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God’s favorite boy band, Waterparks, caught up with APTV at the final Cleveland date of the Vans Warped Tour to discuss plans for facial tattoos, the best advice they’ve received from pop punk mentors Good Charlotte, and why being a demon isn’t worth the hassle for frontman Awsten Knight. The Waterparks boys also talked favorite […]

We caught up with John O’Callaghan, frontman extraordinaire of the Maine, while the band has been touring on the final full US run of the Vans Warped Tour to discuss sad songs, 8123 Fest and determine which candy is inherently the most American. O’Callaghan confessed which “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop” song he’s most looking forward […]

Bands like Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional and Jimmy Eat World may take well-deserved residency on every proper Emo Spotify playlist, but the genre is full of artists who never got the mass recognition they deserve albeit having helped define, and constantly redefine, emo. From Armor For Sleep and their ambitious 2005 concept record “What […]

Post-hardcore, prog-rocking darlings Dance Gavin Dance recently stopped by the offices of Alternative Press to answer some of life’s greatest questions. Vocalist Tilian Pearson, guitarist Will Swan and bassist Tim Feerick weighed in on their SECOND favorite bands, chose between dinosaurs and aliens and picked fights with historical figures whose faces they found to be […]

For nearly 20 years, Brendan Kelly, Chris McCaughan and Neil Hennessy have been The Lawrence Arms — a power trio in the highest echelon of punk rock who have built a career on earnest four chord punk rock songs that celebrate both the scholar and the slacker in equal measure. In this APTV exclusive, Kelly and […]

The 2000s were an interesting time for hairstyles, especially in the alt/punk scene. People did some crazy things with hair dye, straighteners and hair gel that make us all glad a hairstyle is only temporary. Take a trip down memory lane with these 10 iconic hairstyles some of our favorite musicians rocked in the 2000s.

Everyone remembers their first time… Although she may currently be touring the world in support of her stunning debut album, “Church of Scars,” Bishop Briggs fondly recalls the simpler time when the MySpace “Top 8” meant everything and her main priority was writing Panic! At The Disco lyrics on her pink Chucks. In this edition […]

Every music lover has that one good song or album that’s been ruined by a shitty time or person. For Lamb of God frontman, Randy Blythe, there’s one song in particular that lead to a wrecked car, derailed a good date and turned the cinematic classic “Easy Rider” into a panic-inducing wince fest. It’s a […]

Islander have made a career out of fiercely waving the flag of a nu metal revival while maintaining punk rock cred and sensibility, but navigating the music industry can get messy and no band is exempt from rock and roll regret. In this APTV exclusive, frontman Mikey Carvajal opens up about some of Islander’s missteps. […]

Derek Zanetti, the charismatic punk rock aficionado behind The Homeless Gospel Choir, recently visited the offices of Alternative Press and was put the spot–sharing everything from his favorite memory with longtime touring pal Frank Iero, his opinion on Donald Trump, and a stomach-curdling tale of gas station sushi gone wrong. In this APTV exclusive, Zanetti […]

Bishop Briggs recently released her first LP, the stunning Church of Scars, and she is currently playing packed rooms across the world. All of this is living out a life that she admits “seems perfect,” but she wants to make one thing explicitly clear–she still gets sad. In this APTV in-depth interview, Briggs opens up about […]

Long before the All Time Low guys were telling Maria to count them in and Neck Deep were getting through long, lonely Decembers, there was a pop punk renaissance of the early 2000s. These four chord anthems of heartache, teen angst and lip rings are relics most likely found on scratched up CD-Rs underneath the […]

Every music lover has that one good song or album that’s ruined by a shitty time or person. For Donovan Melero, the lead vocalist and drummer of the progressive post-hardcore outfit Hail The Sun, a tough breakup ruined his favorite album, which was subsequently salvaged with the help of his best friend. Hear the adorable […]

Everyone remembers their first time… Dallon Weekes and Ryan Seaman of I Don’t Know How But They Found Me reminisce their first time getting paid to play, scoring free gear and saying “I love you” and meaning it in the APTV original series “MY FIRST TIME.”  Weekes and Seaman hold nothing back–making fun of the […]

It’s almost as exciting as the Warped Tour itself: the grand exodus of demos, punks and everyone in between, packed into their parents’ SUVs or their own shitty, secondhand Hondas. Whether you pile five friends in clown-car style, or just bring a best friend/navigator (you will miss the exit), glitter-paint your windows and rejoice for […]

Tonight Alive frontwoman, Jenna McDougall, waxes romantic about the skate culture Renaissance of the late 90s and the potty-mouthed pop-punk trio that championed rebellion on the Vans Warped Tour in this edition of APTV’s Warped Perspective. Her Tonight Alive bandmates also weigh in on the artists that defined Warped and the band that made them aspire to […]

For Paul Waggoner, the guitar powerhouse of Between The Buried and Me, playing guitar hasn’t always been about arpeggio-sweeping and soloing. His journey to becoming the six-string surgeon he is now has been paved with years of metronome training, scale practice and deconstructing songs in order to extract the fundamentals of melody and what it […]

Everyone remembers their first time… Whether it’s your first emergency while on tour or the first piece of art that made an impact on your life, there are some moments in life that stay with you forever. In this APTV original series, Dance Gavin Dance reflect on the precious moments of their maiden voyages into […]

Every music lover has that one good song or album that’s ruined by a shitty time or person. This particular exploration of music rendered unlistenable may be the first documented interview in which the immortal Beatles are discussed in the same conversation as party-rock band Buckcherry’s crass-ballad “Crazy Bitch.” For Nothing More‘s Daniel Oliver, Jäger […]

The future is neon-bright for “pastel pop” upstarts Cherry Pools. This band is so fresh, they don’t even have a Wikipedia page yet, but that hasn’t stopped them from taking their stylish, glowing stage production on tours opening for PVRIS and I Don’t Know How But They Found Me. With moody synth-pop bops like “Forever […]