Sunday play an acoustic cover of “You Can’t Look Back.” The emotional track is off their seventh album, Tidal Wave, which just came out this Fall. Subscribe to APTV for more acoustic covers from your favorite bands!  

I Prevail stopped by APTV to play an acoustic version of “Scars.” The song is the first single off Lifelines, the debut studio album from the Michigan band, released this Fall via Fearless Records. The band just finished headlining the Rebels Without A Claus Tour with Sleepwave, Hotel Books and Bad Seed Rising.  Make sure to subscribe […]

Watch I Prevail perform an acoustic cover of the Linkin Park classic “In The End,” the last single off 2000’s Hybrid Theory. The Michigan five-piece opened for Pierce The Veil and Neck Deep earlier this Fall on the Made To Destroy Tour, and are now finishing up headlining the Rebels Without A Claus Tour with Sleepwave, Hotel Books and […]

Neck Deep stopped by APTV and gave us an acoustic performance of “December.” Watch Ben Barlow talk about the actual event that inspired this personal song off last year’s album, Life’s Not Out To Get You. Be sure to subscribe to APTV for more videos like this with your favorite artists!  

Watch Teppei Teranishi and Dustin Kensrue of Thrice perform an acoustic version of the band’s new song “Hurricane.” The first song off their new album, To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere, is about when everything goes to hell right when things seem to be perfect. It’s their first album since the reunion and they […]

Hands Like Houses perform Linkin Park classic “Numb” live for APTV's Zippo Sessions at Carolina Rebellion 2016!  Thank you to our friends at ZIPPO ENCORE who helped make this video possible!  — CREDITS Video: Strati Hovartos, Possum Hill Editing: Bobby Makar  Segment Producer: Josh Bernstein  — Subscribe for more APTV Sessions  

For this acoustic weekend, we have a MEST double-header, yesterday with “Rooftops,” and today with “Lost, Broken, Confused.” In case you missed it, Mest frontman Tony Lovato recently unvieled a new song by his band London Falling on AltPress! Check it out and let us know what you think! Subscribe for new acoustic videos every […]

For this acoustic weekend, we have a MEST double-header, starting with “Rooftops,” then “Lost, Broken, Confused.” In case you missed it, Mest frontman Tony Lovato recently unvieled a new song by his band London Falling on AltPress! Check it out and let us know what you think! Subscribe for new acoustic videos every weekend!   […]

Nick Thompson of Hit The Lights performs “Liars And Cheats” live at the APTV Studio. Thompson says the song was among the first acoustic songs the band wrote in 2009, and is one he still loves. Luckily, that means he was kind enough to treat you to it this Acoustic Weekend. Like and Subscribe for […]

Hawthorne Heights will celebrate 10 years of If Only You Were Lonely with a tour beginning in February. Before this acoustic performance of the album's single “Pens And Needles,” vocalist JT Woodruff gave us a little background on why they decided to do a 10-year tour for the album and a little history behind the […]

This Acoustic Weekend, we're bringing you two more performances. Up first is New Politics performing “Give Me Hope!” Stay tuned to see whose performance we debut tomorrow! Like and Subscribe for new acoustic videos every weekend!   — Video/Editing: Bobby Makar Director/Producer: Cassie Whitt Sound: Rob Ortenzi Powered By CAD Audio  

Acoustic sessions usually consist of a singer, an acoustic guitar or two and maybe some sort of percussion. But the guys of I See Stars don’t mess around, they managed to squeeze eight people and instruments ranging from cello’s to pianos into the AP office for a live acoustic session while on their 'Phases: Raw […]

If you missed our live stream a while back, Saywecanfly dropped by AP for an acoustic set and Q&A. Check out the performance of “Better Off Alone” from his new Darling EP. — Segment Producer: Cassie Whitt Videography: Bobby Makar Audio: Rob Ortenzi  

Last month on World Suicide Prevention Day, Saywecanfly dropped by the AP office for exclusive performance and Q and A session. Listen to “Scars” from that session as SayWeCanFly describes the influence behind the song: “I wanted to write a song about the fact that we all do go through the same pain.” —Jake Hanson  […]

While on their Phases: Raw & Unplugged Tour, I See Stars are stopping by the AP offices for an acoustic set and Q&A! Tune in to join the discussion! 

SayWeCanFly stopped by the office while on the Hope For The Day Conversations Tour to perform a few acoustic songs for APTV sessions.  Check out this rendition of “Song Of The Sparrow” from his debut full-length Between The Roses.  The song, he says, is about how both darkness and light have played a part in […]

World Suicide Prevention Day is observed annually on September 10 in an effort to raise awareness and initiate new efforts for suicide prevention. To honor the day this year, APTV teamed up with our friend Jonny Boucher, the founder of Hope For The Day for an acoustic session and Q&A about mental health with the […]

Last spring, the Maine stopped by the AP offices for a live acoustic session during which they played and told the stories behind “Miles Away,” “Sad Songs” and “English Girls” for a small audience.  Over the next few weeks, we will be releasing footage from that session of them, Real Friends and Knuckle Puck! First […]

The Swellers performed a few acoustic tracks at the No Sleep Records office recently. The band's latest album, The Light Under Closed Doors, is out now. Fans can check out the performance below. Tell us what you think! Additionally, the band will be touring with I Am The Avalanche and Turnover before heading over to […]