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12 best emo releases of 2012, from Pierce The Veil to Modern Baseball
2012 was emo’s great reset. From Pierce The Veil to Modern Baseball, we’re highlighting the 12 best emo releases of 2012 and their cultural significance.
Sam Tinnesz on working with Dashboard Confessional, members of Paramore and the road to his new album
Sam Tinnesz knows collaboration is key. In this interview, he details working with Dashboard Confessional (“Bittersweet”) and Josh and Zac Farro of Paramore.
10 debut records from 2001 that still crush 20 years later
It’s truly mind-blowing to believe that 2001 was really 20 years ago. The beginning of the 2000s was a strange time. We had the beginning of Myspace, the golden age of pop punk and plenty of questionable fashion choices. Read more: 10 vocalists who brought a unique sound to the 2000s scene It’s also crazy […]
Here are the top 50 ‘Punk Goes Pop’ covers of all time
Fearless Records’ famous Punk Goes… franchise has certainly come a long way since its first installment in 2000. Genre discrepancies aside, it’s impossible to deny the success of one particular subseries: the Punk Goes Pop albums. There are now seven volumes, with speculation of an eighth floating around online. Of course, as with any expansive […]
20 scene closing album tracks that you should always skip to first
Sometimes you have to finish before you start. While streaming and playlists have killed the album experience for some, there are plenty of other music fans who still clamor for the full record. The bands below found creative and inspiring ways to end their LPs with a song so strong, it remains the perfect closing […]
10 songs you forgot you had on your Myspace player
We spend a lot of time regularly thinking back to the good old days when we’d devote hours to working on our Myspace pages and searching for new music to impress our friends. The social media website was instrumental in developing our music taste and connecting us with bands we still love today, such as Paramore, […]
Memorial show for Jon Bunch (Sense Field/Further Seems Forever) announced
On June 25, the TLA in Philadelphia, PA will host a memorial show for Jon Bunch (Sense Field, Further Seems Forever), featuring performances from Sense Field (with guest vocalists including Taking Back Sunday and the Starting Line), Further Seems Forever, Dave Smalley (full band, performing songs from Dag Nasty, All, Down By Law), Texas is the […]
Former Further Seems Forever, Sense Field singer Jon Bunch passes away
An Instagram post from Rise Records president Craig Ericson reports Sense Field vocalist Jon Bunch has died. The post can be seen below. Bunch became the vocalist of Sense Field in 1991, which is when the band evolved from their previous moniker of Reason To Believe. Sense Field released five full-length albums between 1994 and 2003. They originally broke up […]
The 11 Best Punk Goes Pop Songs
With six volumes and over 80 songs to its name, Punk Goes Pop has become quite a staple in our scene. From the classics on Volume 2, to the wave of refreshment found on Volume 6, the series has certainly proved its staying power in a world of blink-and-miss-it content. We’ve gone through each edition […]
"It's definitely something I regret"—Jason Gleason speaks about departure from Further Seems Forever
In Further Seems Forever's decade-plus existence, they've gone through a handful of vocalists including Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba. However, the Jason Gleason era is often unjustly looked over in the band's history. The band will reunite with Gleason for 2016's Self Help Fest, and Breathecast recently spoke with Gleason about his time in the band, […]
Further Seems Forever to perform at 2016's Self Help Fest with 'How To Start A Fire' lineup
Further Seems Forever's social media presence saw some activity today and it's been revealed that the band will be performing at next year's Self Help Festival in San Bernardino, California on March 19, 2016. However, original vocalist Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional) will not be included as the band will take the stage with singer Jason […]
Track By Track: War Generation, 'Start Somewhere Never Surrender'
Jon Bunch (Sense Field, Further Seems Forever) and Brad Lehmann (Maylene & The Sons of Disaster) joined forces this year to form War Generation, who will see their debut album Start Somewhere Never Surrender released tomorrow, September 3, via Rise Records. Bunch wrote the following track by track to help get you more familiar with […]
14 bands who changed one member and started fresh
It’s rare nowadays that any band with a few releases (and a few hundred shows) under their belt hasn’t had a lineup change or two (or six, if you’re a metalcore band on Rise Records). But the following 14 bands didn’t just replace one member and soldier on; they started fresh as a brand new […]
War Generation (Further Seems Forever, Sense Field) sign to Rise Records, LP details
War Generation, a band consisting of members from Sense Field, Further Seems Forever and Reason To Believe have signed to Rise Records. The band's songwriter is Brad [Lehman] of Maylene and the Sons of Diaster as well. Rise Records posted a status on their Facebook today announcing the band joining their label: “Rise Records is excited […]
Twin Forks perform "Can't Be Broken" acoustic
Twin Forks frontman Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional, Further Seems Forever) and mandolinist/singer Suzie Zeldin (The Narrative) recently stopped by Exclaim! to perform an acoustic rendition of their song, “Can’t Be Broken.” The band, which also features bassist Jonathan Clark and Bad Books drummer Ben Homola, recently wrapped a European tour with City And Colour. The group is currently […]
Weekly Playlist #26: I Wish They Still Played That!
Sometimes a song disappears from a band’s live arsenal, never to be heard of again. Well, if you don’t count that drunk guy behind you screaming its title in your ear whom you only wish you could ignore as well as the musicians onstage do. Here are a few songs we’ve noticed are painfully absent […]
Further Seems Forever release lyric video for "Janie"
Further Seems Forever have released a lyric video for “Janie,” which can be seen below. Their fourth studio album, Penny Black, is out now in Rise Records.
Exclusive: Chris Carrabba starts new band, Twin Falls, with members of Bad Books and the Narrative
Alternative Press has exclusively learned the details regarding Chris Carrabba's new band. The Dashboard Confessional/Further Seems Forever frontman has started a new group called Twin Falls, comprised of himself (vocals/guitar), the Narrative's Suzie Zeldin (mandolin/vocals), bassist Jonathan Clark and Bad Books drummer Ben Homola. The band's first live appearance was during a Dashboard Confessional show […]
Further Seems Forever perform acoustic session
Further Seems Forever performed an acoustic session for Philadelphia's radio 104.5 last weekend. Check out videos of “The Moon Is Down,” “New Years Project” and “Janie” all below.
The Lead: Introduction to Readers Poll results week and AltPress' best content of 2012
Along with our Readers Poll 2012 results, within the coming days, we will present you with the website features, reviews, videos, song streams and interviews that made you talk (or scream), face-palm, send “WHY?” pleas to the heavens, celebrate, fangirl, flame and swoon. Unwittingly, you have chosen these results throughout the course of the year […]
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