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The Starting Line release "Anyways" music video

The Starting Line have released a music video for their latest single “Anways” via Fuse. “Anyways” is the title track off their upcoming comeback EP, out Feb. 19 via Downtown Records. You can check out the new music video here below. Read More: Hear the Starting Line's first new music since 2007

10 Songs You Need To Hear from December 2015

Sometimes the rock world can get noisy, and we don’t just mean in decibels or static. 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 December 2015, […]

Hear the Starting Line's first new music since 2007

The Starting Line have released the title track from their new three-track 7-inch Anyways, to be released Feb. 5 via Downtown Records. This is the band's first new release since their 2007 studio album, Direction. The Starting Line will play their annual holiday show at The Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey on Dec. 27 with The Movielife and Somos. […]

The Starting Line to release first new music since 2007

After much anticipation, the Starting Line have announced they will release a new 7-inch called Anyways on Feb. 5. This is the band's first new release since their 2007 studio album, Direction. The first new track will go live Dec. 17.  A year ago at the Starting Line's annual holiday show in Philadelphia, the band announced they would release new music in […]

Yellowcard's Ryan Key and the Starting Line's Kenny Vasoli are set to DJ their own Emo Nights

In January of this year, Emo Night Brooklyn became a safe haven for the saddest residents in all of Brooklyn. “Even though ‘emo’ has the connotation of being sad, Emo Night Brooklyn is a happy, magical place,” says ENB founder Alex Badanes. “You walk in and time travel back to the mid-2000s, hear the songs that mean […]

The Starting Line frontman breaks silence on new music: "It's still punk rock"

New music from the Starting Line has been a long time coming. The band last released new material with their 2007 studio album, Direction. Frontman Kenny Vasoli was recently profiled by Philly Voice. “It's still punk rock,” he said, speaking on the band’s long-awaited new material. “We're always going to sound like the Starting Line. […]

Vacationer are doing America with Great Good Fine Ok

Photo: Matt Schwartz  Philadelphia's Vacationer, fronted by Kenny Vasoli, are about to embark on a lengthy fall tour with openers Great Good Fine Ok. They'll be supporting a pair of LPs—2012's Gone and 2014's Relief—both available via Downtown Records. Dates are listed below (head here for tickets): 9/15 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair 9/16 Northampton, MA – Iron Horse […]

Hear a preview of Real Friend's cover of the Starting Line's "Island"

Real Friends have posted a preview video for their impending acoustic EP, More Acoustic Songs. You can get a taste of each track, including a cover of the Starting Line's “Island,” below. Be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts! “We are stoked to showcase our songs in acoustic form,” says bassist and lyricist […]

19 albums we can't believe turn 10 this year

Despite existing only a decade ago, the lifestyle of a music fan in 2005 is leagues away from present day. Back then, we spent hours in front of our televisions watching music videos from this scene actually getting played on television. We’d populate our Myspace interests with hundreds of bands and go to malls where […]

The Starting Line to release new music in 2015?

UPDATE: Saturday, December 27 at 2:03 p.m EST We have received official word that frontman Kenny Vasoli did confirm on stage last night that the band will be releasing new material in 2015. ORIGINAL POST: Saturday, December 27 at 1:47 p.m. EST According to PropertyOfZack, last night at their annual holiday show in Philadelphia, PA, the Starting Line confirmed that […]

13 pop-punk bands covering other pop-punk bands

As a genre, pop-punk is like one big family, but we don’t see enough of the bands covering each other. While it’s cool and downright acceptable for pop-punk bands to cover pop music, how come there’s never been a Pop-Punk Goes Pop-Punk compilation? Who wouldn’t want a collection of their favorite, young pop-punk bands covering […]

Vacationer announce fall headlining tour

Vacationer (vocalist/bassist Kenny Vasoli and his production partners, Body Language's Grant Wheeler and Matthew Young) have announced their fall headlining tour along with select dates under St. Lucia. New Jersey's Brick + Morter will open for the band during their headline run.  AP reviewed their sophomore album, Relief, which was released in June on Downtown Records. All Tour Dates: […]

17 Celebrities Who Had Cameos In Music Videos

We’ve all been there: You’re watching a music video, and suddenly you shout, “Hey, I know that person!” That is usually followed by a solid five minutes spent racking your brain trying to summon the name of the celebrity you just spotted. (“You know, the one guy who’s in that one movie about pie and flutes!”) […]

Vacationer - Relief

Vacationer Relief Vacationer have never flaunted their frontman—Kenny Vasoli from the Starting Line and Person L—as a selling point. (It's our job to mention it, though.) His posi vibes suit a different demographic now, and the wooden necklace around his neck and weed grinder in their merch store should tell you everything you need to know […]

29 songs that defined the Drive-Thru Records era

Few record labels have championed pop-punk the way Drive-Thru Records did. In the way same labels like Run For Cover and No Sleep have built a distinct musical community today, Drive-Thru did it in the early 2000s—only bigger. An up-and-coming band signing to Drive-Thru was almost guaranteed to pick up Starting Line or Early November […]

City And Colour, Bleachers (fun.), Vacationer (the Starting Line), more to play Made In America

Another day, another festival. Made In America have announced the full lineup for their Philadelphia date, which includes such bands as City And Colour, Bleachers (fun.’s Jack Antonoff), Vacationer (Kenny Vasoli of the Starting Line) and many more. Kanye West, Kings Of Leon, the National and Tiesto will headline. You can check out the full list […]

Throwback Thursday: 11 Classic Summer Jams

The 90-degree days have already descended upon the AP headquarters. As we sit sweating under dog breath-temperature AC and try to process that we’re going to be putting up with a few more months of this oppressive air, we thought of fonder times—when summer was still the carefree thing the movies want you to believe […]

Knuckle Puck’s Joe Taylor covers the Starting Line

Record labels, here’s an idea: Pop-Punk Goes Pop-Punk, a compilation of younger, “new wave” pop-punk bands covering our nostalgia-pumping favorites. It will probably never happen, but, for now, Knuckle Puck (one of AP’s 100 bands you need to know) have the right idea. The band’s singer, Joe Taylor, recently covered pop-punk blue bloods the Starting […]

The 5 great eras of pop-punk, from the ’70s to today

Like many musical genres AP covers with regularity, pop-punk has a major tendency to move in cycles: exploding, cooling off and then reviving. The cyclical nature of the genre has made it easy to divide its lifespan into eras, whether it be its initial explosion with Green Day, its mainstream peak in the late ’90s […]

Vacationer (fronted by Kenny Vasoli) release "The Wild Life" lyric video

Vacationer have released a lyric video for “The Wild Life,” the lead single to their new album Relief, which will see a release on Jun 24, 2014 via Downtown Records. An iTunes pre-order with an instant download of the track launched today. The Philadelphia-based group are fronted by none other than the Starting Line's Kenny Vasoli. Catch them on […]
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