This week’s newsletter has some thoughts on The Starting Line’s streaming performances and the usual commentary on music, movies, and TV shows I’ve been enjoying recently. There’s also a playlist of ten songs I liked this week, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Read More “Liner Notes (January 16th, 2021)”
American Thrills are a punk rock band from Connecticut featuring members of The Tired and True (Eulogy Records) and Shut up and Deal. Founded in early 2020, during a pandemic the band came together to write their debut self-titled EP. The EP was engineered by Nick Bellmore (Make Do and Mend, Hatebreed) and mixed and mastered by John Naclerio (Brand New, Bayside). The band’s unique blend of upbeat punk rock with hooks for days, and a sprinkle of Midwest emo, caught the attention of New School Records (No Trigger, Twenty2), and the new EP is out now.
Also, the band have now released the album on vinyl.
Read More “My Thanks to American Thrills”
Icon for Hire have shared a video for “Last One Standing.”
Read More “Icon for Hire – “Last One Standing” Video”
Dessa will be releasing a new single on the 15th of each month, the first is called “Rome.”
Read More “Dessa – “Rome” Video”
Hayley Williams rendition of “Teardrop” is now on all streaming platforms.
Read More “Hayley Williams – “Teardrop””
Kali Masi have released a video for “Trophy Deer.”
Read More “Kali Masi – “Trophy Deer” Video”
Thrice have released Palms (Acoustic Sessions for Octane) to all streaming platforms.
Read More “Thrice Share Acoustic Sessions”
Cathedral Bells have released a video for “Dark Aura.”
Read More “Cathedral Bells – “Dark Aura” Video”
In 2019, we began rolling out the Bandcamp Vinyl Pressing Service to a small group of pilot artists. The service eliminates risk, since your fans’ orders—not you—finance the pressing. It eliminates hassle, since we coordinate production, ship the records to fans, fulfill digital, and handle customer support. It offers complete control, with the design and pricing up to you, and Bandcamp taking no ownership of the record. It maximizes your odds of success since we automatically notify your followers when you launch a campaign and they can easily use their saved credit card and shipping info. And most importantly, it works: Over the course of 50 successful pilot projects, we fine-tuned both the product and our production and fulfillment operations, and shipped 13,000 records to happy fans in 65 countries.
We’re now ready to offer vinyl pressing to the wider Bandcamp community and have just enabled and sent invites to 10,000 of you.
And speaking of streams, The Starting Line’s Based on a True Story concert airs tonight. I watched the Direction one last weekend and the quality was fantastic. I highly recommend these for any fan of the band.
Just a reminder that Jimmy Eat World’s livestream series kicks off tonight.
Fall Out Boy have been announced as a musical guest for Joe Biden’s pre-inauguration concert. And it makes since, because as you probably know if you’ve seen any of the viral content going around, Joe Biden is basically the reason we have Fall Out Boy.
Read More “Fall Out Boy to Play Pre-Inauguration Concert”
Descendents have released the new song “That’s The Breaks.”
Read More “Descendents – “That’s The Breaks””
Wild Pink have shared the new song “Oversharers Anonymous.”
Read More “Wild Pink – “Oversharers Anonymous” Video”
This video is worth watching just for the cameo. I don’t want to spoil it because it made me laugh.
Read More “Felt Emo Again, Might Delete”
