ABSOLUTExclusive: Sugar Glyder Acoustic Video Premiere

absolutepunk:

Today we are premiering a new acoustic live video from Sugar Glyder for “Love Run Low,” performed at Earshot Records in Greenville, SC. Hit the replies to watch the video. The song comes from their recently released album, The Eyes: They See. The band will soon join The Orphan, The Poet and Squid the Whale as support for You, Me, and Everyone We Know from May 10th-May 18th followed by a quick Northeast stint with Paper Route from May 23-May 25th.

ABSOLUTExclusive: Alabaster Song Premiere

absolutepunk:

Today we are giving you the first taste of the new Alabaster EP, The Villain In Me, out May 7th. Head to their AP.net Profile or the replies to hear “Pendulum.” Recently, the band has opened for Yellowcard and done 6 showcases at SXSW this year. Fans of bands like Paramore and We Are The In Crowd with a bit more of a rock edge should dig this.

chorusfm: Well, it’s the start of the new week and if you’re visiting APnet on a mobile device right now … you’ve probably noticed that we’ve got a brand new mobile site. This is the culmination of countless hours of work and testing and dedication from all the AP.net staff and quite a few active beta testers — we’re pretty proud of how it came out. To celebrate, we’re throwing a contest … and all of those details can be found below. But first, I want to highlight a few things about the new mobile site and also open this thread (as well as this one in the general forum) to any questions or comments you may have. Our website is ever evolving, and it’s from feedback from you, the user, that helps us continue to tailor our community to give you the best experience. So, here’s a few basic tips and tricks about the new mobile site: It should automatically work if you’re using a supported mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Android 4.0 or higher, BlackBerry 10, and Windows Phone 8) … if your device isn’t on that list, it’s because we haven’t been able to test it enough to know for sure you’ll be able to use it without any issues. So, we’ve kept the “old” mobile website around for all other phones. If you’d like to try out the new mobile site on your phone, just to see if it works, you can go here — if it doesn’t work — or you just prefer the old mobile website, you can go here. If you’re ever viewing the mobile website and you prefer to view the desktop site instead, you can click the menu (top left) and select “Desktop Site” at the bottom of the menu. If the menu is inaccessible, you can click here. From the desktop site you can view the mobile version at anytime by selecting it from the menu at the bottom of every page, under the “connect” header. Or click here. The navigation menu is on the left top of your screen. The “action menu” on the top right of your screen contains actions you can perform on each page (in forums it has post options, in the album review section it has search and sort options, etc.). When you are in a thread if you want to quickly jump to the bottom of the page, double tap with your finger. If you’d like to quickly go to the top of the screen (on iOS devices you can tap the black status bar — where the clock and battery indicator is) you can drag your finger from the left to the right of the page. When you are browsing the forums (or your followed threads page, or the album reviews/interviews, or your inbox) you can always select a particular thread by clicking the title. BUT, if you’d like more options (like going to the last page of a thread, or going to the first unread post of a thread) — you can tap the gray arrow that is on the far right of the screen. This will pop-up a special menu that makes browsing around the website even easier. Tapping the word “absolutepunk” at the top will always take you to the homepage. The little blue dots/icons stand for “unread/new” on the site. You’ll see them on threads with new posts, or private messages you haven’t read, and one will pop-up on the top menu to let you know if you have new notifications (private messages, direct replies, etc.). Artist profiles now work on mobile. So if you click a band name you can see all the news from the band right from your pocket. The website works pretty awesomely as a homescreen app. Any other questions/comments/thoughts can be posted in the replies here, or this thread in the general forum. I’ll be spending most of the next few days checking them and answering questions, or helping troubleshoot, and looking for bugs. This is just the 1.0 release of the new mobile site — and I’m already working on the next version (bringing in member profiles, fixing up some of the bugs we’ve found, and making it an even better mobile experience). Plus, once the mobile site gets all fixed up — we’ll be working on the elephant in the room: a new desktop website. So, stay tuned. You made it this far huh? You read all my rambling??? You should be rewarded! We’re throwing a contest to celebrate the release of the new mobile website and we’re going to give a way some giftcards. It’s a mobile site for a music website — so it makes sense to give away some giftcards that are music related. So, I’ve got a bunch of iTunes and Rdio giftcards (winners can pick which they want) that I’m going to give away to members that post about the new AP.net mobile website on some sort of social site. On twitter? You just have to follow us and make a tweet about the new mobile site with @absolutepunk at the end of the tweet, I’ll pick my favorites later this week. On Facebook? Make sure you like us, and then share this photo. Tumblr? Share this photo. I’ll be combing through all of these, as well as my favorite posts in our forums, over the week and selecting winners to get some giftcards. Music wins. Hope you enjoy! And as always — you, the community, are what makes us special. We love you.
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chorusfm:

Well, it’s the start of the new week and if you’re visiting APnet on a mobile device right now … you’ve probably noticed that we’ve got a brand new mobile site. This is the culmination of countless hours of work and testing and dedication from all the AP.net staff and quite a few active beta testers — we’re pretty proud of how it came out. To celebrate, we’re throwing a contest … and all of those details can be found below. But first, I want to highlight a few things about the new mobile site and also open this thread (as well as this one in the general forum) to any questions or comments you may have. Our website is ever evolving, and it’s from feedback from you, the user, that helps us continue to tailor our community to give you the best experience.

So, here’s a few basic tips and tricks about the new mobile site:

  1. It should automatically work if you’re using a supported mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Android 4.0 or higher, BlackBerry 10, and Windows Phone 8) … if your device isn’t on that list, it’s because we haven’t been able to test it enough to know for sure you’ll be able to use it without any issues. So, we’ve kept the “old” mobile website around for all other phones. If you’d like to try out the new mobile site on your phone, just to see if it works, you can go here — if it doesn’t work — or you just prefer the old mobile website, you can go here.

  2. If you’re ever viewing the mobile website and you prefer to view the desktop site instead, you can click the menu (top left) and select “Desktop Site” at the bottom of the menu. If the menu is inaccessible, you can click here. From the desktop site you can view the mobile version at anytime by selecting it from the menu at the bottom of every page, under the “connect” header. Or click here.

  3. The navigation menu is on the left top of your screen. The “action menu” on the top right of your screen contains actions you can perform on each page (in forums it has post options, in the album review section it has search and sort options, etc.).

  4. When you are in a thread if you want to quickly jump to the bottom of the page, double tap with your finger. If you’d like to quickly go to the top of the screen (on iOS devices you can tap the black status bar — where the clock and battery indicator is) you can drag your finger from the left to the right of the page.

  5. When you are browsing the forums (or your followed threads page, or the album reviews/interviews, or your inbox) you can always select a particular thread by clicking the title. BUT, if you’d like more options (like going to the last page of a thread, or going to the first unread post of a thread) — you can tap the gray arrow that is on the far right of the screen. This will pop-up a special menu that makes browsing around the website even easier.

  6. Tapping the word “absolutepunk” at the top will always take you to the homepage.

  7. The little blue dots/icons stand for “unread/new” on the site. You’ll see them on threads with new posts, or private messages you haven’t read, and one will pop-up on the top menu to let you know if you have new notifications (private messages, direct replies, etc.).

  8. Artist profiles now work on mobile. So if you click a band name you can see all the news from the band right from your pocket.

  9. The website works pretty awesomely as a homescreen app.

Any other questions/comments/thoughts can be posted in the replies here, or this thread in the general forum. I’ll be spending most of the next few days checking them and answering questions, or helping troubleshoot, and looking for bugs. This is just the 1.0 release of the new mobile site — and I’m already working on the next version (bringing in member profiles, fixing up some of the bugs we’ve found, and making it an even better mobile experience). Plus, once the mobile site gets all fixed up — we’ll be working on the elephant in the room: a new desktop website. So, stay tuned.

You made it this far huh? You read all my rambling??? You should be rewarded!

We’re throwing a contest to celebrate the release of the new mobile website and we’re going to give a way some giftcards. It’s a mobile site for a music website — so it makes sense to give away some giftcards that are music related. So, I’ve got a bunch of iTunes and Rdio giftcards (winners can pick which they want) that I’m going to give away to members that post about the new AP.net mobile website on some sort of social site. On twitter? You just have to follow us and make a tweet about the new mobile site with @absolutepunk at the end of the tweet, I’ll pick my favorites later this week. On Facebook? Make sure you like us, and then share this photo. Tumblr? Share this photo. I’ll be combing through all of these, as well as my favorite posts in our forums, over the week and selecting winners to get some giftcards. Music wins.

Hope you enjoy! And as always — you, the community, are what makes us special. We love you.

ABSOLUTExclusive: Dear You Song Premiere

absolutepunk:

Today we are excited to bring you the first taste of what Dear You have been working on for their upcoming sophomore EP, Faith, Fear, and Hope. Head to their AP.net Profile or the replies to hear “Black and White,” their new single. The single drops tomorrow and the EP comes out on September 17th. If you’re a fan of fast-paced pop-punk, don’t sleep on this one.

Show Review: The Gaslight Anthem with Matt Mays

absolutepunk:

Read our show review of the April 26th Austin stop of The Gaslight Anthem’s tour with Matt Mays. Be sure to check out photos from the show.

To me, The Gaslight Anthem just sounds like American rock music should. Listening to their records makes me wonder what it must have been like growing up in the 70s or 80s, and I can’t help but feel like this is the type of music my dad and his friends grew up listening to. Gaslight represent the new face of rock and roll music, and each member delivers exactly this on stage. Seeing the band live made me realize exactly why we all their songs so much – simpler, older times brought to life today. As one of the defining rock bands of our generation, The Gaslight Anthem know exactly how to execute a rock concert all the way through the encore.

ABSOLUTExclusive: Someone Somewhere Song Premiere

absolutepunk:

Members of La Bella Charade have started Someone Somewhere. Today, we are premiering their first song, “Get In, Let Go,” which can be heard on their AP.net Profile or in the replies. Fans of bands like The American Scene, The Swellers, and Transit should dig this one.

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