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Sound and Fury Festival 2022 spotlights the new face of hardcore, from Anxious to Scowl
The Sound and Fury Festival made its triumphant return following a two-year hiatus. From Anxious to Pity Sex, relive the hardcore festival’s best moments.
Pity Sex premiere music video for "What Might Soothe You?"
Run For Cover Records' Pity Sex will release White Hot Moon, the highly-anticipated follow up to their 2013 debut Feast Of Love, in Spring 2016. The band has just released a music video for their track “What Might Soothe You?” which you can check out below via Fader. Read more: Spencer Radcliffe (Run For Cover Records) premieres […]
Everything you need to know about the impending shoegaze revival
Shoegaze is back. Or, depending on the critic you ask, it never left, and now we call it nü-gaze, cuz we’re clever like that. Music writers have been predicting the shoegaze resurgence since the mid-00s, tapping A Place to Bury Strangers, the Silversun Pickups and Deerhunter as members of the new school. Now, buzz bands […]
10 major music controversies of 2014
In terms of pop culture, 2014 was an interesting year to write for a music website, and by “interesting,” I mean completely bonkers. At one point, it seemed like every week something “controversial” was happening, ranging from physical altercations to publicity stunts to serious crimes. Aside from those varied concerns, the concept of “proper” show […]
Pity Sex release new song, announce split with Adventures
Pity Sex and Adventures (members of Code Orange) have announced that they will release a collaborative split seven-inch on October 7 via Run For Cover Records. The effort will feature one previously unreleased original song from each band, and one cover. Pre-orders are on sale now. You can check out the artwork and track listing for the split […]
APTV News (week ending June 22, 2014)
APTV Nashville correspondent Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain) brings you AP’s top news stories this week from Escape The Fate, The Devil Wears Prada, Brand New, and more.
Trying to kiss band members onstage is not okay
Is this becoming a new problem? According to tweets from band members, it looks like a male fan tried to kiss Britty Drake from Pity Sex and Brianna Collins of Tigers Jaw at a show last night. (The two bands are currently on a summer tour together.) “Sucks that a culture of entitlement has engrained that […]
Pity Sex announce Australian headlining tour dates
Pity Sex have announced that they will be heading to Australia for the first time for a handful of headlining tour dates near the end of this coming summer. Opening for the band will be Postlblue. Check out a full list of dates below. Additionally, the band will be touring as support for Braid on their […]
Braid announce summer tour dates with Pity Sex, Into It. Over It., more
Braid will be on the road for a short tour in July. Joining the band will be Pity Sex, Into It. Over It. and Signals Midwest. Ticket information is to be announced. The dates are as follows: 7/8 – Lansing, MI – Common Ground Music Festival 7/9 – Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar* 7/10 – […]
Tigers Jaw announce summer tour with Pity Sex
After announcing their new album and releasing a new single, Tigers Jaw have announced a summer tour. The band will unite with Pity Sex, Petal, Loose Planes and Wild Moth for a 9-date U.S. trek beginning June 16 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania through June 26 in Torrance, California. You can check out the full list of […]
39 up-and-coming bands you must check out before 2013 ends
We’re gonna pull back the curtain for a second: The original title of this list was going to be, “39 Bands You Didn’t Realize AP Covered This Year (Because You Were Too Busy Bitching About Ronnie Radke And Kellin Quinn To Notice).” See, the AP editorial staff slaves over every single issue of our print/digital […]
Pity Sex announce January tour with Self Defense Family, LVL UP, and Ovlov
Pity Sex have announced a short run in January, set to cover the U.S. midwest and northeast, with Self Defense Family, LVL UP, and Ovlov. Check out an announcement from the band below: Tour dates with @EndofaYear, Ovlov and LVL UP. As always, thanks to @theWackAttack for the art. pic.twitter.com/327vD25vS5 — Pity Sex (@Pity_Sex) November 20, […]
Various Artists - Off The Board: A Studio 4 Family Compilation
Various Artists Off The Board: A Studio 4 Family Compilation Off The Board: A Studio 4 Compilation is essentially an unintentional follow-up to Run For Cover Records' 2011 collection, Mixed Signals. Like that compilation, it features new, unreleased songs from some of the best acts in contemporary punk and emo. Although more than half the bands […]
Weekly Playlist #40: AP 302 - Asking Alexandria / Class Of 2003
When digital and print worlds collide… Our September, 2013 issue: AP 302, features Asking Alexandria's first cover story, our annual Class Of… special and more. Listen along as you meet this month's AP&R artists and AP Recs (Pity Sex, Drug Church, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! Dangerkids, Tallhart, These Hearts), read about AA's “appetite for consumption” and revisit […]
Pity Sex (Run For Cover Records) release "Wind Up" video, directed by Basement's Alex Henery
Ann Arbor, MI's Pity Sex have released a music video for “Wind Up,” directed by Basement guitarist Alex Henery, who now works in-house at Run For Cover Records. The band's latest full-length album, Feast Of Love, can be picked up from the label store. Check it out below.
Pity Sex - Feast Of Love
Pity Sex Feast Of Love Shoegazer pop is a rare genre that is so very indebted to a specific set of sounds and approaches. If you want to toss that descriptor on to your band, you'd better have invested all your bar mitzvah money in guitar pedals and some psilocybin mushrooms to help haze up […]
Dads sign to 6131 records, plan summer EP release
Dads, one of our 100 Bands You Need To Know this year, have announced their signing to 6131 Records. They plan to release their new EP, Pretty Good, via the label this summer, as well as support The World Is A Beautiful Place…, Pity Sex and Daylight on their upcoming tour. Dates below: 06/13 Richmond, VA […]
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