Most people talk about slumps when they talk about sophomore albums, but our friends at AbsolutePunk  posted a Thursday discussion  yesterday on great sophomore albums. We wanted to get in on some of the action today, so I wrote up a list of some of my favorite sophomore albums and I’m hoping you’ll let us know what albums fit that criteria for you. Check out the list below and feel free to reblog this post or comment in the  AP.net thread ! blink-182 -  Dude Ranch You can find people who like more than “Carousel” and “M+M’s ...

Peoria, Illinois’ The Forecast have spent the last decade churning out plainspoken midwestern emo and country-tinged rock to relatively little fanfare.  Perhaps that lack of recognition is unsurprising for there is nothing flashy to what they do: no costumes or theatrics (visual or musical), no overt artsy-ness, no craven catering to either the over or underground.  The Forecast specialize in honest, hardworking nose-to-the-grindstone Rock and Roll — and they do it very, very well. If they never rise above cult status, it at least appears that their cult has got their backs: Everybody Left was funded by fan donations via Kickstarter ...

Joe Trohman (Fall Out Boy, The Damned Things) and Josh Newton (The Damned Things) recently started a new band called With Knives. Within a few months, the band has put out an EP and has started to play shows. PropertyOfZack had the chance to speak with Joe a few weeks ago to discuss the origin of the band, making choices with no labels or management, loyal fans from previous projects, and much more. Check it all out below! With Knives was announced halfway through January, after The Damned Things were taking a break for the rest of the year. At ...

William Beckett was the frontman and primary songwriter for emo-pop mainstays The Academy Is…, but as that beast melted down slowly over the last two years, bested by the crucible of label demands and outside pressures that only increased as popular tastes (and radio programmers) drifted away from rock music, it often appeared as though Beckett had lost control of his creation, and maybe lost his mojo in the process. So while news that Beckett was putting TAI to rest and moving forward without a label may have been met with consternation from his fans, there was also reason to ...

Several months ago, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy posted a blog that made it seem like he would be walking away from his music career until a further point in time. Stump has now released another blog to confirm with fans that he is actually not quitting music, but is exploring other areas in his life while co-writing with other artists. Check out the full blog below by clicking “Read More.” Related Stories: Patrick Stump Joins Improv Theatre Group Patrick Stump To Appear On ‘House’ All Time Low Writing With Patrick Stump Brendan Kelly Discusses Patrick Stump Statement Patrick ...

It looks like Patrick Stump will be joining an improv theatre group on his hiatus from music. Check out a full article on it here and a snippet of it below by clicking “Read More.” Related Stories: Patrick Stump To Appear On ‘House’ All Time Low Writing With Patrick Stump Brendan Kelly Discusses Patrick Stump Statement Patrick Stump Opens Up About Being Tied To FOB; Dissapearing From The Performing World   The “Soul Punk” singer is currently admist internet speculation that he has joined the new intake of comics at  Upright Citizens Brigade  (‘ UCB ’); a theatre family in LA and NYC ...

With Knives , featuring Damned Things members Joe Trohman ( Fall Out Boy ) and Josh Newton ( Every Time I Die ) have announced a tour of the east coast and midwest in support of their self-released record, Schadenfreude .

In support of their debut EP 'Schadenfreude' released last month on the band's own Son Of Man NYC imprint, New York rock band With Knives (featuring members Joe Trohman, formerly of Fall Out Boy and The Damned Things and Josh Newton, formerly of Every Time I Die, Shiner, Season To Risk, The Damned Things), are upcoming summer US tour dates, taking place throughout the Midwest and Northeast United States. In addition, the band has just launched the worldwide release of their new EP, now available through all major digital retail outlets including iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and others.

With Knives (ex- Every Time I Die , The Damned Things , Fall Out Boy ) have announced a run of dates this summer in the Northeast and Midwest. Dates are below. Further, the band's debut EP Schadenfreude has been released through all major digital retail outlets. The effort was previously available only through Bandcamp.

With Knives (Fall Out Boy, The Damned Things) are heading out on tour this summer. Check out the dates below by clicking “Read More.” June 20 Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar * June 22 Philadelphia, PA @ TWOB House ^% June 23rd TBA ^# June 24th Brooklyn, NY @ Legion ^#& June 27th Pittsburgh, PA @ The Smiling Moose ~ June 28th Toledo, OH @ Frankies Inner City ~ June 29th Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar ~$ June 30th Chicago, IL @ The Subterranean / July 1st Dubuque, IA @ Off Minor / * = w/ The Life And Times, Beta Capsule (ex Shiner, Coalesce, The Esoteric) ^ = w/ Carved Up % = w/ Sic Bacchus # = w/ Cavale & = w ...

In support of their debut EP 'Schadenfreude' released last month on the band's own Son Of Man NYC imprint, New York rock band With Knives (featuring members Joe Trohman, formerly of Fall Out Boy and The Damned Things and Josh Newton, formerly of Every Time I Die, Shiner, Season To Risk, The Damned Things), are announcing the worldwide release of their new EP via digital retail outlets iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and more on Tuesday, May 15th, at which point the band will be taking the free/name your own price option off of their bandcamp page .

*Fall Out Boy* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/falloutboy)'s Take This To Your Grave released 9 years ago, yesterday. Submitted by Boucher187

Our friends over at AbsolutePunk posted a great Thursday Discussion today titled That Band Shouldabeenhuge! As you can guess, the discussion focusses on some of your favorite bands, that regardless of their small-scale success, never blew up in the way you quite imagined they would. Whether it be Midtown, The Starting Line, or even All Time Low (in a sense), the band’s we often think will hit the success of blink-182 or Fall Out Boy just don’t. You can check out the full AbsolutePunk discussion here . Reblog this post or comment on the AP.net thread to us ...

*Enabler* (http://enablermke.bandcamp.com/album/all-hail-the-void) (featuring Andy Hurley) have posted a brand new (http://enablermke.bandcamp.com/album/all-hail-the-void) song, called "Speechless."

However Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz isn't so keen…