song premiere

Daytona Beach pop-punk quartet Bad Luck have signed to Tragic Hero Records, with whom they will be re-releasing their latest album, Cold Bones this summer with new versions  of the fan-familiar tracks revamped with producers Brett Romnes from I Am the Avalanche and Jim Wirt (Incubus, Hoobastank, Something Corporate). “We're all really excited and thankful for the opportunity to be a part of the […]

Hundredth are teaming up with AP to bring you the premiere of “Resist,” the title track from the band’s upcoming EP, which will be released on March 25 via Mediaskare Records. Listen to the song below, and tell us what you think. You can pre-order Resist today though iTunes and Merch Connection. A limited edition vinyl […]

Mad Caddies return with their first full-length album in seven years with Dirty Rice, out May 13 on Fat Wreck Chords.  The album opens with “Brand New Scar,” a punk-meets-ragtime song keyboardist Dustin Lanker tells us just proves that some things can only improve with time. “This album was a long time coming, but that afforded us a […]

Fairweather snapped back into the writing process more than ten years after their previous full-length, 2003's Lusitania, with ease and with the song you are about to hear, “Doubt The Doubtless.” “We had all been talking about writing a new record and what it might sound like, but I don't think any of us really knew what we […]

Whitechapel are set to release their fifth studio album, Our Endless War, on April 29 via Metal Blade Records. In the meantime, the band are teaming up with AP to bring you the exclusive premiere of “Mono,” the second track to be released from the upcoming album (following “The Saw Is The Law“). Listen to […]

Carousel Kings, the Lancaster, PA pop-punk collective who describe themselves as having “undeniable pop hooks and a penchant for pizza,” are set to release their new full-length Unity via CI Records on April 15. Following up last month's debut of “Stuck” from the album, the band are streaming “Headphones” today exclusively on AltPress. Listen below and tell us what […]

Emmure are teaming up with AP to premiere “N.I.A. (News In Arizona),” the third song to be released from their controversial upcoming album, Eternal Enemies, which is set for release April 15 via Victory Records. Listen to the song below, and let us know what you think. The band are also releasing a DVD titled […]

Elder Brother, project of The Story So Far guitarist/vocalist Kevin Geyer and Daybreaker vocalist Dan Rose, fittingly kick off their debut release Heavy Head (out March 11 on Pure Noise Records) with the track “Pennsylvania.” The song, Rose told us, was the very first thing the duo worked on together. “The intro to 'Pennsylvania' was the first thing that Kevin showed me when […]

Morning Glory release their new album War Psalms next week on Fat Wreck Chords. Check out track two, “Standard Issue” exclusively here on AltPress today. “Shawn played the riff for 'Standard Issue' for me one day at practice and I loved it so much I made him play it over and over,” vocalist/guitarist/pianist Ezra Kire explains. “Then I instantly regretted that […]

The Overseer reveal “Paper Thin Houses” from their upcoming album Rest & Let Go, out next week (March 4) via Solid State Records. The song bassist Bradley Riggs tells us, was the las written for the record, and it came together fairly quickly. “We had a few extra days at the beginning of our recording session for pre-pro […]

Damon Albarn, best known for fronting British rock band Blur and as the mastermind behind Gorillaz, recently visited BBC Radio 2, where he performed a brand new song, “Lonely Press Play.” The track, which Albarn first premiered at a private Sundance Film Festival party last month, will appear on the singer's upcoming solo full-length debut, Everyday Robots. The album was first announced in […]

Fun.'s Jack Antonoff has unveiled a brand new solo/side project, Bleachers, complete with a debut single, “I Wanna Get Better,” and a handful of tour dates. Additionally, Jack, who fronted New Jersey's Steel Train before joining Fun., took to his blog to explain the project's origin and why he choose to keep it a secret, also revealing details on a collaboration […]

Texas' Invent, Animate have signed to Tragic Hero Records (home of A Skylit Drive, Finch, Everyone Dies In Utah), with whom they have released their mini-EP Native Intellect. You can purchase the two-song EP exclusively through Tragic Hero's webstore. “It's still so surreal to me,” says vocalist Ben English. “Growing up, some of my favorite bands were a part of Tragic Hero, and […]

My Chemical Romance just debuted “Fake Your Death,” the final song they recorded together, via BBC Radio 1 and are now streaming it on their website. Fans who pre-ordered the band's greatest hits CD/DVD May Death Never Stop You through the band's website will receive a download code for the song, and it will also be available to download on iTunes with […]

Turnover's new song “I Would Hate You If I Could” is one of the four tracks on Broken Rim Records' upcoming split, which also features original tracks from Such Gold, Maker and Ivy League, TX. Stream it below, and be sure to also check out our stream of Such Gold's “Framed.”   PRE-ORDER For more information […]

Kitty (the rapper formerly known as Kitty Pryde) has revealed that she is working on a song with The Ready Set. Additionally, Kitty leaked a separate new track, “285,” earlier this week. “285,” which was produced by PinkiePieSwear, pays tribute to recently closed Brooklyn, N.Y. venue 285 Kent, and is expected to appear on Kitty's forthcoming full-length debut. The […]

Such Gold, along with Ivy League TX, Turnover and Maker, are set to be featured on a new four-way split from Broken Rim Records. The split, pre-orders for which are set to ship around March 4, features new original tracks from each of the contributing artists. Today, we bring you the first listen to Such Gold's […]

The time has finally come: You can stream “Should Know Better,” the first single from Comeback Kid’s upcoming album exclusively on AltPress! After a four-year release gap following their 2010 album Symptoms + Cures, Comeback Kid are set to return this year with Die Knowing, out March 4 via Victory Records. In a recent statement frontman Andrew Neufeld described the […]

We’ve teamed up with California rockers Night Riots to bring you an exclusive premiere of the song “Renegade.” The track is a b-side taken from the band’s latest EP, Young Lore, which is available on iTunes now. “We recorded 'Renegades' with Erik Ron in Los Angeles and it ended up helping us fund a recent […]

Roger Harvey of White Wives has a new project: Roger Harvey & The Wild Life. The group came together when Harvey befriended producer/multi-instrumentalist J. Vega in 2012. The duo worked on the recording of their debut album, with the help of a dozen friends and music makers, for over a year at Vega's studio, The Wilderness. To […]