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Lit have announced their upcoming seventh studio album, Tastes Like Gold, will arrive June 17 via Round Hill Records. They’ve also shared a single from the album, titled “Kicked Off The Plane.” Tastes Like Gold features collaborations from Carlo Colasacco (The Chainsmokers), YOUTHYEAR,  Adrian Young (No Doubt), Butch Walker and American Authors. It follows 2018’s […]

Lit are unveiling details today for their Spring Loaded U.S. tour. Alternative Press is bringing you the first word on the new run. The band also dropped a new live video for their single “Yeah Yeah Yeah.” Read more: Are the 2000s back? How Avril Lavigne, Chris Carrabba are uniting Gen Z and millennials During […]

Band lineup changes are hardly a rarity in the music scene. Between creative differences, life events and personal fallouts, it’s pretty common for at least one member to go in a different direction over the course of an outfit’s tenure. And that, of course, leaves a significant void to be filled. How a band decide […]

Ten years ago, All Time Low were on top of the world—or at least to those peering in from the outside. After great success with their Put Up Or Shut Up EP and So Wrong, It’s Right, the band began work on a third release, Nothing Personal. Finally coming into their own sound, the four-piece […]

Butch Walker Stay Gold FILE UNDER: FREEWHEELING AMERICAN ROCK ROCKS LIKE: Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams, the Gaslight Anthem WHAT'S DIFFERENT: Walker’s eighth full-length comes on the heels of 2015’s Afraid Of Ghosts, a heartbreaking album centered on the death of his father. The ebullient songs on Stay Gold lean more toward the bratty fun of […]

Brian Fallon, the frontman of the (on-hiatus) Gaslight Anthem, will release a solo LP in early 2016. Fallon is currently in Butch Walker's Nashville studio tracking the record, titled Painkillers.  Read more: The Gaslight Anthem go on hiatus Not to be confused with other Fallon side projects the Horrible Crowes and Molly And The Zombies, the […]

The yin and yang of Butch Walker’s professional and personal careers has long been discussed, but the contrast has perhaps never been more palpable than on Afraid Of Ghosts. Walker’s seventh full-length, released just two years after he guided Fall Out Boy’s chart-topping career reinvention Save Rock & Roll, finds the producer teaming up with […]

Music mogul Butch Walker is streaming “Bed On Fire” from his upcoming seventh full-length album, Afraid Of Ghosts. You can listen to the latest track from Walker below. Be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts! Afraid Of Ghosts is due out on February 3, 2015 via Dangerbird Records. The record was produced by Ryan Adams at PAX AM Studios in […]

Music mogul Butch Walker has announced that he will release his seventh full-length album, Afraid Of Ghosts, on February 3, 2015 via Dangerbird Records. The record was produce by Ryan Adams at PAX AM Studios in LA, and is set to feature guest appearances from Johnny Depp and Bob Mould. You can check out the artwork and track listing below.  Additionally, in light of the album's […]

Butch Walker, who produced Fall Out Boy's 2013 comeback album, Save Rock And Roll, took to his Twitter this afternoon to defend FOB's (and Panic! At The Disco's) evolution as artists, and conscious decision to abandon their more pop punk rooted early sound with recent releases. Though Walker clarified that he did not produce Fall Out […]

Best Coast have released a new tennis-themed lyric video for “This Lonely Morning,” a single from the group's latest release, Fade Away, via Funny Or Die. Though “mini album” Fade Away was just released, the duo are already hard at work on a full-length followup, helmed by producer Butch Walker, which is expected to arrive in early 2014. Check out […]

Butch Walker has debuted a new video on NPR for “Coming Home.” Walker's latest EP, Peachtree Battle, is out now via Dangerbird Records. Fans can download the EP on iTunes. Watch the video below and let us know what you think!

Butch Walker, who is on the road now to perform in select cities where his documentary, Out Of Focus, is screening, recently announced a new EP and fall tour. The EP, slated for release Sept. 17 via Dangerbird Records, is called Peachtree Battle. The decision to release the record, originally intended to be a full-length, as an […]

Butch Walker has announced even more screening locations for his documentary, Out Of Focus, in Nashville, Tenn., Pittsburgh, New Orleans, and a second date in Atlanta. Though the singer originally intended to perform a show in each city after every screening, that is no longer the case for all markets. Below, you'll find an updated list […]

Butch Walker has announced additional screening locations for his documentary, Out Of Focus.  Though Walker initially had intended to perform a show in each city where the documentary screened, it appears that some screenings will take place without performances, and some planned performances have not yet received Out Of Focus screening locations. Tickets are being sold separately, even in […]

Butch Walker has announced his intention to find local up and coming acts to open for four of his seven Out Of Focus tour dates this fall. In a blog post on his site, Walker detailed the story of Lauren Staley, singer of The Whiskey Gentry, who formerly opened for Butch after winning a radio-sponsored fan contest, and […]

Butch Walker has added Los Angeles and Boston dates to his recently-announced tour, which will include screenings of his documentary, Out Of Focus, followed by a nearby performance. Tickets to Walker's Washington, DC show are available now, while the remaining performances are set to go on sale tomorrow. Visit the singer's site for ticket links, and […]

Out Of Focus, the documentary film centered around musician and producer Butch Walker, which initially premiered at the Nashville Film Festival in the spring of 2012, will finally see a limited theatrical run, accompanied in each city by an intimate nearby performance from Walker. Directed by Peter Harding and Shane Valdes, the documentary was filmed […]

Fall Out Boy have posted a photo from PAX-AM Studio in Los Angeles, with the caption “back to work pax am.” Singer Ryan Adams, who owns and operates PAX-AM, along with his record label of the same name, also appears in the photo. The nature of Fall Out Boy's studio visit in unclear, as is […]

You think it’s hard to write an original song? Try finding a cover song that hasn’t been done before—it’s harder than you think. That’s why we bring you Under The Covers: Each week, we’ll pit two bands who have covered the same source material against one another, and it’s up to you to decide who comes out on […]