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Recent AP cover stars Real Friends have announced their debut full-length album, Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing, which will be released on July 22 via Fearless Records. The record will be the band’s first Fearless release and the follow up to 2013’s Put Yourself Back Together EP. You can check out the album artwork […]

After signing with Pure Noise Records last month and entering the studio with producer Will Putney, Boston hardcore act Vanna have now officially announced their fifth full-length album and Pure Noise-debut, VOID. The album will be released on June 17; you can check out the tracklisting and artwork below. Let us know what you think. Read […]

White Lung will release their third studio album, Deep Fantasy, on June 17 via Domino Recordings Co. Pre-orders for the album are available now. You can check out the album art and full tracklisting below. There will only be 1,000 limited edition LPs released in total, which consists of 150 gram Coke Bottle Clear vinyl […]

Pixies have announced a new EP, EP-3, their third and final in a recent series, as well as a full-length studio album, Indie Cindy, their forth overall and first since 1991's Trompe Le Monde. Additionally, the band have released a video for their song “Snakes.” As with previous surprise releases, September's EP-1 and January's EP-2, EP-3 is available for immediate digital download, as well as […]

Epitaph Records have announced the signing of Plague Vendor, one of AP’s 100 bands you need to know in 2014, whose name was apparently inspired by a Mexican folk tale. The band will release their debut album, Free To Eat, on April 15 via Epitaph. (Pre-orders are available now.) Additionally, the band have premiered a […]

The Ready Set have signed to Razor & Tie Records for a mutli-album deal that will begin with the release of a new full-length, The Bad & The Better, on May 27. The new album was produced by Ian Kirkpatrick (Neon Trees, Breathe Carolina). Pre-orders are available now, and the first official single will be […]

Art-rock group Japanther have released a new fuzz-infused track and video from their forthcoming thirteenth full-length album, Instant Money Magic, which is due out April 15. The video for single “Do It (Don’t Try)” shows off the lyrics of the song by band members writing them down on mailing labels and stacking them in a […]

Damon Albarn, best known for fronting British rock band Blur and as the mastermind behind Gorillaz, recently visited BBC Radio 2, where he performed a brand new song, “Lonely Press Play.” The track, which Albarn first premiered at a private Sundance Film Festival party last month, will appear on the singer's upcoming solo full-length debut, Everyday Robots. The album was first announced in […]

Michigan three-piece Cheap Girls have announced their new album, Famous Graves, which will drop on May 13 via Xtra Mile Recordings (Against Me!, Frank Turner, Tim Barry). The album was recorded in Chicago and Grand Rapids with Rick Johnson, who recorded the first two Cheap Girls albums, and Jeff Dean. The band self-produced and mixed the […]

Last week, ex-Distillers and Spinnerette frontwoman Brody Dalle unleashed a brand new solo single, “Meet The Foetus / Oh The Joy,” featuring Shirley Manson (of Garbage). On its heels, Dalle has announced the title and release date for her long-awaited full-length debut. Called Diploid Love, the album will arrive April 28 through Caroline Records, and also features guest appearances from The Strokes' Nick […]

Fun.'s Jack Antonoff has unveiled a brand new solo/side project, Bleachers, complete with a debut single, “I Wanna Get Better,” and a handful of tour dates. Additionally, Jack, who fronted New Jersey's Steel Train before joining Fun., took to his blog to explain the project's origin and why he choose to keep it a secret, also revealing details on a collaboration […]

Hawthorne Heights frontman JT Woodruff is preparing for the release of his new full-length solo album, Field Medicine, this spring. AP can exclusively announce that Woodruff has signed a deal with InVogue Records and the album is set for release March 18, 2014 preceding HH's The Silence In Black And White ten-year tour. “I'm excited to be releasing my latest solo […]

LostAlone's new album Shapes Of Screams is set for release April 7 via Graphite Records in the U.K.. The PledgeMusic-funded album is the follow up to 2012's I'm A UFO In This City, which was released in the U.S. last year via The End Records. Plans for Shapes Of Screams' official stateside release have yet to be announced. The album is currently […]

Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos, Monsters Of Folk) has announced a new solo album, Upside Down Mountain, which will arrive May 20 via Nonesuch Records. Additionally, the singer has premiered a new single, “Hundreds Of Ways,” and has announced a U.S. tour with Dawes, who will open as well as act as Oberst's backing band. “Hundreds […]

Fairweather have announced that their long-awaited third full-length album, Fairweather, will arrive April 1 via Equal Vision Records. The self-titled record follows 2003's Lusitania, and marks the group's first release since reuniting in 2011. The opening track, “Carte Blanche,” is now available to stream. Additionally, Fairweather have announced a record release show, March 29 at the Black Cat in Washington, DC, […]

The Cure have announced that their fourteenth studio album will arrive sometime in the next few months, and will tentatively be titled 4:14 Scream.  News of the album, which was apparently recorded at the same time as 2008's 4:13 Dream, the band's last proper full-length, arrives along with details for a series of live DVDs and plans […]

Candy Hearts have completed recording for their new full-length, which took place in Los Angeles, according to producer Chad Gilbert. The upcoming release will follow 2012's The Best Ways To Disappear EP, also produced by Gilbert, and will arrive via Gilbert's Bridge Nine imprint, Violently Happy. Check out a tweet from Chad, along with a photo of the […]

Morrissey announced plans today to continue work on his tenth album, expected to arrive later this year, after signing to Capitol Music Group's Harvest Records. Though the release has long been in the works, it was stalled while the singer searched for a suitable label home, pursued other ventures, and battled with illness. The as-yet-untitled album will […]

Say Anything frontman Max Bemis took to Twitter last night to drop hints about the all of guests vocalists featured on the band's forthcoming album. The record, which marks the group's sixth full-length, is nearing completion, and is expected to arrive sometime this year. Though Bemis didn't reveal any artists by name, he dropped some pretty revealing […]

Twin Forks have announced a self-titled debut full-length, which is slated to arrive Feb. 25 via Dine Alone Records. Sharing tracks with the group's debut EP, the LP is currently up for pre-order digitally on both iTunes and Amazon, as well as physically on CD and vinyl. Below, check out the cover art and tracklisting. 1. Can’t Be Broken 2. […]