Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters sat down with Rolling Stone:
To write the lyrics, Grohl rented an AirBnB in Ojai, California. “I brought a case of wine and sat there in my underwear with a microphone for about five days, just writing,” he says. “It happened at the perfect time. I was inspired by what was going on with our country – politically, personally, as a father, an American and a musician. There was a lot to write about.”
Simple Plan’s No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls is coming to vinyl. Pre-orders are up on Amazon and SRC Vinyl.
Belle & Sebastian have debuted their new single “We Were Beautiful.”
Kendrick Lamar has released his video for “Loyalty.”
Trash Boat recently performed an acoustic version of “Brave Face.”
Happy Manchester Orchestra record release day. If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the quote bubble to access our forums and talk about what came out today, what albums you picked up, and to make mention of anything we may have missed.
Fall Out Boy have debuted a new video for “Champion.”
The Killers’ new single “Run For Cover” is up on Spotify and Apple Music.
Trent Reznor recently sat down with Vulture:
I was bummed out by the result. It took the wind out of my sails as far as thinking of direct-to-customer as a sustainable business for a musician. In a way, that experience gave me a preemptive look at music today. You’re not making money from albums; instead they’re a vessel for making people aware of you. That’s what led me to thinking that a singular subscription service clearly is the only way this problem is going to be solved. If we can convert as many music fans as possible to the value of that, in a post-ownership world, it would be the best way to go.
Weezer have released a new video for “Feels Like Summer.”
August Burns Red will release their new album Phantom Anthem on October 6th. Today they’ve debuted a video for “Invisible Enemy” and pre-orders are now up.
The iPod nano and the iPod shuffle are no more:
The iPod touch remains. With its 10th anniversary just a few months away, I wonder how long it has left. In July 2015, Apple gave it the A8 processor from the iPhone 6, along with better cameras and increased storage capacity. The Touch’s pricing and capacities were adjusted today, but the product saw no other changes.
Before recording anything for Manchester Orchestra’s fifth album, Andy Hull aimed to deconstruct what the band was. “My challenge was whatever you’re instinctively going to want to play on the record, try and not do that,” Hull explained to UPROXX earlier this summer, “try and do the opposite of that thing.” Obviously, there isn’t anything like a simple “how-to” guide on achieving such a goal, so the band worked with multiple producers at various studios to create a record that could cement their legacy as one of this era’s great rock bands. And after a year full of obsessive detail, second guessing, and a grueling recording process, Manchester Orchestra emerged with A Black Mile To The Surface, their most majestic and challenging record yet.
The Japanese House recorded two tracks for Spotify. She performed “Face Like Thunder” and a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide.”
Captain, We’re Sinking have released a video for “Don’t Show Bill.”
The track listing for The Killers’ upcoming album can be found below. They’ve also begun teasing the new song “Run for Cover.”
Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie sat down with Stereogum:
We’ve been demoing some songs here and there with Dave [Depper] and Zack [Rae], who are gonna be a part of this next record, people who are members of the band now. I feel like they know our band better than we do, because they were outside of it for so long. Their aesthetic take on the material is so valuable because they were fans of the band before they were in the band, so they could say like, “I want what you think you’re doing with this song, but you’re not pulling it off.”
The new EP from No Trigger, Adult Braces, can be streamed below via PunkNews.
Brand New have announced they’ll be playing The Warfield on September 11th. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow.
