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[Photo by: Comedy Dynamics/YouTube]  (Romance) In The Digital Age, a comedy film about a once-famous emo band whose karaoke video goes viral, is premiering a song and lyric video for “P.S. Whatever,” off the film's soundtrack. The track was written by John Nolan (Taking Back Sunday) and Ryan Hunter (Envy On The Coast) and serves as the […]

If we’re to believe the Twitter conspiracy theorists (and come on, when are Twitter conspiracy theorists ever wrong?), Avril Lavigne apparently died in 2003 and was replaced by a lookalike. But this complicated (get it?) theory isn’t the only music-related conspiracy to have made the rounds on the internet. From Andrew W.K. being an industry […]

Next weekend is Chicago's Riot Fest, and appearing on their merch tables will be more than t-shirts and posters. This year, they scored a deal with Topps that allowed them to transform some of the bands in their lineup into Garbage Pail Kids, and also some other musicians that they just wanted to see in […]

The lineup for the third annual Bunbury Music Festival has been announced and includes such bands as Fall Out Boy, Paramore, The Flaming Lips, Fitz And The Tantrums, Young The Giant, New Politics and many more. The festival will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 11, 12 and 13. Tickets are on sale now. You […]

Andrew W.K. has premiered a new music video, “Star Party Animal,” featuring famous internet “perma-kitten” Lil Bub, ahead of Lil BUB's Special Special, which will air this Saturday, Feb. 8, at 9 p.m. EST on Animal Planet. The video, which you can watch below, is currently available to download for free on iTunes, and the song can be […]

Andrew W.K. has announced a run of Canadian tour dates this March. The dates will model the singer’s Party Messiah Tour from last year, which invites audiences to party with W.K. himself in intimate club settings. You can check out the full list of tour dates and locations below. Commenting on the upcoming shows, Andrew […]

Andrew WK announced his Party Hard Holiday solo tour in December with a special full band performance of I Get Wet on New Year's Eve.  As a holiday treat, Andrew recently signed with Simon & Schuster and will publish his first book, The Party Bible in 2014. This book hopes to give insight on Andrew's personal manifesto and function […]

We asked Andrew W.K. to face off against a few lucky ticketholders at B-Side Liquor Lounge & Arcade before his show at Cleveland's Grog Shop.  There were battles and pizza and good party vibes!

Riot Fest have announced the 2013 aftershows that take place across four Chicago venues to follow up the fest, which takes place September 13-15 at Humboldt Park. Tickets go onsale this Friday at 11 a.m. CST. View the full schedule, which includes shows by Against Me!, Andrew W.K., the Lawrence Arms  and more below. Concord Music […]

Andrew W.K. has been partying hard for 15 years and due to popular demand after his Human Party Machine Tour, W.K. is ready to party even harder during his The Party Messiah Tour, which will kick off in September. According to the press release, W.K. will “once again bring the party to hand-picked intimate club settings […]

Riot Fest have announced the addition of Pixies, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Suicidal Tendencies, Andrew W.K., Hatebreed, T.S.O.L.  Off With Their Heads, The Flatliners, Nativ, Hostage Calm, The Interrupters, New Beat Fund and Pet Symmetry to their 2013 Chicago festival.  Unfortunately, with the additions comes news of cancelations: Motörhead, Bad Brains and Attack Attack! will not be […]

Andrew W.K.  has announced that he will be the exlcusive opening act on Black Sabbath's summer tour. Read his statement about embarking on the tour, and check out the dates, below: “”I’m just shocked. It’s just the most incredible dream come true! This is the greatest honor I could be given. I remember when the phone […]

Andrew W.K. is attempting to set a new world record today by drumming for 24 consecutive hours during the O Music Awards. Additionally, the Jonas Brothers have agreed to kick off the “Live Music Day Festival,” the world’s largest online and mobile music festival, taking place exclusively during the live awards event, beginning June 19, 2013 at 7 […]

The official schedule for the AP 100 Bands You Need To Know SXSW Showcase is as follows:    Outside (Tilly’s Stage) 12:30-1:00 – Crown The Empire 1:15-1:40 – Davey Suicide 1:55-2:20 – Upon This Dawning 2:35-3:00 – Allison Weiss 3:15-3:40 – Forever Came Calling 3:55-4:25 – Twin Falls (featuring Chris Carrabba) 4:40-5:05 – Young Guns […]

Jamboree Music Festival have announced that Andrew W.K. will plan an intimate afterparty following the first day of the festival. The Jamboree takes place April 13 and 14 at Headliners in Toledo, OH. View the day one lineup and afterparty admat below for more details on the AWK show. Head to the Jamboree's website for […]

For the fourth installment of our week-long mid-year report feature, the AP editors put together their 10 favorite performances of the year so far. Check them out below and be sure to see our top albums, songs and music videos. Tomorrow we’ll be bringing you the final piece with our most anticipated records for the […]

According to his tweet, Andrew W.K. is recording a new full-length “party album.”