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Turnstile are the most recent band to be featured on NPR‘s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series. Surrounded by what looks to be hundreds of little stuffed animals (an art installation by John Scharbach), Turnstile burn through seven songs over 17 minutes. Despite the fact that the band seem to have gone with a more reserved approach […]

Jimmy Eat World took one of their most popular tracks “The Middle” and stripped it for their performance on NPR’s Tiny Desk. They also played “Love Never” and “All The Way (Stay)” off tenth and latest release Surviving.  Read more: My Chemical Romance announce first US tour in 9 years “All The Way (Stay)” is the […]

[Photo by: NPR] Paramore recently stopped by NPR Music to perform a few tracks off their most recent album, After Laughter, on the Tiny Desk Concert series. The band played stripped-down versions of “Hard Times”, “26” and new single “Fake Happy.” Before playing “26”, Hayley Williams talked a bit about the song: “It's been really interesting playing the […]

AP's very own Matt Crane, Lee McKinstry, and Jason Pettigrew were featured on NPR's The Sound Of Applause yesterday to talk APMAs and share some of their favorite tracks from this year's nominees, including Motionless In White, PVRIS, and Knuckle Puck. Don't forget to check out all the nominees, cast your vote, and buy tickets […]

Alternative Press editor in chief Jason Pettigrew and managing editor Scott Heisel will be guests on 90.3 WCPN's “The Sound Of Applause” show today from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT (that's 12-1 p.m. for you West Coast peeps), talking about the inaugural AP Music Awards, playing music from their favorite albums of 2014 thus far and much […]

Pixies recently stopped by NPR to perform “Greens And Blues,” “Silver Snail,” and “Monkey Gone To Heaven” for NPR Music's Tiny Desk series. Check out the performance, which features new bassist Paz Lenchantin on the violin and includes a song from their latest release, EP-2, below: And here's an interesting note on the performance from Tiny Desk curator Bob Boilen: “The windowsills were lined […]

Best Coast have made “I Don't Know How,” a track from their recently-announced, forthcoming “mini-album” Fade Away, available for streaming. Fade Away, which is set to drop on Oct. 22, follows 2012's The Only Place, and marks the group's first major release on Jewel City, an imprint of Kobalt Label Services launched by Best Coast frontwoman Bethany […]

Jimmy Eat World's Jim Adkins was featured on the weekend edition of NPR's All things Considered.  Among the topics covered, Adkins spoke on lyrical inspiration for the group's new album, Damage, the juxtaposition of upbeat music with darker themes, Jimmy Eat World's early success, how touring has changed for the band, and some tidbits about the group's […]

Alternative Press president/founder Mike Shea, editor in chief Jason Pettigrew and managing editor Scott Heisel will be guests on 90.3 WCPN's “Around Noon with Dee Perry” show today from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST (that's 9-10 a.m. for you West Coast peeps), talking about the magazine's current issue, playing music from their favorite albums of […]