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Festival season is just around the corner, and Boston Calling's lineup has been released—and features plenty of acts you're bound to know and love. Featuring the Killers and Jack White as two of their headliners, other notable names include Paramore, Queens Of The Stone Age, Portugal. The Man and ...

Manchester Orchestra A Black Mile To The Surface FILE UNDER: Wondrous, widescreen rock ROCKS LIKE: Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket, Band Of Horses WHAT'S DIFFERENT: Where to start? A Black Mile To The Surface sounds more like the logical follow-up to 2011’s complex Simple Math than it does 2014’s nonetheless great, grungy Cope. Here, Manchest ...

Manchester Orchestra’s keyboardist Chris Freeman has left the band after 10 years, saying in a post on the group’s Facebook page that he will be taking on his own new projects. “I’ve come to a place in my career where I’ve decided to go down a new path and pursue my own projects,” Freeman says. Read the statement in full below. ...

Manchester Orchestra know how to throw one heck of a party. Serving as the ultimate holiday party hosts, the Atlanta-based rockers have consistently rounded up their friends for a blissful night full of camaraderie and rock ‘n’ roll. Tonight, t ...

At an acoustic show in New York City last night, Manchester Orchestra frontman Andy Hull brought out Brand New's Jesse Lacey for a breathtaking performance of "Where Have You Been?" About halfway through the song, they were joined by a third vocalist, Kevin Devine. You can chec ...

Manchester Orchestra were performing at Carson Creek Ranch in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, when a music-hating storm attacked them onstage. Everyone in the band is okay, thankfully, but they said it was easily the scariest moment they’ve ever experienced onstage. Wat ...

Manchester Orchestra have debuted a music video for their song, "The Ocean," which is taken from their studio album, Hope. Check out the clip below and let us know your thoughts. Hope is a re-imagination of Cope, their most recent album, which came out earlier this year.  “We were no ...

Photographer: Svetlana Joukova AP photographer Svetlana Joukova brings you exclusive shots of Rise Against, TV On The Radio, Touché Amoré, the National, the Expendables, Manchester Orchestra, 3OH!3 and more from Riot Fest Denver day three. ...

Manchester Orchestra have announced the release of Hope, a re-imagination of Cope, their most recent album, which came out earlier this year. Hope is available digitally everywhere, beginning today, via Loma Vista Recordings.  The album will be released on CD and vinyl on November 18. Get it n ...

I’ve never tried to hide it: Weezer are my all-time favorite band. I own countless versions of the same albums (you gotta get those OBI strips and bonus tracks, dogg!), have spent far too much money going on not one but two Weezer-branded cruises and pretty much celebrate the band’s entire catalog. I’m not al ...

Pete Wentz revealed in a recent interview with Billboard that Fall Out Boy are writing new music. Read a snippet of the interview below: "What is coming up for you guys musically? We’re writing. I was just listening to something Patrick had written in the trailer. So we’re writing, f ...

From tweeting to pinning, being plugged in is a norm for today's Internet age. Thanks to all of the social media sites (Vine, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc.), fans and musicians have a chance to connect outside of the typical venues of meet and greets or shows. Fr ...

Manchester Orchestra, who have already showed off their chops covering Weezer classics, recently covered the theme song for nostalgic ‘90s TV show The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air. The band performed the cover with Kevin Devine at a show in Buffalo, New York. Chec ...

Balance and Composure vocalist Jon Simmons has announced that he will be taking a two-show leave from the band’s current tour with Manchester Orchestra due to a family emergency. The band is continuing on, however, as they will be having “special friends” fill in. These acquaintances they're spe ...

Manchester Orchestra recently teamed up with original Weezer bassist Matt Sharp to perform covers of “Tired Of Sex” (the opening track off Pinkerton) and “Say It Ain’t So” (taken from The Blue Album) at their House Of Blues show in West Hollywood, California. Watch the covers below, and ...

Say Anything have premiered a new song, “Six Six Six,” on Billboard. The track, which features guest vocals from Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull, is the first single taken from the band’s new album, Hebrews—set for release on June 10 via Equal Vision Records. Stream the song below, and l ...

Our May 2014 issue: AP 310, features our superhero-themed cover story on A Day To Remember as well as Chiodos, Memphis May Fire and the Used feature stories. Listen along as you meet this month’s AP&R and AP Recs artists (Cloud Nothings, Nothing, Seahaven, Morning Glory, Eagulls, Silver Snakes), learn about the industry and your favorite artists' favorite foods, exercises and gear and more!  

Below, you can watch Manchester Orchestra performing on the Late Show With David Letterman last night. The band performed “Cope,” the title track from their new album, which is officially out today via Loma Vista. (You can stream the album on AltPress.) At the en ...

Manchester Orchestra will be performing on the Late Show With David Letterman on the upcoming Monday, March 31. Tune in to CBS at 11:35 EST that night to catch the performance.   We will be performing live on @Letterman on March 31st. Tun ...

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 March 2014. CHI... Read More ... Read More ...