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Slaves guitarist Alex Lyman has posted a brief statement following the band’s sudden breakup. They performed their final show last night in Santa Cruz. Read more: Slaves call out Artery Recordings: “F*ck your label, f*ck you and f*ck your money” – UPDATED “I’m in debt, have hundreds of tickets sitting at my house and I’m still […]

Slaves have announced that their show in Santa Cruz tomorrow night  will be their last. The announcement comes less than two weeks after guitarist Alex Lyman revealed his departure from the band. Read more: Slaves call out Artery Recordings: “F*ck your label, f*ck you and f*ck your money” – UPDATED Aside from their current tour with […]

Slaves guitarist Alex Lyman will no longer be a member of the band after the conclusion of their current tour alongside Capture The Crown, Myka Relocate, Outline In Color and Conquer Divide.  Read more: Slaves call out Artery Recordings: “F*ck your label, f*ck you and f*ck your money” “I’m going to skip the super long statement […]

Outline in Color hooked us up with the premiere of their new music video for “Alive.” The track is taken from the band’s latest album Struggle which was released on March 11. “Sean Garcia did an amazing job organizing the crew and making this vision come to life,” bassist Michael Skaggs says. “The video is […]

Mighty metalcore outfit Myka, Relocate dropped a trippy new video for “Nerve,” and AltPress has the exclusive premiere. The angsty track is from the band’s latest album The Young Souls, which was released Oct. 30. “’Nerve’ sparks the fire inside all our heads and hearts,” vocalist John Ritter explains of the track. “A first person […]

This acoustic weekend, we're bringing you Jonny Craig's performance of “One God” from his recent live, acoustic session at the APTV Studio. On this acoustic weekend, we're bringing you that perf Like and subscribe for new acoustic videos every weekend!     — Video/Editing: Bobby Makar Sound: Rob Ortenzi Director: Cassie Whitt Powered by CAD […]

Safe, So Simple is set to release their sophomore EP Too Close To Closure on March 11.  The band partnered with AltPress to debut a new music video for the song “Teeth Like Sharks” from the upcoming EP. “Lyrically, the song is kind of our cautionary tale of pursuing music,” drummer Derek Ausseresses says. “It […]

Artery Recordings president Shan Dan has released a statement regarding the Slaves controversy that broke out last night.”This isn't a grandiose story of an evil label trying to smash a band,” he wrote on the label’s Facebook page, “just a story about a band that didn't email their label so they could take care of […]

UPDATE: Saturday, January 23, at 8:36 p.m. EST Facebook has allowed the video to be reinstated. Watch it below. Slaves – “Winter Everywhere” ft. Tilian Pearson Since this lyric video was taken off of YouTube by a label that apparently thinks they own OUR music you can now watch, listen, and enjoy it right here. […]

Jonny Craig performed his very emotional track “Children Of Divorce” during his recent live, acoustic session at the APTV Studio. On this acoustic weekend, we're bringing you that performance (watch it above!) and State Champs' “Losing Myself” Like and subscribe for new acoustic videos every weekend!     — Video/Editing: Bobby Makar Sound: Rob Ortenzi […]

Jonathan Wolfe, a one-time touring musician for Slaves and a former hired gun for Falling in Reverse, has posted an audition video in attempt to fill Volumes’ empty vocalist position. Wolfe chose to offer his take on “Erased,” which is culled from Volumes 2014 LP, No Sleep. Check out the clip below and let us know if […]

Slaves have just dropped their highly anticipated cover of Justin Bieber’s smash single, “Sorry.” Check out the track, along with an accompanying music video, below. Be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts! Read more: Slaves put breakup rumors to rest after fans keep them out of debt Watch more:

 Welcome back to APTV's Acoustic Weekends, where every Saturday and Sunday we bring you a new acoustic video! Up first this week: Jonny Craig stopped by our APTV studio recently for a livestreamed acoustic session that comprised a couple excellent cover songs. This rendition of Justin Timberlake's “Cry Me A River” was especially rad! Check […]

Jonny Craig and Alex Lyman of Slaves performed an acoustic session at the AP offices on September 27, 2015. In this video, you can watch three of the four songs they performed!  Setlist:  “Children Of Divorce” — 0:18 “Marvin's Room” (Drake cover) — 4:30 “There Is Only One God And His Name Is Death” — 7:45 Stay tuned […]

This fall, Dance Gavin Dance will embark on a 10-year anniversary tour alongside Slaves, A Lot Like Birds, Dayshell and Strawberry Girls. Both Slaves and A Lot Like Birds are fronted by former DGD vocalists Johnny Craig and Kurt Travis, while Strawberry Girls feature ex-DGD guitarist Zachary Garren. All current and former singers of Dance […]

This fall, Dance Gavin Dance will embark on a 10-year anniversary tour alongside Slaves, A Lot Like Birds, Dayshell and Strawberry Girls. Both Slaves and A Lot Like Birds are fronted by former DGD vocalists Johnny Craig and Kurt Travis, while Strawberry Girls feature ex-DGD guitarist Zachary Garren. All current and former singers of Dance […]

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 July 2015 […]

Slaves have released a music video for their song, “Running Through The !6! With My Soul,” which you can watch below. Be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts. Read more: Slaves put breakup rumors to rest after fans keep them out of debt The band’s new album, Routine Breathing, is out today, August […]

Last night, Slaves frontman Jonny Craig reportedly sent out a tweet that claimed the band were kicked off Blessthefall’s upcoming headlining tour and replaced by Craig’s former band, Emarosa.  Read more: Slaves put breakup rumors to rest after fans keep them out of debt While the post was quickly taken down, Slaves addressed the situation on their […]

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 July 2015 […]