Jonah Matranga (ex-Far, Gratitude, New End Original and Onelinedrawing) has begun writing and recording a new album.

Message from Jonah

I've officially started recording for the first proper full-length record of new tunes NOT under a band name or pseudonym. Same old me, I suppose, but moreso somehow. I'll keep you posted with thoughts, lyrics as they come, maybe some demos, we'll see.

Given the chance to see Morrissey in concert, my advice is to take it. Last night was one of the best shows I've ever seen.

Stream the entire Sufjan Stevens Christmas Box Set (all 5 discs) right here.

A high-quality version of Kevin Devine covering Brand New's "Untitled Demo #1" can be found in the replies.

CBS Radio Inc. has agreed to pay $2 million to settle New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's investigation into gifts or "payola" paid by record companies for air play.

Dead Poetic have made an announcement refuting break-up rumors.

Message from the Band

Dead Poetic is not "breaking up." Unfortunately, we are not going to be doing this upcoming tour - which sucks - because there were a lot of people who helped make it happen, and our team that has been working really hard for us.

Theres a couple of us (myself and Jesse) that desperately needed to put...[read more]

It's October, but the media's already coming out with Christmas' hottest toys.

Wearing my best Russian hat and smelling of three day old sturgeon while circling Battery Park, I'm reminded that Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.

New Reviews

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Broom

Devin Lima (formerly of the boyband LFO) has a new solo project and has signed to OneEleven Records.

Contrary to reports, Coldplay's 5 year hiatus is just not going to be happening.

H2O have reported in on their recording progress.

Myspace Bulletin

Me & Rusty just finished the vocals on 2 of the 4 new H20 songs recorded in Los Angeles yesterday! Thanks to Danny Diablo, Loki, Sean B., Max H.O.F. & Looker for coming through for some backing and gang vocals & of course Dylan for producing these for us. Once 1995 is mixed it will be up myspace as promised (sorry for delay). We also...[read more]

The website (and subsequently the webmaster) went through a tad bit of a breakdown over the weekend. We are still in the process of picking up all of the pieces and putting them back together. That means a whole bunch of the website doesn't work right now and a whole lot of the features you're used to are missing. We just want to let you know we're on to it - and we are working on getting everything back to normal (and better) around the clock. Thank you for bearing with us during this time of change - the rest of this year and into 2007 is going to be a turning point for AP.net; just wait...[read more]

The Spill Canvas will actually be able to make it to their show in Grand Rapids, MI tonight.

British rapper Mike Skinner (aka The Streets) has recorded the longest music video ever.

Source: Spin.com

You can now preview …We Are Still Alive, Latterman's new full-length record. Check out album art, track listing, lyrics and of course, song samples. Deep Elm is also now taking pre-orders for the record, which won't be available in stores until August 22.

I was told that at Brand New's show tonight, they announced that they finished the new album completely yesterday.

This website allows you to apparently listen to any radio station in the world.

You can find dates for Brandtson's upcoming headlining tour with Umbrellas and Desole on their myspace.

Submitted by PunK_WalKeR

I don't think anyone ever posted that The Everett (Dallas Taylor, Patrick Copeland) has added a demo to their Purevolume and another to their Myspace.

OnMilwaukee.com wrote an awesome article on Alkaline Trio, check it out.

Submitted by xllirikx

The Stills and Rogue Wave will be touring together this summer.

Dates

6/2 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
6/3 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
6/5 - Atlanta, GA - The Loft
6/6 - Tampa, FL - The Orpheum
6/7 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
6/8 - Miami, FL - Studio A
6/9 - Orlando, FL - The Social
6/12 -...[read more]

Check out the DVD trailer for Patent Pending's CD/DVD combo, Save Each Other, The Whales Are Doing Fine, which releases June 6th through We Put Out Records. My review of the CD is right here, and we have a featured download of their new single on their AP.net profile (click their name).

Just a reminder - in case you never got the chance to check out New Atlantic's new demos, they're still available for download on the band's AP.net profile.

The Fall Of Troy will still be playing Bamboozle and will still be a part of the "Black Unicorn" tour with He Is Legend, Showbread and Classic Case.

A lot of people have been sending in emails regarding The Fall Of Troy and tonight's show. As of right now the band have not broken up and have no plans to disband. I hope that clears the rumor's floating around.

One of our members (joz) recently uploaded a bunch of Paramore pictures to our gallery. Check those out if you so desire.

Here's the tracklisting for the upcoming Sound of Superman soundtrack. The full press release is also found below. I'm listening to the album right now, and it's pretty good.

1. The Academy Is… “Superman” (The Clique/R.E.M. cover)
2. Plain White T’s “It’s So Easy” (original)
3. The Sun “(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman” (The Kinks cover)
4. Motion City Soundtrack “The Worst Part…” (original)read more]

Cartel's "Honestly" will be heading to radio for adds this week. Call in and request them if you so desire.

No, the shorts haven't come yet. Mail order sucks!

A PunkRockVids.com update is below.

PRV.com Update

We have a new interview up with SILVERSTEIN from a few days ago in London, a live video will follow soon! Check out our new featured band LoveHateHero as well as the other Ferret Records bands videos now available on PRV.

Some e-mails between Tony Brummel of Victory Records and Steve Jobs of Apple have leaked. Read those below.

Tony Brummel And Steve Jobs E-mails

On Apr 12, 2006, at 4:28 PM, ----@victoryrecords.com: ----@victoryrecords.com wrote:
Steve,
I doubt that this will reach you but I figured I'd give it a shot. read more]