Every Time I Die will tour the UK this Autumn with Stray From The Path and Last Witness. Scroll down for dates.

Close Your Eyes played with their new line-up for the first time at Bamboozle. See some video in the replies.

Regina Spektor's new album What We Saw From The Cheap Seats is streaming here.

John Mayer's informative interview with NPR, which covers his new album, his controversial comments from a few years back, as well as his future plans, can be heard here.

You should join my paranormal club. It's like student council, but not lame.

Staff Reviews

John Mayer - Born and Raised (Gregory Robson)
For Today - Immortal (Jason Gardner)
Suis La Lune - Riala (Jason Gardner)

Come jam out in the AbsolutePunk Turntable.

EDIT: Wow, this one went for hours and hours. Thanks for playing!

Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees has passed away at the age of 62 after a long battle with cancer.

Today we could not be happier to bring you the brand new single from Yellowcard. The new song is called "Always Summer" and comes from the band's upcoming full-length album due out in just a few months. You can head to the replies to stream the new song and check out the single artwork -- or it's also on the band's AP.net profile. The violin solo loudly declares it's time for the weather to get warm ... and time to turn up some Yellowcard. Enjoy!

Head to the replies to read this week's Canadian Music Round-Up.

I was lucky enough to watch a brilliant after-party show last night that included Brand New and The Front Bottoms. Brand New didn't really play a full set, but what they did play was awesome - some rarely played songs including "Flying At Tree Level." Head to the replies to check out the set list from the show and a video of the band playing "Sowing Season."

Head to the replies to read this week's Small Band Round-Up.

Looking for some new music? Head to the replies to see what was submitted to AP.net recently.

I don't want to point fingers as to who hasn't done a great job recommending things lately. It could be any one of us. And you know what they say about pointing fingers: point a finger at a scary person you don't know and they will either expose themselves to you or just rip that stupid-finger-get-it-out-of-my-face-now. Either way, let's not do it. Let's just talk like family (which is to say shout and cry a lot).

Blake

Misser isn't better than Transit, but it is way better than This Time Next Year. Also, I have nothing but love for the Park leftovers that make up the Tiger Tank self-titled EP. Bye.

Kyle Huntington

A whole lot of Joy Division, even more than usual due to the recent...

Head to the replies to see this week's UK Music Round-Up.