the blood brothers

Pleasure Venom hail from Austin, Texas, with social and sonic attitude to burn. Fronted by vocalist Audrey Campbell, the quartet have created a fascinating amalgam of hard-rock riffing and jagged treble attacks. Those sharp edges are capable of puncturing anybody’s jaded sensibilities or preconceived notions of what constitutes “heavy.”  In th...

Post-hardcore broke out as a movement in a huge way during the first decade of the 2000s while shaping how people view the genre today. Countless others had pioneered the genre throughout the ’80s and ’90s, but bands such as Glassjaw, At The Drive-In and Boysetsfire helped push it to new heights. Take a ...

Music fans may remember Cody Votolato as the firebrand guitarist whose contributions to such maniacal post-everything bands as the Blood Brothers and Head Wound City pushed the realm of hardcore a couple of parsecs into the future. Having returned to his nom de plume JR Slayer,  he’s back stirring up some emotions—without a stack of amps. On “I’ll Nev...

Oh, the bags of Cool Ranch Doritos we’ve gone through in the name of heartache! Oh, the sweet, sweet vinyl we’ve worn into ridgeless plates! Oh, the merch we wore all at once as an act of sartorial protest! There is a special place in the Heartbreak Hotel for those suffering in the wake of a breakup—a band breakup, that is. Here are 10 groups we...

After 10 years and a mere handful of gigs, the bright lights are once again shining in Head Wound City. The ambi-directional vehicle of former Blood Brothers members Jordan Blilie (vocals) and Cody Votolato (guitar), Justin Pearson and Gabe Serbian (the original rhythm section of the Locust and Retox) and Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner have reconvened for maximum noise and visceral carnage.

Over the weekend, the Blood Brothers performed their second of five currently scheduled reunion shows at FYF Fest. Footage of the band performing their songs, "Ambulance Vs. Ambulance," and "Crimes," have surfaced online. Watch them below, and check out a full set list as well. The ban ...

Over the course of 10 years, five albums and unfathomable odometer abuse, the Blood Brothers brought a much-needed vibrancy to America’s punk, hardcore and indie-rock scenes. Vocalists Jordan Blilie and Johnny Whitney were shrieking jet turbines in human form, ably powered by guitarist Cody Votolato, bassist/synth op Morgan Henderson and drummer Mark Gajadhar. The ...

Fun Fun Fun Fest have announced the lineup for their ninth year, which includes such bands as Death Cab For Cutie, Death From Above 1979, the Blood Brothers, Amon Amarth, City And Colour, Failure, Glassjaw, Hot Water Music, Mineral and more ...

The full lineup has been announced for FYF Fest. The bill includes such acts as the Blood Brothers, the Strokes, Balance And Composure, La Dispute, Against Me!, the Strokes and more. You can check out the full lineup below. This marks the first Blood Brothers show in eight years. The...

We hope that 2014 is going to be the year you stop settling for compressed-to-hell MP3s and start collecting vinyl albums. Records sound vastly superior when compared against those compressed MP3s you got for free. They have great artwork, lyric sheets (usually) and extensive notes about the music, as well as voluminous “thank you” lists where you might discover your next favorite band. Now we ...

The Venetia Fair have announced that they will release The Venetia Fair...Basically Just Does Karaoke, a covers EP comprising their takes on six songs ranging from Green Day to Queen, via digital retailers on December 24.  The songs for the EP (tracklisting below) were chosen by the six $200+ backers of the band's Kickstarter campaign for their latest album, Every Sick, Disgusting Thought We've Go

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! D ...

Going out on top is an art mastered by a wise few artists who leave in their wake not 10 years of novelty albums, but explosions and the ashes of their contemporaries. Here are seven artists who knew that giving up a great thing is sometimes the best thing to do to keep it great forever… CONTRIBUTORS: Scott Heisel Brittany Moseley Jason Pettigrew Cassie Whitt   AMERICAN FOOTBALL They were onl

Our demise fast approaches, fellow Earthlings. Come Friday, according to those kooky Mayans (or to people who think they can comprehend the work someone did thousands of years ago better than scholars), this place we call Earth is going up in flames... Read More ...

“You’ll have to excuse me,” begins Wes Eisold. “I totally trashed my voice, and I think I may have a small concussion.” The Cold Cave leader—now based in Los Angeles after leaving New York City—returned from Oakland, California, where he played a show with the legendary American Nightmare, and was trying to convalesce after shearing his throat lining. At that Bay Area date, the singer collid... Re

Ex-Give Up The Ghost (American Nightmare) frontman Wes Eisold's new project, Cold Cave, has an entirely new supergroup-worthy lineup featuring London May (Samhain), Hunter Burgan (AFI), Dave Stone (LCD Soundsystem/Melvins) & Cody Votolato (Blood Brothers, Jaguar Love). The band wil...

Whether it's recording an album, pressing it on vinyl or trying to get on the road, sometimes even your favorite bands need a helping hand to see their vision come to life. We present to you KICKSTART MY ART, AP's weekly roundup of Kickstarter (and similarly crowd-funded) projects created by bands and labels you love who are asking you to love them just a few dollars more. BAND: ...

Seattle's Nazca Lines have released a new track called "Spike Them All" from their debut album Hyperventilation, out August 23rd on Stressed Sumo Records. The track features the Blood Brothers guitarist Cody Votolato and can be heard below. ...

Hyro Da Hero Birth, School, Work, Death   The knock on rap-rock has traditionally been that its main strength is also its primary weakness: a lumbering, brontosaurean power that seems to naturally lend itself to the lunkheaded gesture. But ...