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Getting a portrait tattoo is a risky move, but if it’s done right, it can be a work of art on your body.  You have to be a pretty die-hard fan of somebody to put their face on your body. The process takes forever, and you need to be ready to drop a lot of […]

Twitch has been a staple in the gaming community since 2011, allowing players to broadcast their games all over the world. The site does much more than gaming, though—they even allow users to stream karaoke sessions.  Recently, some musicians have used it to continue playing games for their fans to pass the time due to […]

It’s hard to believe Panic! At The Disco are celebrating nine years of their third album Vices & Virtues. Released in 2011, the follow-up to Pretty. Odd marked the first for Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith without Ryan Ross and Jon Walker who both departed nearly two full years prior. The fan-favorite record produced some […]

The 2000s birthed some of our favorite bands of all time, and those acts gifted us with some astounding live albums, spotlighting a certain time in each band’s history. Records like these show the viewer a more in-depth, behind-the-minds feel.  From My Chemical Romance to Paramore, check out some of our favorite live albums from […]

Bond, James Bond, also known as 007, has been portrayed by several great actors throughout the years. George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig have all had the chance to play the suave spy. These men have sipped martinis (shaken, not stirred!) of Vesper and vodka, and the character’s […]

We know you’re always on your phone anyway, and chances are, you’re reading this from it right now. So, why not give your phone wallpaper an update with some of your favorite artists? From Blurryface era twenty one pilots to the pastel wonderland of Melanie Martinez, Pete Wentz’s classic snarl and Gerard Way sporting the […]

Collaborations have been a part of the music community since the very beginning, with crossover collabs being the hardest to accomplish successfully. Blending two unique sounds in a tasteful manner has been proven difficult, but we’ve combed through and narrowed it down to 10 of our favorite genre-bending collaborations. Check out the list below! Read […]

We at AltPress hold the emo title in high regard and fully embrace all subsects of fans who proudly stand under the genre’s umbrella without discretion, only pure, kindred acceptance. We celebrate those who have first pressings of Sunny Day Real Estate vinyl, early 2000s My Chemical Romance fanatics who enlisted in the MCRmy during […]

Over the weekend, Armor For Sleep sparked reunion tour rumors thanks to a cryptic static-filled clip. Now, the band are confirming the theories are true with the announcement of a 15-year anniversary tour for their sophomore album What To Do When You Are Dead. Armor For Sleep embarked on what would become their final tour […]

With Frozen 2 hitting streaming services, Disney is offering up a new behind-the-scenes look at how Brendon Urie put Panic! At The Disco‘s song for the film together. In the new clip, Urie goes into his favorite parts of the Oscar-nominated anthem, “Into the Unknown,” as well as his connection to it and how he reacted upon the offer. […]

Here at AltPress, we’ve learned a crucial lesson. Mainstream America doesn’t understand that the concept of “emo” is over 30 years old. We know it wasn’t invented in a Hot Topic store. But we also know that the Grammys don’t have a category for “Best Emo Performance By A Duo Or Group With A Minimum […]

It’s hard to fathom that 2005 was 15 years ago, but it’s even harder to imagine that songs such as “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” and “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” have been spinning on repeat for one-and-half decades. 2005 birthed both classic emo anthems and killer debut albums from some of our favorite artists. Check […]

Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance have been making waves in the emo scene since the early 2000s. One cannot talk about the latest wave of emo bands without discussing at least one of the three aforementioned acts, who over the years have formed an emo trinity of sorts. With […]

From the Radiohead bear to the Misfits’ Crimson Ghost, mascots in the music scene have been around for decades, and several bands are making sure they’re here to stay. Fall Out Boy brought their dancing llamas along during the MANIA run in 2018, while Panic! At The Disco’s Brendon Urie launched an Instagram page for […]

Collabs have stood the test of time as a reminder that we often work better as a team than on our own—take John Lennon and Paul McCartney for example. Like Lennon and McCartney, Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin discovered in the late ’60s that their teamwork shined brighter than their individual works.  When bands […]