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On Unwanted, Pale Waves lean into alternative and pop punk influences. Ahead of the release, Heather Baron-Gracie breaks down what went into their third record.

From tour managers and videographers to merch managers and beyond. Meet the women who are bringing this year's Sad Summer Fest to life.

Check out The Latest — for all the essential new music, tickets and livestreams you need right now. My Chemical Romance are well and truly back Last week, it was releasing a new song; this week, My Chemical Romance have dominated conversation in the scene by kicking off their long-delayed and even longer-awaited world tour in the U.K. An...

Waterparks have released "FUNERAL GREY" along with an accompanying music video. This marks the band's first release since they signed to Fueled By Ramen. Vocalist Awsten Knight's brand-new scarlet hair serves as the focal point of the visual...

Sad Summer Fest is launching a nationwide Battle of the Bands competition. The winner will earn the opportunity to perform on Sad Summer Fest's main stage on one of the dates. Sad Summer Fest will feature the entrants on their website. Voting will take place in rounds until a winner is chosen ahead of the start of the tour...

Check out The Latest – for all the essential new music, tickets and livestreams you need right now.   Waterparks and Neck Deep unite for Sad Summer   …and they’re bringing Mayday Parade, The Summer Set, Against The Current, State Champs and more along for the ride, too. These shows are going to be a lo...

My Chemical Romance have announced additional North American tour dates featuring a truly epic roster of artists. The band revealed 14 new tour dates and also released additional tickets for already sold-out events. During their run, the band will be joined by a massive roster of special guests, including Waterparks, Badflower, Thursday, Turnstile, Surfbort, and Taking Back Sunday...

Last year, Zephani Jong went from a bedroom songwriter to touring with Waterparks after securing herself as a social media savant with brutally honest and witty observations. It’s these same homed-in exposés she’s channeling within her lo-fi pop tunes as Zeph. Finding more fans...

On Tuesday at a secret location, tucked away in the hills of Los Angeles, Bad Suns performed an intimate set for a select group of their die-hard fans and industry peers in celebration of their fourth studio album, Apocalypse Whenever.  The event was organized and presented by Rock Night Out, Epitaph Records and Alternative Press. Addition...

Waterparks are dropping hints that new music is on the way. On January 18, frontman Awsten Knight posted a link to a blank pre-save, identified in the link only as “tbd.” Now, the band have posted a bright red image containing the word “ALRIGHT.” The post has in...

You could argue that blink-182 are one of the major reasons why pop punk exploded into the mainstream in the 2000s. Following Green Day’s release of Dookie in ‘94 and Weezer’s nerd-positive brand of rock, blink were the reason a lot of kids wanted to pick up guitars. It was through T... Read More ... Read More ...

Are the winter blues getting you down? Don’t worry, Alternative Press’ end-of-the-year celebration is here to bring you some holiday cheer. If you haven’t heard already, we asked each artist we interviewed for our December 2021 issue of AltPress magazine to answer two specific questions: what was the best thing you heard in 2021, and who should we look out for in 2022? We’ve compiled t... Read Mor

Hello and welcome to Alternative Press’ end-of-the-year celebration! We know that for a lot of people, 2021 has been less than ideal, to say the least. That’s why we wanted to bring you a little holiday cheer  — with the help of some of our favorite artists.  We asked each art...

At this point, you could practically write a textbook on the art of creating a pop-punk song. Ever since people discovered Green Day’s Dookie and the masses fell in love with “All The Small Things” on MTV, the genre has blossomed. Pop punk’s bi...

The arrival of December signals that 2021 is quickly coming to an end. Winter looms, and we collectively anticipate a new year, with all of the possibilities offered by the final turning of the calendar page. Even so, we’re still savoring the here and now, and it’s not quite time to forget what this year has meant. Alternativ...

Waterparks hit the stage in Nashville earlier this week during their A Night Out On Earth Tour. For the November 16 performance, the band were joined by a special guest: My Chemical Romance’s Mikey Way. There's good news for anyone who missed the concert: the show is available to rewatch via Veeps live stream until November 24. In f...

Waterparks have announced that select shows on their A Night Out On Earth tour will be available to stream via Veeps. The band plan to broadcast four of their tour stops, including shows in Nashville, Orlando, Houston and Los Angeles. Read more: Måneskin and Joel Madden on performing in the streets of Italy The North American A Night Out On Earth tour has been in full swing since last month, with

We’re sure you’ve heard the phrase before: new year, new me. But you don’t need a new year for a fresh start. If you’re seeking a bit of inspiration to get up off the couch and on the road to crossing off some of your goals, or maybe even a few bucket list items, then look no further than these playlist additions. Read more:  6 artists... Read More ...

Each issue, AP Gallery explores the visual culture of music and highlights the stories behind iconic music videos and the inspiration for the most memorable photographs. For Issue 394 featuring Waterparks on the cover, we connected with Erik Rojas, a Colombian-American music video director known for visually capturing the essence of a song...