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LILHUDDY has joined forces with blink-182’s Travis Barker, iann dior and All-American Rejects’ Tyson Ritter on his new single “Don’t Freak Out.” The collab is the fourth single LILHUDDY has shared ahead of his upcoming debut album, Teenage Heartbreak, out Sept. 17 via Immersive/Geffen Records. Read more: Badflower and Blackbear defy musical expectations in Issue […]

Inheriting their grandmother’s vinyl copies of 1973 landmark albums, including Stevie Wonder’s progressive-soul classic Innervisions and the soft-pop brilliance of Now & Then by the Carpenters, Benét aspires to craft a sound just as timeless. Previously releasing a handful of singles through local boutique record label Citrus City Records, the vocalist joined Brooklyn indie enclave […]

Masters of their craft can only stay on top for so long. Eventually, they hand over the reins to their pupils—but not without guidance.  You may have stopped listening to many of pop punk’s giants long ago, tossing their CDs in a closet or burying them in a desk drawer. Little did you know they’re […]

Badflower have released “Don’t Hate Me,” a new single and video ahead of their forthcoming album, THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS, due Sept. 24. The song dropped just ahead of the announcement that the group would appear on the cover of Alternative Press’ Issue 397. Read more: Badflower and blackbear defy musical expectations in […]

After a year of postponement due to lockdown, All Time Low have begun their highly-anticipated performances as part of Sad Summer Fest. During the festival, the group will play alongside the Story So Far, the Maine, Movements, Grayscale and Destroy Boys. Now, fans will have a chance to view the group via livestream on Aug. […]

Over the last several years, music genres have become more and more muddied by artist experimentation, fusing sounds on the opposite end of the spectrum and releasing collabs that span across the board. Gone are the days of searching for music based on its classification: pop punk, hip-hop, emo, rock. It hardly matters anymore. Instead, […]

UPSAHL is having a career-defining year straight out of a dream. After releasing high-energy collabs such as “Happy Endings” featuring Mike Shinoda and iann dior and “Palm Reader” with DREAMERS and Big Boi, and also co-writing with Anne-Marie and Little Mix on “Kiss My (Uh Oh),” she’s exclusively premiering a stunning live rendition of her […]

DON BROCO put their lives into perspective in their latest single “One True Prince,” ahead of their upcoming album Amazing Things, out Sept. 17 via SharpTone Records. The band explore a slower, more emotional side of themselves while grappling with the realization that everything is temporary. Read more: 11 thrilling Netflix shows to watch until the […]

Earlier this summer, Taylor Swift announced that her fourth album, Red, would be re-released Nov. 19. Now she has dropped a special video containing hidden messages and hints about the upcoming release. Similar to when Swift shared Fearless (Taylor’s Version), the singer posted a somewhat cryptic video on social media that featured a jumble of […]

An infamous serial killer is returning to the big screen. That’s right: The first trailer from the all-new Dexter: New Blood series dropped July 25 on the final day of the San Diego Comic-Con. It has been almost a decade since the season 8 finale of the show, an episode that was Showtime’s most-watched broadcast […]

Emerging alt-pop artist Evann McIntosh has released “COCO PEBBLES,” their latest single of 2021. The funk-heavy single also comes alongside an enticing visual set in a small-town eatery. Read more: Trixie Mattel is broadening the horizons of drag performance The video for the track begins with the artist walking in and taking a seat in […]

In addition to leading one of the most prolific pop-punk bands of all time, blink-182 bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus hosts the Apple Music podcast After School Radio. On the show, Hoppus talks about the “songs, artists and culture that’ve defined the [punk] movement” of Southern California. For his 50th episode, the artist reunited with […]

Fall Out Boy have announced they will not be performing at the Boston and New York shows on the Hella Mega tour. The band cite a member of their staff testing positive for COVID-19 as the primary reason for cancellation. However, they assure fans that all members of the tour are vaccinated. Read more: Weezer […]

Each month, AP Gallery takes a deep dive into visual culture. We explore music videos and photographs, as well as images that shape the world more broadly. Our discussions go backstage and on set, revealing the vision, the sudden inspiration or the snap decisions that helped to mold iconic images in music, skateboarding, sports and […]

Kid Congo Powers, one of avant garage punk’s secret weapons, was interviewed March 9 from his Tucson, Arizona, home that he shares with his husband. On the brink of releasing his amazing new EP with his longtime band the Pink Monkey Birds, Swing From The Sean DeLear, he explained to us in part one what […]

It’s fair to say that the Maine prove there’s always room to grow and experiment sonically, all while staying true to your sound and following your gut.  On their eighth studio album, XOXO: From Love & Anxiety In Real Time, the quintet reached new heights after over a decade since their inception, including their first […]

Elvia is an artist—in every sense of the word. But in addition to her bare-bones approach to creating music with her partner Idris Vicuña (professionally known as Eyedress), she’s also a dedicated mother, clothing designer, visionary and more. With a handful of songs to her name, including “COTTON CANDY SKIES,” the gentle ballad she penned […]

Poppy has announced Flux, her fourth studio album and the follow-up to her 2020 record, I Disagree. The announcement comes alongside a psychedelic music video for the record’s title track created by Australian designer and visual artist Pip and Pop. The music video for “Flux” takes place in a candy-colored dream world and was directed […]

A new preview of Venom: Let There Be Carnage has finally arrived. The action-packed trailer is less than three minutes long, but a lot was revealed about the sequel to 2018’s Venom in that short amount of time. The movie, from director Andy Serkis and screenwriter Kelly Marcel, is set for a Sept. 24 release […]