Artist Vice Release Debut EP

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Artist Vice are a rock trio from Charlotte, NC. Long time friends Alex Stewart (vocals/guitar/piano), drummer Austin Eller, and bassist Josh Geddings have been playing music and touring over the past decade in different projects but recently joined forces to create Artist Vice. The outfit has released their debut EP, Jot it Down, Get it Out, to showcase their uplifting rock ‘n roll. These seasoned songwriters and music enthusiasts plan to premiere their music in the only fashion they know … by being completely authentic.

You can check out the new EP on Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp.

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Review: Microwave – Death is a Warm Blanket

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Microwave - Death is a Warm Blanket

The haunting first lyrics on “Leather Daddy” from Microwave ‘s latest record, Death is a Warm Blanket, come in packed with depth, substance, and relatability. When front-man/guitarist Nathan Hardy sings, “If you don’t want to talk, then just don’t talk /I’m fine with us just sitting in silence / If you want me to go then just say so / You can drop me off somewhere / I don’t know…I don’t have anywhere to go,” it’s nearly impossible not point to a relationship or friendship in the past or present that fits in with this rhetoric. We’ve all been in relationships when things just aren’t clicking, and it feels like we reach a point where we stop caring. Microwave are able to bottle up a ton of angst and polish it up enough to make an album worthy of being engulfed in.

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What Does Blink-182 Want to Say?

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Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 talks with Vogue about the band’s new album:

For their new material, the group asked themselves one question: What do we have to say about the world today? “The world is in a really strange place right now,” lead singer Hoppus tells Vogue. “This record is about being a human being in 2019: the joy, fear, and anxiety of it.” He’s not wrong. From a U.S. president who’s more corrupt than ever to technology making us all feel disconnected and sad (“people are growing distant from one another,” Hoppus says), the daily headlines can be, well, a tad overwhelming; on Nine, Blink-182 use music to cope with it all.

Liner Notes (September 20th, 2019)

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Happy Blink-182 day.

In this week’s newsletter, I celebrate the release of new Blink-182 music, share some thoughts on the new album from Tegan and Sara, and offer random thoughts about the other albums I spent some time with this week. I also go through my weekly media diet and share a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed this week. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.

If you’d like this newsletter delivered to your inbox each week (it’s free and available to everyone), you can sign up here.

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