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Our friends at Vans will be hosting a live webcast of the outdoor stage at our 100 Bands You Need To Know showcase at SXSW, with performances from Sleeping With Sirens, Spycatcher, Grieves & Budo, the Company We Keep, Cancer Bats, the Amity Affliction and Breathe Carolina.  The show will kick off at 1:30 p.m. ET […]

Digital Music News reports that Apple may be looking into entering the on-demand streaming music business to compete with Spotify and Rdio: “And of all the rumors floating around, this has to be the juiciest: executives keep pointing to a possible on-demand streaming service ahead from Apple, including a tight tie-in with iCloud and iMatch. […]

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bruce Springsteen gave the keynote address at SXSW this year, in which he talked about his career and legacy, as well as doled advice to young bands. You can watch the entire speech below; let us know what you think in the comments. “The Boss” released a new album, […]

The Used will be playing an acoustic set at the upcoming AP 100 Bands You Need To Know Party at SXSW this Saturday at Red 7 in Austin in lieu of a full-band set. Other bands performing include Breathe Carolina, the Early November, Forever The Sickest Kids and many others. Check out the flyer below.

Young Statues and Grieves & Budo have replaced Tonight Alive and We Are The Ocean on AP's upcoming 100 Bands You Need To Know Party at SXSW. The show is still slated for Saturday, Mar. 17 at Red 7 in Austin, Texas, as stated on the flyer above, and will feature the Used, the Early […]

Motion City Soundtrack, the Company We Keep, A Great Big Pile Of Leaves and several others will be performing at the Making Moves SXSW showcase, scheduled for Mar. 14 at Clive Bar in Austin, Texas. Check out the flyer below.

Equal Vision Records' SXSW showcase will be happening Mar. 16 at Lucky 13 in Austin, Texas and will feature sets from Say Anything, AP #285 cover co-stars We Came As Romans, Glass Cloud, Life On Repeat, Set It Off, Ghost Thrower, I The Mighty and Young Statues. Check out the flyer below.

Breathe Carolina, Eve 6, Go Radio, Every Avenue, Tonight Alive and Tyler Carter (ex-Woe, Is Me) have been announced for Fearless Records' SXSW showcase, happening March 16 at Dirty Dog Bar in Austin, Texas. Check out the flyer below. Altpress.com reached out to Fearless about Carter's inclusion on the bill, and the label confirmed to […]

Motion City Soundtrack and I Fight Dragons will be performing at the SXSW Power Up! Party on March 11 at SXSW’s ScreenBurn Arcade at the West Canopy at Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas. The show is a partnership between Alternative Press and GREE. The party is 21+ and for registrants/badge holders only, but GREE and AP […]

Breathe Carolina, the Used and the Early November are among the bands scheduled to perform at Alternative Press' South by Southwest showcase in conjunction with our upcoming 100 Bands You Need To Know issue, which hits newsstands March 6. Other bands slated to play include Cancer Bats, Forever The Sickest Kids, Sleeping With Sirens, Tonight Alive, […]

Cleveland, Ohio's Ringworm have announced dates on their way to and from SXSW with support from Cancer Bats and Primitive Weapons. See the dates below: 3/12 – Toledo, OH – Frankies 3/13 – St. Louis, MO – Heartbreakers 3/14 – TBA (no Cancer Bats) 3/15 – Austin, TX – SxSW 3/16 – Austin, TX – […]

We cornered Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows only hours before their triumphant set at AP's SXSW party and got them to play an exclusive acoustic version of “Sex Life.”

We caught up with Jordan Witzigreuter from the Ready Set before he took the stage at the AP Party at SXSW to talk about his platinum single, future recording plans and if he'd ever let Glee cover one of his songs.

Check out the Ready Set performing an acoustic version of their new single, “Young Forever,” backstage at the AP Party at SXSW. You can also catch the Ready Set at the Bamboozle in East Rutherford, New Jersey, this Memorial Day weekend!

We caught up with the members of Portugal. The Man to discuss their new album, their move to a major label and just how many things they have in common with R.E.M.

We caught up with Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith of Panic! At The Disco to talk about their new album, their upcoming tour and just what their parents think of their music.

Check out this video of the Felix Culpa performing an acoustic version of “Towers” from the reissue of their new album, Sever Your Roots, out now on No Sleep Records.

Check out this exclusive acoustic performance of Eisley playing “Better Love” off their new album, The Valley, in stores everywhere via Equal Vision. You can catch Eisley on May 1 at the Bamboozle in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Watch City And Colour perform a brand new song from their upcoming album Little Hell, out this June on Vagrant Records, as a part of SXSW.

Check out This Time Next Year performing an acoustic version of “Drop Out Of Life” from their new album, Drop Out Of Life, coming out this August on Equal Vision Records.