Over the past few months we've been working on this new site, and we're excited to finally launch it today. We tried to keep our favorite things from the old site while adding some new stuff that would give you more ways to connect with other folks in the community.

We've added some aesthetic stuff (you can choose your site view, with more choices to come), some new features (you can earn points for being active on the site and we'll be doing special offers and promotions around this) and more music, photos, and video than we ever had (some of which we are still loading up).

If you were already signed up for the message boards, your username and password will work on the new site. So sign in, make a profile, post a photo, post a review, add yourself to a show attendees list, and invite your friends! We truly feel that we have the best fans in the world, so we wanted to provide a place where you would want to spend some time. A site like this is a little like a brand new baseball mitt. It needs to be broken in. The more you use it, the better it will get.

Have fun and let us know what you think!

The Avett Brothers