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Sponsor: West Friends Release New Full Length
West Friends have released their new album, Junk Drawer, on all streaming platforms. The album is a marriage of the band’s pop-punk influences and crashes onto the scene with a gloriously loud, sarcastic, and secretly sentimental love letter to the pop-punk of our youth.
Jordan and Isaiah both grew up in the Pacific Northwest punk scene and cut their teeth in numerous bands touring basements, couches, and clubs across the west coast. While the theme (and sound) of the record play heavily on the nostalgia millennials all feel for the way things were, it also injects a new energy into the scene. With influences like Yellowcard, Four Year Strong, and blink-182 (of course), there’s bound to be a song on the record that reminds you of the sweaty, sun-burned mosh pits of the 2000’s Warped Tours.
Check it out on your favorite streaming platform and follow the band on Instagram or their website.
Read More “West Friends Release New Full Length”Interview: Summerbruise
Recently I was able to schedule a Zoom call with emo/punk band, Summerbruise, to discuss their slick new single that recently released, called “Never Bothered” and their touring plans. Summerbuise is vocalist/guitarist Mike Newman (he/him), drummer Stanli Fryman (she/her), bassist John Parkison (them/he), and guitarists Mitch Gulish (he/him) and Cora Kunda (she/her). If you’re enjoying this interview, please consider supporting this band here, or check out a show.
Read More “Summerbruise”Mark Hoppus on Pardon My Take
Mark Hoppus’s guest appearance from Pardon My Take is now on YouTube.
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Anchor & Braille – “Rattlesnake”
Anchor & Braille have shared the new song “Rattlesnake.”
Read More “Anchor & Braille – “Rattlesnake””Apple Music Unveils New Culver City Studio Space
Apple Music has unveiled a new studio near its Culver City headquarters, an expansive 15,000-square-foot space the streaming service hopes will serve as an all-in-one creative hub where musicians can come for radio interviews, write and record new music, conduct photo shoots and film video content.
Apple Music Studios opens this summer and will serve as the home for some of Apple Music Radio’s marquee programming including the Zane Lowe Show.
Charli XCX Comments on “Boomer” Critics
Charli XCX has responded on Xitter about the criticism of her using autotune during her Glastonbury set:
really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on my glastonbury performance. it’s super fascinating to me. like the idea that singing with deliberate autotune makes you a fraud or that not having a traditional band suddenly means you must not be a “real artist” is like, the most boring take ever. yawn sorry just fell asleep xx
but to be honest… i enjoy the discourse. imo the best art is divisive and confrontational and often evolves into truly interesting culture rather than being like kind of ok, easily understood and sort of forgettable.
Ben Gibbard Finishes Western States 100-Miler
Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie completed the Wester States 100-miler ultra marathon:
But by mid-afternoon, he was so consumed by the 90-degree heat that he literally couldn’t see straight.
The 48-year-old Seattle resident is a veteran ultrarunner who has finished more than two dozen trail races since 2012, including four previous 100-mile events. But in his first crack at Western States, he thought he was doomed.
“I think I was having heat stroke or something,” Gibbard said. “By the time I got to the top of the canyon at Devil’s Thumb, I couldn’t see. I was really nauseous. I was seeing double and had to lay down. I was shivering even though they were putting blankets on me. I was in bad shape.”
Eventually, Gibbard started to feel better and the aid station volunteers helped him get rejuvenated by sipping warm soup broth. From there, he got back on his feet and continued his journey and made it to the 62-mile aid station in the small town of Foresthill at 8:50 p.m.
Shoutout to my college friend Nick (mentioned in the article) for helping train and pace Ben!
The 1975 Perform at Glastonbury 2025
Some videos from The 1975’s Glastonbury performance can be found below.
Read More “The 1975 Perform at Glastonbury 2025”Probable ‘AI’ Artist Gaining Spotify Traction
Has an AI “artist” topped 474,000 Spotify monthly listeners (and counting) in just weeks? It sure seems that way, and the development is raising new questions about machine-generated tracks’ streaming prevalence.
Word of that presumably AI-powered “band,” The Velvet Sundown, appears to have started circulating earlier this week on Reddit. There, multiple users said some of the relevant tracks had arrived in their Discover Weekly playlists.
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Robert Smith Performs with Olivia Rodrigo
Robert Smith of The Cure came out to perform with Olivia Rodrigo during her Glastonbury set. Some fan-shot videos can be found below.
Read More “Robert Smith Performs with Olivia Rodrigo”Deerhoof Removes Catalog From Spotify
Deerhoof have pulled their music from Spotify in response to reports that the streaming platform’s CEO, Daniel Ek, serves as chairman of Helsing:
We don’t want our music killing people. We don’t want our success being tied to AI battle tech. Spotify only pays a pittance anyway, and we earn a lot more from touring. But we also understand that other artists and labels do rely on Spotify for a bigger chunk of their income, and don’t judge those who can’t make the same move in the short term.
Marilyn Manson’s UK Concert Canceled After Protest Campaign
Marilyn Manson‘s October 29th show in Brighton, England, which was set to kick off his fall UK tour, has been canceled after pleas from a local politician and other protestors. Parliament member Sian Berry penned a letter that was co-signed by various victim support groups and the University of Sussex student union. In the letter, Berry wrote, “Many survivors in Brighton and Hove, and organisations supporting them, will have serious concerns about this booking and its wider impact on other people visiting the city centre, local residents and the wider community.”
New Scott Sellers Interview
Scott Sellers talked with PunkRockTheory about his new album:
I never talked much about mental health with Rufio. I feel like those songs were surface level. Material things. As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized the importance of talking about the shit that’s going on in my brain. To friends. To family. To anyone who is listening. Talking freely about anxiety, or depression, or just mental health in general is a VERY hard thing to do- especially to someone who hasn’t experienced the same issues. A lot of people think that anxiety and/or depression equals suicide. Or self harm. Or substance abuse. Sure, those things do happen with some people, but I’m convinced that the majority of these people (me included) want to LIVE. And live a clean, and happy, and healthy life. Talking about about it in song is a lot easier for me. Talking about it via an email interview is cool too.
Update on The Ataris Album
Kris of The Ataris has shared on Instagram that there’s only one guitar track and a few vocals left to do on the album. I should be completed in August (and released next year).
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