The A.K.A.s: Also Known As a playful fistfight in your stereo — Also Known As New York City’s best chance of survival as a Mecca of rock n’ roll relevance. “White Doves and Smoking Guns,” The A.K.A.s forthcoming debut on Florida… (Read More)
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The Allergies, always a mile high above everyone hailing from Denver Colorado these guys are on their way up, breaking into your homes and drinking at your bars…but always doing what they love best playing mind blowing sing alongs, and face… (Read More)
We were once called Kiss the Eyes of the Departed The first show we played was at a dear friends funeral “Musicians” came and went Names were contemplated Songs were created, then destroyed We don’t whore ourselves out and you won’t… (Read More)
Formed in Denver by brothers Joe Pope (bass, vocals) and Jon E. Risk (guitar, vocals), Angst relocated to San Francisco with drummer Michael Hursey in tow, where they inked a deal with SST by virtue of a self-titled EP released in… (Read More)
We formed in december of 2003. I had met Davey, who claimed to be a singer. (ha!), I played guitar, and so we dicided to form a band. I came up with the name The Angsted for two reasons. Reason 1… (Read More)
The Anniversary brought its own blend of male-female vocals, jangly guitars, and synth keyboards to the emo scene after signing with Heroes and Villains in 1999. The five Kansans produced Designing a Nervous Breakdown, drawing comparisons to their label owners, the… (Read More)
Every year, AP compiles what we think are some of the hottest up-and-coming bands from all corners of the musical spectrum and compile them into our annual 100 Bands You Need To Know special. This year, we decided to take that… (Read More)
Seven (almost eight) years ago, eight (almost nine) men emerged from a mossy log tomb that washed ashore on a sandy beach somewhere in southern Orange County, California. Heat, moisture and extreme pressure mutated these men into the most dazzling human-sized… (Read More)
The Arrivals made its full-length debut with Goodbye New World on the Windy City’s Thick Records in 2000, emerging from the same Chicago punk scene that spawned Naked Raygun, Pegboy, Blue Meanies, and Alkaline Trio. Sounding an amalgam of their Midwestern… (Read More)
The Ataris have produced three full-length recordings of relatively cookie-cutter pop-punk. Taking more influence from mainstream alternative acts than the punk artists they tour with, the Ataris were discovered by Vandals founder Joe Escalante in early 1997, after songwriter Kris Roe… (Read More)
The Atrocities are a four piece streetpunk band proudly from Denver,CO. The band is julie on vocals, andrew on guitar, dane on bass, and oswaldo on drums. Although they havent been around long they have made a pretty good name for… (Read More)
How many times have you heard the words “next big thing”? Well, theAudition is it. theAudition isn’t your average, mediocre rock band, they are a downright addictive dance-rock-pop-punk band from Chicago, IL, who is ready to give the Chicago scene a… (Read More)
The Autumn Film formed in August 2006. Although a young band, they are a group of seasoned musicians. Their release Safe & Sound (January 2007), produced by Robbie Seay (EMI) “is an emotive and mature work by an artist exploring the… (Read More)
BIOGRAPHY: “Life is better here” claims a sign that greets the tourists, vagabonds, and elderly to Daytona Beach Florida. The same sign that the 5 members of The Autumn Offering could never seem to see eye to eye with. Striving to… (Read More)
The Axe That Chopped The Cherry Tree
We are The Axe That Chopped The Cherry Tree from Greeley, Colorado. We can honestly say that we’ve never played a show where we haven’t broken something, (whether it’s strings, drum heads, mic stands, skin, or Jay J’s skull) but honestly… (Read More)
Welcome to Funplex, the first record of the 21st century from the B-52s. “It’s loud, sexy rock and roll, with the beat pumped up to hot pink,” says guitarist Keith Strickland. Eleven fresh new songs, crafted by the groundbreaking band that… (Read More)
Somewhere in northern Oregon, on a winding stretch of mountainous Interstate, the seven members of B-Side Players nearly lost their lives. Following a spring drizzle that gently darkened the asphalt, the band’s tour van suddenly lost traction, upending their trailer and… (Read More)
The Band in Heaven began as a solo project for singer/songwriter/guitarist Michael Morris. After several years of writing and playing solo, he decided it was time to form a full band. After several attempts, Michael finally found the right combination of… (Read More)
The Bangs are a hard rock/punk trio consisting of vocalist/guitarist Sarah Utter (the Seductive, Motel No Tell, Witchy Poo), bassist Maggie Vail (the Bonnot Gang, the Slatternlies), and drummer Jesse Fox (Polecat). Their debut album, Tiger Beat, was released by Kill… (Read More)
From the state that brought you The Misfits, Thursday, My Chemical Romance and For the Love of comes one of New Jersey’s newest and strongest outfits, THE BANNER, who have come to claim their place at the top of the heavy… (Read More)
We are looking to revolutionize rock ‘n’ roll like McDonald’s revolutionized the hamburger. The Barrys Corporation is seeking franchisees who want to establish a Barrys band in their hometown. Here’s the deal: we provide bad songs, marked-up equipment, and third-rate merchandise… (Read More)
so … how did you come up with the name? “Where we grew up, anybody that played in a band played heavy music — either punk or hardcore or metal or whatever,” explains frontman Mat McHugh. "I wanted to pick a… (Read More)
