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Brand New have announced a handful of headlining shows festival appearances that they will be making this summer, with more coming later. You can check out all where they will be heading below. Be sure to let us know which date(s) you'll be attending! Read more: Taking Back Sunday frontman says Brand New’s Jesse Lacey is […]

After years of anticipation, Brand New will finally be re-pressing their beloved sophomore album, Deja Entendu, on vinyl. The release will be available exclusively on Record Store Day (April 18), and then again on May 5. Both releases will feature a 2XLP, pressed on 180-gram black vinyl.  While not much has been revealed in regards to the second repress, the […]

After an excruciating wait, Brand New have announced that they will finally be repressing their second studio album, Deja Entendu, on vinyl. The release will be available exclusively on Record Store Day (April 18), and then again on May 5. Both releases will feature a 2XLP, pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. Pre-order information will be available soon. You can […]

Well, this feels like a blast from a past. The Brand New/Taking Back Sunday feud was truly one for the ages, and all these years later, in 2015, we’re still learning more. In a recent interview with O.C. Weekley, TBS frontman Adam Lazzara called BN singer Jesse Lacey a “dick” and “not a good person.” Read […]

A man operating under the moniker Simple Mind recently took on the daunting task of not only covering Brand New's The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me, but reimagining it as well. While the entire effort isn't due out until early March, you can stream “Limousine,” “Not The Sun” and “Sowing Season” below. Read more: Brand New’s Jesse […]

Brand New frontman Jesse Lacey has posted a studio cover of John Prine's classic hit, “In Spite Of Ourselves,” which features guest vocals from his wife, Andrea Lacey. Due to the privacy settings on the video, we are unable to embed it on the website (see below), but you can listen to it through Vimeo. Read […]

Brand New have announced that they will be playing a handful of dates alongside Circa Survive this spring, which will run around both of their Coachella appearances. You can check out where they will be heading below. Brand New are definitely up to something This past November, Brand New revealed that they had entered the studio, which […]

Every year, new festivals arrive to the already crowded summer landscape, boasting supposedly “diverse” roasters of bands for tens of thousands of eager fans. And while competition has certainly forced many major fests to diversify, artists in our scene are often massively underrepresented. Sure, events like Riot Fest and Skate And Surf have come along […]

The lineup for this year's Cochella Music Festival has been revealed, which features names such as Brand New, AC/DC, Run The Jewels, Drive Like Jehu and many more. You can check out all who are playing below. Missed out on Coachella last year? Don't fret, you can watch AFI's full set now! The fest will take […]

One way to overcome a lack of inspiration or self-satisfying lyrics—otherwise known as writer's block—is simply to write about it. There's no doubt some of these are the laziest songs ever written, byproducts of killing time until the next track, while others are the result of hitting a few creative speed bumps on their way […]

People were really excited this past November when Brand New announced that they’re in the studio and have something coming in 2015. Well, they didn’t really announce anything, they just kind of updated their website with some cryptic info (anyone figure out what “Procrastinate! PoGolith Earth Sound Alliance 2015” means yet?). The other “newsworthy” item […]

So, Brand New updated their website today, which would not normally be a newsworthy item—but it’s Brand New, and there’s a whole bunch of cryptic shit to speculate about here. First things first, their website now says, “Brand New is in the studio,” which we already knew. It also says, “Procrastinate!, PoGolith Earth Sound Alliance […]

“Wait, AP. Halloween month? Isn’t Halloween just a day?” Psh! No! Halloween and punk rock go together like bloo-… milk and cookies, so we’re making a month of it with our SEVEN CIRCLES OF SCARE series, where we’ll be bringing you seven new frightful stories in the weeks leading up to October 31. First up, […]

For their second major label release, Brand New had the difficult task of toping 2006’s beloved, genre-bending The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me. Devil And God had been a massive departure from the sound of its predecessor—the band’s most commercially successful album—Deja Entendu. In that case, the stylistic shift was well-received and thought […]

Converse have released a live video of Brand New (photo: Alexa Lambros) performing the Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me opener “Sowing Season.” This was their first-ever show in Brazil as part of Converse's Rubber Tracks Live on July 31, 2014. If you're itching for a full summer set from BN, you can watch their performance at the Fox Theater […]

Brand New, who may or may not be working on new music, performed at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California, on August 28. Below, you can watch HD footage of the band’s entire set (or just your favorite tracks) via YouTube user sonicLYF. The performance has a lot of the classics—“Sic Transit Gloria,” “Tommy Gun,” […]

September is finally here, and you know what that means: It’s Riot Fest season! Riot Fest has quickly become the AP staff’s favorite festival of the year, with its insane lineups full of unexpected reunions and legends rubbing shoulders with up-and-comers. All three Riot Fests—Toronto, Chicago and Denver—share some lineup overlap. No matter which one […]

According to a post from producer Mike Sapone on his Facebook page, it looks as though Brand New are currently recording drums with Sapone at Cove City Sound Studios. You can check out the picture with a brief caption below. Brand New have had an active past with Sapone, as he has had a hand […]