Dear, Two Lights: You're doing it wrong.

The beginning of the year, much like the first day of school or a new job, reigns with the scent of anticipation. It's that moment where we haven't yet heard what the future holds and we're all thinking of what new albums could sound like. With these feelings tingling in our fingers, the AP.net staff have put compiled together our "Most Anticipated of 2012" feature. We've worked on putting together the albums that we are most excited about getting our grubby little hands on. After reading through what the staff are looking forward to playing, check out read more]

Today, we have a magazine-style, feature-length article up about the Pop Punk's Not Dead Tour and New Found Glory. I was lucky enough to interview This Time Next Year, Man Overboard and The Wonder...[read more]

Lil Wayne's album, Tha Carter IV, sold 300,000 copies on iTunes the first week, setting a new record previously held by Kanye West and Jay-Z's album, Watch the Throne.

Today we're bringing you guys an article about smaller, DIY bands doing Warped Tour. Everyone knows that Warped is hard work, but there are lots of amazing people stories behind the scenes that I tried to delve into. It's a long read, but there are some real neat quotes from awesome bands featured like The Narrative and Sharks. Read up read more]

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a trend article about the increased sales of vinyl records over the past few years. The article contains interviews from a couple of AP.net members, Vinnie Fiorello of Paper + Plastick Records and Michael Kurtz, one of the founders of Record Store Day. Today I'm bringing you guys that article to read for yourselves. read more]

What are the odds of being successful as a band without a record deal? The math says: not good. Note: This research paper is written with the UK musician in mind. However, its findings may loosely translate to USA musicians and other territories.

Alter the Press! has an article on the significance pop-punk holds to different people, including members of Transit, Man Overboard, With the Punches and I Call Fives, as well as AP.net's very own Adam Pfleider and Christian Wagner. What does...[read more]

Hypebot has a really good article on how a musician should calculate their "sustainability" scale. Check it out here.

Streaming music service Rdio has made a deal with Verizon Wireless that will allow the Rdio application on Verizon Android phones.

From the Article

Fresh off the heels of its API integration with the Echo Nest, Rdio today (May 4) unveiled a deal with Verizon Wireless to not...[read more]

I really enjoyed, and agree with, this article on "what music fans want to own, and why."

From the Article

We don’t just want the music, we want to make sense of the music within a wider space, and to understand it. Traditionally this is provided by the artwork, lyrics and credits, or a pricey boxset detailing info on the musicians involved, their backstory,...[read more]

Read Panic! at the Disco's explanation of their short film "The Overture" here.

From the Article

"I guess the entire theme to be covered in a word would be 'perseverance.' It's really learning to drop your baggage and keep pressing forward with what you want to do....[read more]

Read an article from Alter The Press on the DIY movement and how it affects the mainstream picture here.

This week's article is all about righting a wrong, ending a tragedy and generally fixing stuff. It has come to my attention that music has no award show of any type... at all. There's no opportunity to reward the drug addicts who helped us "study" for history finals. Well, no longer! Head over to Can't Keep Up central and feast your brown(?) eyes on The First Annual CANTY's. Or check the whole thing out in the replies.

It's our 5th anniversary over at Can't Keep Up Headquarters, which is a real place and not just a table at Panera Bread. I'd like to think in the five long years since I started this informative and INFORMATIVE article, I've changed a couple of lives. In lieu of naming these forever enlightened persons, I'll just anonymously dedicate the new article to ladies everywhere. Here's to five more years and 100 more five more years. read more]

I read somewhere (it was either in a magazine or a book) that everything is cyclical. Naturally I laughed that hippie crap off, until I read the same thing (in another magazine or book), and I was like, "Maybe everything is cyclical!" And in the same way that I always wet the bed after watching Home Alone, you have another great, definitely not terrible installment of Can't Keep Up to ingest. This week's topic is secret and certainly the most serious topic yet. I can't promise that it will change...[read more]

The Guardian posted an article about the decline of rock music in the charts here.

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Sadly, I must announce that another version of Can't Keep Up has been completed. This week, the discussion is all about how to create revenue for the beleaguered "music industry." Sometimes the answers are right in front of your ugly face, and other times they are weird and don't seem to make any sense at all. I guess it's up to you to figure out which type of answer belongs in this sticky situation. That's what she said? read more]

The leak that was apparently a new Justin Timberlake demo isn't him at all.

From the Article

"Various media outlets recently reported that a song called 'Take You Down' is a new track from Justin Timberlake. These reports are untrue,'...[read more]

Happy New Year or whatever. Hopefully not to many of you threw up on a floor or in a barn or something grosser. But now that you're kind of groggy and probably depressed, it's time for the next installment of Can't Keep Up. This week the discussion is all about fortunetelling. And there's a picture of Jesus (score!). Head here to read all about what 2011 has in store for music.

You can read a new article with All Time Low where they discuss their new album and how they have moved away from their "unicorn poop" sound here.

Owl City is working on his follow-up album to Ocean Eyes.

The Village Voice has posted a thorough interview with MiniBoone, and is offering up a free download of the band's single, "Devil In Your Eyes."

MTV has written an article about the new Blink-182 record.

From the Article

Needless to say, the timetable appears to be slightly sketchy for when we'll actually get to hear any of the new stuff — let alone a new album. But that hasn't stopped fans from speculating that this will finally be the year that we...[read more]

Brand New's The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me made NME's list of 100 Best Albums of the Decade. What are some of yours?

Morrissey walked off stage tonight during his show after he was struck in the head with a thrown bottle.

You can read an interview of Keith Buckley here.

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Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has written a zany article about Swine Flu.

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MTV interviewed Owl City about his recent success with the single "Fireflies."

From the Interview

"Wait. Who?" he wrote. "I've never heard of the Postal Service."

When hardcore goes wrong: horrorcore.

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