To properly dissect the best emo albums from 2011, one must not be afraid to use the term “emo” broadly, as this style of music can take shape across multiple genres. In 2011, emo was arguably at its lowest point commercially, as the mid-to-late 2000s boom had slowly faded away at the turn of the decade, followed by the genre’s dip into happier and more neon territory. However, due to ...
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You know that feeling when you discover a brand new band that's awesome? You get that moment where you feel like a one-person secret society witnessing greatness. You follow them religiously. And then they break up. Sure, you can always go back and keep playing the tracks you loved. Hop...
It’s been said that the best art comes from tragedy. Certainly, that notion holds true in the touching solo project from Nik Bruzzese of pop-punk darlings Man Overboard. Casa Loma’s upcoming first album, This Is Coping, gives fans a different taste of Bruzzese’s talent coupled with a deeply personal peek into his life.
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Music, movies, tours: Obviously, there were plenty of cool and wonderful things that were brought into the world in 2019. But there was a significant amount of sadness, as well.
We did lose many members of the scene and pioneering alt-rock artists, as well as respected and loved pop culture figures...
Tomorrow, Pure Noise Records will release Keep Shining On, a tribute album featuring the songs of Tim Landers, the guitarist/vocalist of Transit. Landers, who was also a member of Cold Collective, passed away Feb. 2, 2019.
The six-song mini-LP features Landers’ songs performed by Man Overboard (“For The World” from This Will Not Define Us), the Story So Far (“Outbound” from Stay Home), Elder Broth
The music scene took quite a hit after news broke earlier today that Cold Collective guitarist/vocalist Tim Landers passed away on Feburary 2.
The scene took to Twitter to share their thoughts and sentiments in regards to Landers' passing, revealing just how big of an impact he had on bands within the industry.
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Cold Collective guitarist/vocalist Tim Landers has passed away. Landers was also a founding member of Transit with the latter taking to their Twitter to confirm the news.
“rest in peace Tim Landers,” Transit tweeted.
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As our scene and the music community as a whole mourn the loss of these incredible musicians, we remember them for the contributions they made.
Our thoughts are with the friends, family and loved ones of those we have lost in 2019.
Bands come and go. As much as we’d love our favorite bands to stick around forever, always gifting us more musical treats, there’s often a lot more at play than just the creative force. They can break up due to personal or creative conflicts, a lack of viability in being together or slightly more sadly, the members simply don’t want to be together anymore.
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Home is a pretty broad term that means a lot of things to a lot of different people. Luckily, music often gives us a chance to process these feelings through lyrics that hit…well, home.
Read more: Trophy Eyes work to restore ‘The American Dream’ on upcoming album
From tracks that celebrate our hometowns to the feeling of wanting to break away from it, and even the friends who make us feel at home
Home is a pretty broad term that means a lot of things to a lot of different people. Luckily, music often gives us a chance to process these feelings through lyrics that hit…well, home.
READ MORE: The 10 best pop-punk songs about getting out of this town, ranked
From tracks that celebrate our hometowns to the feeling of wanting to break away from it, and even the friends who make us feel at home w
Through our endless scrolling and clicking, we inevitably come across a massive amount of content that doesn't necessarily warrant a news story on its own—but is amusing nonetheless. Instead of letting those small, yet noteworthy, moments slip through the cracks, we decided to gather them up in one convenient, post. Check ou
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After ten years as a band, Transit have announced their official breakup along with final shows. Tickets go on sale Wednesday at noon here. You can read their announcement and view their final tour dates for April below.
Transit have canceled their upcoming tour of the United Kingdom and mainland of Europe. Shane Henderson of Valencia and Daisyhead were scheduled to serve as support. The band released a statement on the cancelation, which they concluded with a thank-you to fans for supporting them in “struggling times.” You
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Off & On, former Transit member Tim Landers' new project, has signed to intheclouds Records for the release of their sophomore EP, which is due out this spring.
Read more: Off & On (new band feat. Transit/Misser’s Tim Landers) release video and stream debut EP
This signing is only the beginning for what the good folks at intheclouds have in store for the rest of 2015. Be sure to keep in t
During the Super Bowl, a song by Boston pop-punk band Transit was played as exit music to a commercial. “Long Lost Friends” played for roughly 7 seconds.
If a 30-second Super Bowl ad costs $4.5 million, you can estimate Transit’s 7 seconds (in front of America’s biggest audience) to be worth approximately $1 million. It looks like it pays
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Transit will be hosting their very own an AMA ("ask me anything") at the top of the hour on Reddit. Feel free to tune in and interact with the band!
AltPress recently hosted an ongoing feature for 12 days, where us and Transit teamed up for an extended album premiere in which we made you quiver in anticipation as we slowly unveiled each track and offered you a chance to win signed vinyl.
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It's the end of the series, but don't be sad! The 12th and final day of Transit marks the release of Joyride, which you can purchase now. Over the past 12 days, AP and Transit teamed up for an extended album premiere in which we made you quiver in anticipation as we slowly unveiled each track and offered you a chance to