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Whether your June to August is defined by bare feet on the beach or the sweltering heat behind the counter of your summer job, there’s no denying the best part of summer is the soundtrack you put behind it. Here are 15 tracks to keep a smile on your face and the sweat off your […]

Today AP is teaming up with Bear Hands to premiere the lyric video for “Mr. Radioactive,” the next single from the Brooklyn “post-pop” outfit’s fourth album, out today. Driven by a kick-ass rhythm section of bassist Val Loper and drummer TJ Orscher and articulated quite nicely by vocalist Dylan Rau, “Mr. Radioactive” has got a […]

twenty one pilots embarked on the first leg of the Bandito tour in October, shortly after the release of their latest Trench. The duo is several albums deep at this point in their career, so they have a lot of bases to hit when filling out a setlist. As a result, one Trench track just made […]

We’re stoked; therefore, you should be, too: Bear Hands, Brooklyn’s groovy, jangly, rock-groove team, are premiering the video for their new single, “Blue Lips,” with us today. The clip features frontman Dylan Rau’s idiosyncratic vocals against Ursula Rose’s brusque, had-it-with-you-loser, icy rapping. “The song is about listening to someone’s problems over and over and over […]

Bear Hands You’ll Pay For This If this writer had a band, he would be hating the hell out of Bear Hands. Three albums in, the Brooklyn, New York, cabal show absolutely no indication of creative stasis or aspirations to become barnacles on the hull of some dull-assed trend. Theoretically, You’ll Pay For This isn’t […]

Brooklyn, NY's Bear Hands are back with an announcement for their new album You'll Pay For This, out April 15 via Spensive Records. This announcement from the indie rock band also comes with a new track—”2AM”—and their upcoming tour dates on the 'Spring Fling Rock AF' Tour kicking off next month. You can check out […]

Brooklyn, NY's Bear Hands made their debut appearance on Conan earlier this week. They performed their single, “Agora,” which taken from their latest full-length album, Distraction. You can watch the performance below. Be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts! Most recently, the band debuted a remix of “Agora,” as well as an alternate music video. Bear […]

Bear Hands have released a music video for “Peacekeeper.” The track is taken from the band’s new album, Distraction, which AP premiered in February. Watch the (NSFW) video below, and let us know what you think. Distraction, which is out now via Cantora Records, received a 4/5 star review from AP. Last month, the band […]

Bear Hands have revealed the music video for “Giants,” the lead single off their new album, Distraction, which AP premiered last month. On the concept of the video, director Mark Pellington said, “I wanted to make a sexy noisy pop blast. The energy and weird electric sense of desire and aggressiveness of the track was […]

Sometimes the rock world can get noisy, and we don’t just mean in decibels or fuzz. Often the signal-to-noise ratio is more noise than signal. But no worries; we read, listen to and watch everything so we can sort it for you. Here are some of our favorite new songs and videos of February 2014. […]

Bear Hands' new album Distraction is set for release next week via Cantora Records, but the band, AP and friends have teamed up to stream it early for you today.  In a recent review, AP Editor In Chief Jason Pettigrew gave the album four-out-of-five stars and called it “the perfect antidote for listeners weary of” tired and trendy […]

Bear Hands Distraction Seems like the two largest trends in alt-rock these days are guitar-based cleverness (cf. the Kenneth Cole penny-loafer pop of Vampire Weekend) and the nü-rave sincerity gushing from the psyche of synth-laden units (cf. Passion Pit, Foster The People). Fortunately, Distraction, the second album from Brooklyn, New York’s Bear Hands is the perfect […]

Bear Hands have released a lyric vide for “Giants,” their latest single which we debuted last month. Check out the video below and let us know what you think. “Giants” is now available on iTunes.

Brooklyn's Bear Hands are set to release their new single, “Giants” next week, but you can hear it here first. Check out the stream below and let us know what you think.  The band's latest EP, Songs From Utopia Volume One was released in 2012 and is available to download for free via their Bandcamp. On a related note, […]

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