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There’s no shortage of perfect alternative songs from the 2000s. But can the same thing really be said about albums? You know what we’re talking about. It’s why we often opted to spend our $10 iTunes gift cards on assorted singles rather than full records. After all, why take up any fraction of that precious […]

As bands morph and grow, they can become more cohesive, or they may choose to break up or replace members who need to follow their passion.  These splits may hurt longtime fans, but it’s usually for the best. Everyone deserves a chance to explore their interests and what feels right in and out of the […]

No lie, as exciting as it is when our favorite musicians take on new projects, it’s always a little disconcerting. After all, we have to wonder if they’re going to live up to the greatness we’ve come to expect. That said, a number of alternative artists have already proved that success doesn’t have to be a […]

We’re often guilty of being overly reminiscent of the 2000s, a time when we were able to be our peak scene kid selves. The 2000s were marked by several monumental moments, particularly involving the internet and social media. Read more: Instagram really doesn’t want you to need any other social media platform While we’re Myspace […]

Any former emo kid remembers singing along to their favorite songs with eyeliner running in sheets down their cheeks. Honestly, were we really that sad, or did our iPods just suck us into a black hole of raw emotion? Regardless of what came first, the sad or the band, the lyrics of the 2000s hit […]

We spend a lot of time regularly thinking back to the good old days when we’d devote hours to working on our Myspace pages and searching for new music to impress our friends. The social media website was instrumental in developing our music taste and connecting us with bands we still love today, such as Paramore, […]

The first time you ever heard the Academy Is… was probably when they were opening for your favorite band, but rest assured, their rise to fame has been anything but calculated.  In the course of an hour-long interview with AP, William Beckett will be interrupted three times. First, by the sound of his bandmates in […]

Taking Back Sunday are a bona fide institution. From their captivating emo roots to the solid modern-rock foundation they’ve continued to build upon, singer Adam Lazzara, guitarist John Nolan, bassist Shaun Cooper and drummer Mark O’Connell have offered us soundtracks for our youth—and way, way beyond. We know all about the majesty of “Cute Without […]

Starting June 29-30 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Vans Warped Tour will hold its final high-decibel celebrations of punk rock and youth culture. Once the traveling roadshow returns to Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, July 20 and 21, founder Kevin Lyman’s great touring experiment will become a part of rock ’n’ roll history, […]

Current guitarist and co-lead vocalist of Taking Back Sunday, John Nolan, has teamed up with AltPress to premiere his new music video for “American Nightclub 1999” off his solo album Sad, Strange, Beautiful Dream. Directed by Jason Michael Brescia (Bridge and Tunnel, The Newest Pledge), the video follows Nolan as he awkwardly tries to conquer […]

While we know it's super trendy (and cathartic) to post a list of anti-love songs on Valentine's, this year we're drinking the Kool-Aid. That sweet, plastic candy heart Kool-Aid. Here are 13 songs that genuinely have us in the mood for love, or at the very least, mutually sharing a mouth of mayonnaise. (And for […]

With National Siblings Day today, many bands featuring brothers and sisters come to mind. From twin duos to brothers on tour, here are 30 bands that make playing music a family affair. 1. Arcade Fire Not only does the Arcade Fire have a pair of brothers (Win and Will Butler), but also an inlaw—Win's wife Régine […]

When bands break up, the focus is always placed on the breakup itself: Why did the band break up? What’s the drama behind the breakup? But an interesting thing about broken-up bands is they all have last words: the final lyrics from the final song the band released. Can these lyrics tell us anything about […]

As if you didn’t already suspect as much, working at AP isn’t like a normal job. We frequently have rockers of all shapes, sizes, genders and genres wandering our halls, and with a few well-placed Sharpie depositories, we encourage them to graffiti up our walls. Here is just a small portion of what we have […]

Taking Back Sunday have premiered a clip of them performing “Bike Scene” acoustic on their TAYF10 (Tell All Your Friends 10th anniversary) tour via Purevolume.  The performance clip comes from their upcoming TAYF10 live acoustic film and album and features Michelle DaRosa (nee Nolan) from Straylight Run.  TAYF10 Acoustic is set for release June 18 and is available […]