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You may think you’re an excellent with your iPhone and your selfie stick or expertly arranged photo-op that’s so perfectly set up it doesn’t look set up at all. You may even have apps that put Instagram’s filters to shame. What you might not have is direct access to your favorite artists—like some of the […]

When you say you're a band's biggest fan, do you mean it? Show us! We want to see the most diehard, devoted fans for our APMAs Most Dedicated Fans nominees. Did you get a sick Real Friends tattoo? Do you create the most beautiful fanart for Mayday Parade? Have you built a shrine for PVRIS in the corner of […]

Instagram has just announced that they plan to increase their video time limit to 60 seconds. This increased 45 seconds will change the way both you and your favorite bands share mobile content, and is apparently just one of many new updates coming to the app this year. You can check out the official announcement […]

One of the biggest issues for musicians on Instagram is the struggle of logging in and out between personal and band accounts before posting. Twitter's had this feature down for years, and it looks like Instagram are finally catching up. This new feature is now live for a limited number of IOS users, according to […]

A 15-year-old from California has been arrested and charged with making “terrorist threats and disrupting school activity” after allegedly sharing lyrics from Eminem’s song, “I'm Back,” to his personal Instagram, (via SPIN). He is claiming that his account was hacked. “There was potential for a threat to be carried out,” claimed Police Chief Jerry Dyer, […]

When Instagram rose to fame, the app's mandatory square format was perhaps its biggest trademark. That all changes today, as the company has announced that the app will no longer require users to crop their photos to the square size. The app now allows for non-square photos in portrait and landscape sizes, natively within the […]

3. Ronnie Radke (ronnieinreverse) “Ronnie Radke has the weirdest instagram account known to mankind. It goes from funny to inspirational to heartbreaking in no time at all.” –Eleanor Stokes, eleanorstokestv | England 2. Austin Carlile (austincarlile) “He interacts with his fans. You are always up to date on what he's doing and when he's doing […]

NGHBRS premiered a new video on The Wall Street Journal for “Hold Up Girl.” A unique approach was taken for the video because it features footage entirely from Instagram. The band's latest album, Twenty One Rooms, is available now. Fans can watch the video below. Tell us what you think!

Ronnie Radke, singer of Falling In Reverse, posted an orignial verse on Instagram early this morning. Could it be a new song in the making? Check it out below:     “I spot a victim, the plot’ll thicken when the clock is tickin' I caught em slippin', I gotta give em a shot, I hit em with proper […]

Facebook has announced that it will bring video to Instagram, the popular photo sharing service which the company acquired last year for $1 billion. In an apparent effort to compete with the Twitter-owned Vine video sharing app, Instagram will integrate video sharing into its current photo feed. The updated service will become available for both […]

Facebook announced earlier today that it is rolling out Verified Pages and profiles, much like the system already in use by Twitter, Vine, and Google+. As with Twitter, Facebook's verified accounts are denoted by a small blue check mark. The site stated that “Verified Pages belong to a small group of prominent public figures (celebrities, journalists, government […]

Instagram have announced via their blog today that you can now view your Instagram feed online. A few months ago, the photo sharing app announced the roll-out of web profiles, but until now, there has been no way to browse the photos of those you follow in the same way that you could on a phone.  […]

In a small survey (1,038 sample) conducted recently by Posterous co-founder Garry Tan, Tumblr was found to be the most used social network among Internet-users aged 13-25, narrowly beating out Facebook. Though that may not come as a shock to you, Tan, who is 31 said the results “blew [him] away.” “To be honest, it's […]

Instagram has posted a blog detailing how the popular photo-sharing app will deal with @mentions  going forward. If you have ever mentioned an instagram user within the app whose Twitter handle is different, you know what a hassle it can be when you choose to share the post via Twitter, only to accidentally @mention some […]

Instagram 3.0 was released today. Instagram says they “focused on the browsing experience” for the newest upgrade, which includes: A map-browsing feature that allows users to view photos on a map rather than through scrolling. Geotagging and placing your photos on the map is optional More consistent layouts throughout Larger photos in grid display A […]

Below you can view a new video from Minus The Bear during their time recording their upcoming album, Infinity Overhead. The album will be out August 28 via Dangerbird.

Popular photo sharing/editing mobile app Instagram has been acquired by social media behemoth Facebook for $1 billion. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted the following to his profile: “I’m excited to share the news that we’ve agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook. For years, we’ve focused on building the […]