If the AP.net office was anything besides me at a desk, staring at three computer screens at once -- I'm pretty certain we would all be having a beer on this Friday afternoon. I'm positive we'd be having the kind of debates we have weekly over email. I'd pull rank and decide that everyone must listen/dance to Penguin Prison ... and we'd all vote on what makes this week's "posts of the week" list. However, at the moment it's just me and the emails back and forth with the rest of the country. Not as fun ... but I can still put together a posts of the week feature and all that. If you click on the little arrow thingy next to the username, you'll be able to go see the post in the...

Just in time to kick off the weekend, we're bringing you an exclusive stream of a new song from San Diego's Weatherbox on the band's AP.net profile called "Kickflips For Weeks," which is from the band's split with Person L -- available February 7th on Youth Conspiracy Records. As much as I'd love to tell you to go pre-order this 7", it is unfortunately sold out in the pre-order. However, Youth Conspiracy Records has made a statement as to how you might still be able to get your hands on one. The split will also be available digitally through iTunes and Amazon MP3. In any case, leave your thoughts in the replies!

You can read a nostalgic reflection about the Where's the Band? Tour from me here. Have you gone? What memories did it bring back and during which songs? Be sure to check out Alex's Backstage Session with Chris Conley here.

This week's installment of Free Music Friday can be found in the replies.

Emmure's music video for "Drug Dealer Friend" can be seen in the replies.

Mest will release their new single, "Almost," on February 14th.

You can now stream Air's new album Le Voyage Dans La Lune, which comes out on February 7th, here.

The 20th anniversary reissue of Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power will feature a previously unreleased song entitled "Piss." A release date has not net been determined.

Drummer Vinnie Paul states

The reissue has a song called ‘Piss,’ which I had forgotten about it. Some parts of it were taken for other songs, and at the time, it was the only song that did not make the record. In Pantera, we never had songs that didn’t make the record. If we were going to write 11 songs, then we’d write 11 quality songs. Some bands write 40 songs and then hope they have nine good ones in the bunch. That sucks. Why not concentrate on writing 9 great ones and forget the 31 others? Anyway, this...

In light of drummer Bill Ward's recent statement, it seems that the remaining members of Black Sabbath will be moving forward with the reunion without him.

Statement

We were saddened to hear yesterday via Facebook that Bill declined publicly to participate in our current Black Sabbath plans...we have no choice but to continue recording without him although our door is always open... We are still in the UK with Tony. Writing and recording the new album and on a roll... See you at Download!!!

- Tony, Ozzy and Geezer

MxPx will release Plans Within Plans on April 3rd. The cover art can be found in the replies, and you can pre-order it here.

Track Listing
01) Aces Up
02) Screw Loose
03) Nothing Left
04) The Times
05) In The Past
06) Best Of Times
07) Stay On Your Feet
08) Lucky Guy
09) Far Away
10) Cast Down My Heart
11) When It Comes To You
12) Inside Out
13) Nothing's Gonna Change

Week two of the "A Very GK! Documentary" features performances from We Are The In Crowd and interviews from members of Glamour Kills and the band. Check it out in the replies.

Protest the Hero, Periphery, Jeff Loomis, The Safety Fire and Today I Caught the Plague will be touring together. Dates are in the replies.

Dates for La Dispute's Wildlife Tour with Balance and Composure, All Get Out and Sainthood Reps can be found in the replies.

We will be doing the annual TWLOHA "Valentine's Day Doesn't Have to Suck" chat on February 14th again this year. I believe it's the fifth year in a row doing this. More information coming soon. Just wanted to make sure people could mark their calendars.

The American Dollar will be releasing their new album Awake In The City on March 24th, one week earlier then previously mentioned.

According to a recent interview, it looks like Andrew McMahon is contemplating retiring the Jacks Mannequin name.

From the Article

“I’m going to be coming off of this tour and pretty much taking the rest of the year off, and part of that’s going to be about answering that question. And seeing if that means that maybe I have to wind down the Jack’s Mannequin name and start looking at music from a different angle so I can unwind my brain from that part of my life. I foresee an end to the usage of that name. I don’t know that it’s doing for me what it used to, in the sense that Jack’s sort of really represented a freedom from something. And a really free approach to creating things...

Saosin's In Search of Solid Ground has been added to iTunes and it includes four unreleased instrumental demos.

Lots of reports that this "Woman in Black" ad is crashing the site/taking over/making all the links un-clickable for a lot of people. Gimme a second, I'm personally working on trying to get it fixed. Really, really sorry about this.

Update: Killing the ads for a moment to get this sorted out.

It's Friday - and that means it's time to get down. It also means it's time for me to write up this week's power rankings and let my sarcastic side out to play. So, after pouring over the numbers, interjecting a bit of my personal bias, let's see what we've got this week ...

1) All Time Low

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How did these guys sneak in at number one? Well, it turns out that me being kind of an ass, and posting this video, led to an extremely active thread full of views and replies. Interesting. I am taking this under advisement.

2) Hit the Lights

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Note to bands: doing a chat with us = lots of interaction. Lots of interactions = up the power ranking charts. The band released their new album,...

Cheap Girls' music video for "Ruby" can be seen in the replies.

The Eve 6 lyric video for "Lost and Found" is in the replies. It's full of old, and new, footage of the band.

Bassist Sean O'Donnell is parting ways with Yellowcard on friendly terms. His statement is below. We wish him the best!

Message from Sean

In April of 2010, the 5 of us met up in Los Angeles to play some music, hang out, and talk about the future of the band. I felt privileged to be invited to get to do so, and it was an amazing couple of days. Fast forward a year and a half and we’ve put out two full lengths, shot 6 music videos, and traveled to almost 30 countries. It’s been an exhilarating time for all of us in the band and some of the most fun I’ve ever had in my music career. Which is why I’m sad today to let you all know that I am leaving Yellowcard.

This is not one of those ugly...

Twin Berlin's new single "Can’t Take, Take, Take" (which was produced by Travis Barker) is available for download on iTunes. The band, a rock trio with punk influences known for their raw, high-energy sound, were handpicked as the winner of Guitar Center's Your Next Record, and unsigned artist competition.

We noticed today that a lot of Hopeless Records releases were absent from the Spotify database. After reaching out to the label, we can confirm they aren't anti-digital streaming; they merely made a switch in distribution partners, which has led to some gaps in Hopeless releases being available on certain platforms. The label has told us their music will be available again within a few days.

You can watch M.I.A.'s new video for "Bad Girls" in the replies.

Meth Mouth Records is now taking pre-orders for its vinyl re-press of 90's Florida pop-punk band Discount's 1997 full length, Half Fiction. The re-press is limited to 500 copies and is expected to ship by March 1st.

Submitted by AP_Punk

You can go behind the scenes of Cobra Starship's "Middle Finger" in the replies.

Watch the brand new video for "Feel To Follow" by The Maccabees in the replies.

In a recent interview with Billboard, Justin Vernon said that Bon Iver was asked to play the Grammys if the band collaborated with another artist. Justin said, "...and all of a sudden we were being asked to play music that had nothing to do with that. We kind of said 'fuck you' a little bit and they sort of acted like they wanted us to play, but I don't think they wanted us to play."

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