Drakeis back at number one on the charts this week. Mac Miller is at number two, the Suicide Squad soundtrack is at three.
Views maintains the most weeks at No. 1 for an album by an artist since Adele’s 21 notched 24 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 (March 12, 2011-June 23, 2012), and the most weeks atop the list for a man since Billy Ray Cyrus’ Some Gave All ruled for 17 straight frames in 1992 (June 13-Oct. 3).
The notable bands on your television this week include: The Lumineers (Kimmel; 9/26), Metallica (Fallon; 9/29), Regina Spektor (Colbert; 9/27), Jimmy Eat World (Colbert; 9/29), Regina Spektor (Corden; 9/29), Blood Orange (Noah; 9/29).
Eriq Gardner, writing at The Hollywood Reporter, on record labels starting to sue some of the YouTube to MP3 ripping websites:
On Monday, the plaintiffs filed a copyright lawsuit in California federal court, stating, “Stream ripping has become a major threat to the music industry, functioning as an unlawful substitute for the purchase of recorded music and the purchase of subscriptions to authorized streaming services.”
With a few simple mouse clicks, the lawsuit reports, infringing copies of sound recordings are made available in MP3 format. The plaintiffs suggest that “tens, or even hundreds, of millions of tracks are illegally copied and distributed by stream ripping services each month.”
Bon Iver premiered “8 (circle)” on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show.
Bloomberg is reporting that the Walt Disney Co. is looking at making a bid for Twitter:
The Walt Disney Co. is working with a financial adviser to evaluate a possible bid for Twitter Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. After receiving interest in discussing a deal, Twitter has started a process to evaluate a potential sale. Salesforce.com Inc. is also considering a bid, working with Bank of America on the process, according to other people, who declined to be named because the matter is private.
So Disney could own the happiest place on earth, and one of the biggest collections of hatred the world has ever seen.
Metallica have released their new video for “Moth Into Flame.”
Twenty One Pilots did a video interview with Billboard where they discussed working on their next album.
Bruce Springsteen was recently on Steven Colbert’s show. A playlist of his segment can be found on YouTube.
G.L.O.S.S. have broken up. A message from the band can be found below.
Lexington, KY band Too Close To Touch’s sophomore album, Haven’t Been Myself, is now available. Recently nominated for “Best Underground Band” at the Alternative Press Music Awards, Too Close To Touch again teamed up with producer Erik Ron (Issues, Set It Off) in the making of their new album. Throughout the album, the band builds a heavy tension with their urgent rhythms and impassioned guitar work, then obliterates that tension with each explosive chorus.
Catch Too Close To Touch on The Retrograde tour this fall with Crown The Empire, Bless The Fall, News Years Day, and Light Up The Sky. For more information, visit their website, and check out the tour dates below.
Morrissey covered the Ramones’ “Judy is a Punk” live at Brooklyn, NY’s King’s Theatre.
All Time Low performed an acoustic version of “Missing You” for Sirus XM.
Seth Stevenson, writing for The Wall Street Journal, on Snapchat’s new hardware product, “Spectacles.”
What initially appears to be a normal pair of sunglasses turns out to be Spectacles, the first hardware product from Snap Inc., as the firm has been newly christened (Spiegel is refreshing the company name because its offerings now go beyond the Snapchat app). When you slip Spectacles on and tap a button near the hinge, it records up to 10 seconds of video from your first-person vantage. Each new tap records another clip.
They’re hideous and I expect to see them at concerts in the not so distant future.
Casey Crescenzo of The Dear Hunter was the most recent guest on Mike Herrera’s podcast:
Casey is a singer/song writer and is most notably known for his work in bands The Dear Hunter, and The Receiving End of Sirens. In episode 170 Mike and Casey cover a wide variety of interesting topics that range from head transplants to video rotoscoping. So kick back, enjoy yourself, and maybe even learn some stuff.
Matt Healy of The 1975 sat down with Rolling Stone:
You chose to do without a shirt for Saturday Night Live.
I wanted to be particularly obnoxious that night. I thought I was being kind of post-ironic and subversive, but it turns out that people in Kansas thought I was an absolute dick.
Every Time I Die released their new album, Low Teens, yesterday. I think you should definitely check it out if you haven’t yet. Every Time I Die are one of those bands that every time I listen to I realize how much I enjoy, but I always forget when talking about bands with the best catalogs. Anyway, this album is no doubt up there with the best the band have done — and you should give it a listen. My sincere thanks to the band and Epitaph Records for sponsoring the website this week, it means so much to me to see bands I love and respect working with us.
Every Time I Die will be on tour this fall with Beartooth, Fit For a King, and Old Wounds. Tickets are on sale now and all the dates can be found below.
Geffen/UMe will be releasing a box set of seven of Blink-182’s albums on vinyl on October 7th. Just in time for the holidays.
Every Time I Die have released their new video for “It Remembers” (feat. Brendon Urie).
