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50 more acts have been added to the U.K.’s Reading and Leeds festivals, including Gerard Way (who is making his live solo debut), We Came As Romans, La Dispute and many more. They join previously announced bands Paramore, the Story So Far, A Day To Remember, Jimmy Eat World, Blink-182, Issues and more. Check out the full lineup […]

La Dispute recently performed a cover of Nirvana’s “Polly”—the sixth track from the band’s 1991 album, Nevermind—at a La Corazon show in Seattle, Washington. You can watch the band performing cover below via the A.V. Club, as well as a video discussing how Nirvana influenced their music. Check it out, and let us know what […]

The full lineup has been announced for FYF Fest. The bill includes such acts as the Blood Brothers, the Strokes, Balance And Composure, La Dispute, Against Me!, the Strokes and more. You can check out the full lineup below. This marks the first Blood Brothers show in eight years. The band broke up in 2007. The […]

Listen along to these 92 tracks representing some of the bands in the issue as you read your June issue of AP—#311 featuring cover artists Crown The Empire.  Browse the APMAS nominees, read features on La Dispute, Being As An Ocean, Bleachers, Emmure, Breathe Carolina and more. 

La Dispute announced on stage last week that guitarist and founding member Kevin Whittemore was leaving the band. The split was obviously amicable, as Whittemore completed the band’s recent U.S. headlining tour before leaving. Now, the band have released a lengthy statement on Whittemore’s departure, saying that the will be pursing his other passion for […]

It has been confirmed through the band’s publicist that La Dispute guitarist Kevin Whittemore, who co-founded the band in 2004, will no longer be a member. The band have yet to give any official statement or reasoning, however, the split does look to be amicable. Whittemore stayed with the band long enough to complete their […]

La Dispute are streaming their new full-length album, Rooms Of The House, today on Noisey. The record, which received a perfect 5-star review in AP, will be released on March 18 via Better Living, in partnership with Staple Records. You can stream the album below. Let us know what you think. Leading up to the […]

La Dispute Rooms Of The House Maturation is a weird word. Plenty of artists playing decidedly immature music throw it around to make their newest compositions seem weightier, when in reality, they’re no different than the material they’ve been cranking out for years. La Dispute are different. One listen to their third full-length, the Will […]

La Dispute is set to release their new full-length album, Rooms Of The House, on March 18 via Better Living, in partnership with Staple Records. Leading up to the album’s release, the band have decided to auction off 3 test presses of the new record for charity on eBay. Each of the three charities below will have […]

La Dispute have announced an Australian tour this June with support from Balance And Composure. Following the Australian run, the bands will hit New Zealand for a couple dates. The tour kicks off June 7 in Perth; you can check out the full list of tour dates and locations below. La Dispute will release their […]

La Dispute have premiered a new music video for the song “For Mayor In Splitsville” on the AV Club. The track is taken from the band’s forthcoming album, Rooms Of The House, which will be released March 18 on the band’s new label, Better Living, in partnership with Staple Records. Pre-orders for Rooms Of The […]

Sometimes the rock world can get noisy, and we don’t just mean in decibels or fuzz. Often the signal-to-noise ratio is more noise than signal. But no worries; we read, listen to and watch everything so we can sort it for you. Here are some of our favorite new songs and videos of January 2014. […]

Our February 2014 issue: AP 307, features our annual most anticipated music feature, including cover artists Taking Back Sunday, Pierce The Veil, Crown The Empire, Motionless In White, Falling In Reverse, Memphis May Fire and 21 more! Listen along as you check out our twenty one pilots photo special, meet this month’s AP&R and AP Recs artists (Get […]

We here at AP pride ourselves on staying on top of current musical trends. Throughout the course of our 300-plus issues and nearly 29 years in business, we’ve helped spread the gospel of nascent, often misunderstood genres like goth, industrial rock, noise rock, nü metal, pop-punk, metalcore and plenty more.  But recently, we began hearing […]

La Dispute have launched pre-orders for their third album, Rooms Of The House, which will be released on March 18 via the band’s new label, Better Living, in partnership with Staple Records. Along with the pre-orders, the band have released a new song from the album titled “Stay Happy There,” which is available on iTunes. […]

La Dispute posted a cryptic countdown on their website, after several months of silence. The countdown ends on December 16. More news from the band coming soon. 

In January, we posted a playlist of 9 songs under 90 seconds and received a suggestion to compile the opposite of that list. Ask and ye shall receive (a few months later). Here are the editorial staff’s top songs that are 360 seconds or longer. CONTRIBUTORS: Scott Heisel [SH] Brian Kraus [BK] Brittany Moseley [BM] […]

La Dispute have announced an Australian headlining tour with support from Pianos Become The Teeth. Check out the dates below and respective ticket links here.

Hot Water Music have announced their first headlining tour in eight years, with support to come from La Dispute and the Menzingers. Jan 16 Tampa, FL – Orpheum Jan 17 Orlando, FL – Beacham Theatre Jan 18 Gainesville, FL – Florida Theatre Jan 19 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade Jan 20 Charlotte, NC – Amo's Southend […]