dashboard confessional

Red and pink everywhere, those chalky, heart-shaped candies that no one actually wants, flowers—ugh. ‘Tis the season. Love is in the air, and there’s no avoiding it. So, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em on February 14. Here’s a list of love songs to get you feeling all hearts-for-eyes. Because Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, […]

Below you can watch Chris Carrabba covering Weezer's “El Scorcho” at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco, CA on Oct. 5.

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 […]

John Lefler Shout Fire EP Having played lead guitar in Dashboard Confessional since 2002, for 10 years John Lefler has imbued Chris Carrabba’s songs with texture and heart. With Shout Fire, his second solo release, he delivers six songs that prove him a good songwriter in his own right. There is a strong sense that […]

Paper Sunbeam Best known for his work as drummer for Dashboard Confessional, Mike Marsh delivers his first solo effort with Sunbeam, writing, recording and playing all the instruments himself (under the moniker Paper) and doing a damn fine job at it. Wearing his influences on his sleeve, flavors of the Beach Boys sit alongside those […]

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 […]

Chris Carrabba revealed in a recent interview that Further Seems Forever will release a new album this year: “Speaking of those peers, recently you regrouped with the band Further Seems Forever and released a 7” doing a couple of acoustic retreads from ‘The Moon Is Down’. You also played some live shows together. Was it […]

Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional will be playing a pair of solo shows in late July. Dates are as follows. Thu, July 26 — Anaheim, CA — House of Blues Sat, July 28 — Aspen, CO — Belly Up Aspen

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 […]

Dashboard Confessional/Further Seems Forever frontman Chris Carrabba will be releasing his first-ever solo album under his own name, Covered In The Flood, which will be exclusively available on his upcoming solo tour. You can view the tracklisting and tour dates below, as well as stream and download Carrabba's cover of “Mama's Eyes,” originally by Justin […]

Clothing chain Banana Republic has partnered up with a variety of musicians for their new “City Stories” campaign, viewable here. There, you can find interviews, performances and more from Dashboard Confessional, OK Go, Liz Phair and others. A free, three-song digital EP featuring an unreleased OK Go track, as well as songs from Liz Phair […]

A portion of the mail that arrives at the AP Skyscraper comes from haters who think we suck simply because we’re not time-warping back to 1994 to put Tori Amos, Chris Cornell or some hackneyed industrial band on our covers. (Pardon us for knowing how to use a calendar.) But while it can’t be denied […]