the summer set

Today in Wisconsin, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders held a rally that featured performances from scene mainstays the Summer Set and 3OH!3. Check out footage and pictures below. [Photo via Facebook] Watch: The Summer Set document their adventures with new music video for “Wasted” The Summer Set released their highly anticipated fourth album Stories For Monday last Friday […]

The Summer Set guitarist John Gomez grabbed a camera and documented his band's adventures. The result? A video for the new song “Wasted.” Check it out below, and let us know what you think in the comments! Read more: The Summer Set stream new album in full Stories For Monday, the Summer Set's fourth album, releases […]

The Summer Set are releasing their fourth album, Stories For Monday, on April 1 via Fearless Records. The band teamed up with Pandora Radio to stream the entire album a week in advance. Check it out here, and be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts. Read more: The Summer Set initially broke up last […]

Comback kids the Summer Set have unveiled a third track off their upcoming album, Stories For Monday.  The new track “Jean Jacket” follows up “Missin' You” and first single “Figure Me Out.” Read more: The Summer Set announce headlining tour support Stories For Monday, the band's fourth album and long-awaited follow-up to 2013's Legendary, is due out April 1 […]

The Summer Set have announced the support for both their upcoming US and UK headlining tours. For the US, the Arizona five piece will bring along Handsome Ghost as main support, along with Royal Blood and Call Me Karizma. In the UK, the LaFontaines will be the sole support. Read more: The Summer Set initially broke […]

The Summer Set Stories For Monday Despite nearly disbanding in pursuit of other projects, the Summer Set wised up with their fourth studio effort. There’s still plenty of wink-wink attitude and vocal charm from Brian Dales, (particularly in the opening track, “Figure Me Out”) as well as the band doing what they do best: anthemic, […]

The Summer Set have dropped a new track, “Missin' You,” from their upcoming album Stories For Monday, which will release April 1 via Fearless Records. Check out the video for “Missin' You” below, and let us know what you think in the comments! Read more: The Summer Set initially broke up last September Stories For Monday will follow-up the […]

In the latest issue of AP, Summer Set frontman Brian Dales reveals that the band initially broke up in September of 2015. “This is the first time I’ve had this conversation with anybody about it, and I can’t even believe what is coming out of my mouth,” he says. “We were ready to hang it […]

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 January 2016. […]

The Summer Set will be embarking on the massive Stories For Monday tour in the US and UK, named after the band’s upcoming album of the same name. Check out all the dates below! Read more: The Summer Set’s Jess Bowen opens up about same-sex marriage ruling: “I was so ecstatic” General admission and VIP tickets […]

The Summer Set have announced that their new studio album, Stories For Monday, will be released on April 1 via Fearless Records. (Pre-orders are on sale now.) The lead single, “Figure Me Out,” is available for streaming below, along with an accompanying music video. Check it out and be sure to leave us a comment […]

For the past 90 years, Macy’s have been holding their annual Thanksgiving Day Parade. What originally started in 1924 as a small parade put on by Macy’s employees has become an award-winning tradition that is flocked to by over three million people each year, while 50 million more watch from the warmth of their own […]

With these year’s AP Tour well underway, come with us on a journey through AP Tours past. Five years ago, Never Shout Never headlined the tour with the Cab, Hey Monday and the Summer Set. This all-access video will take you through karaoke-filled nights, pre-show warm-ups and Christofer Drew’s first time playing the main stage […]

Nekokat—the new band featuring Jess Bowen from the Summer Set and Jordan Witzigreuter from the Ready Set—are teaming up with AP for a premiere of their acoustic “Reckless” music video. Check it out below and be sure to leave us a comment with your thoughts! “Reckless” is taken from the band’s latest EP, Communication, which […]

A special piece by the Summer Set drummer Jess Bowen: June 26, 2015 will be a day I remember and cherish for the rest of my life. As I woke up in a hotel room in San Antonio to the sound of my alarm clock, I noticed several missed calls and texts on my phone from […]

Red carpet hosts CM Punk and Juliet Simms chatted with the Summer Set just before the 2014 APMAs kicked off. The band were excited to appear at the APMAs and about Jess Bowen's nomination Best Drummer. Although she ultimately did not win, Jess and her bandmates were eager to be a part of our first […]

The Summer Set kicked off their acoustic tour with Sleeping With Sirens and Nick Santino last night in San Diego. Along with playing various fan-favorites, the band debuted a new song, “Wasted,” which will presumably be on their impending album. You can check out a fan-shot video of the track's performance below. Be sure to leave us […]

The Ready Set's Jordan Witzigreuter and Cameron Walker have teamed with Summer Set drummer Jess Bowen for a new supergroup project, Nekokat. The three were in the the studio earlier this year with producer Eric Palmquist (Bad Suns, Night Riots) working on their debut EP, Communication, which is due out June 23. You can listen to the trio's debut single, “Gimme […]

Jess Bowen of the Summer Set and Beyoncé's Venzella Joy will be among the female drummers featured in Hit Like A Girl's new video, which premieres tomorrow, June 2, at 9:00 a.m. PDT. The eight-minute clip tells the story of Hit Like A Girl and showcases female drumming in the 21st Century.  Read more: Science shows how drummers’ brains are […]

At our inaugural AP Music Awards last year, we instated a loose punk-formal dress code. And while that code wasn’t necessarily strict, many of the artists who walked our red carpet and took the stage that night played it up and dressed to the nines. Here are just a few of our favorite looks from […]