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Read More “Albums in Stores – Dec 13th, 2024”Chuck Ragan Announces Tour
Chuck Ragan has announced some new tour dates.
Read More “Chuck Ragan Announces Tour”Darren Doane Talks Directing Blink-182 Music Videos
Rosé Performs on Fallon
Rosé performed a medley on Fallon from her new album.
Read More “Rosé Performs on Fallon”The Darkness – “I Hate Myself”
The Darkness has released the new song “I Hate Myself.”
Read More “The Darkness – “I Hate Myself””Rare HRVRD Concert Footage
Make Your Own Website
Gita Jackson, writing on Aftermath:
Unfortunately, this is what all of the internet is right now: social media, owned by large corporations that make changes to them to limit or suppress your speech, in order to make themselves more attractive to advertisers or just pursue their owners’ ends. Even the best Twitter alternatives, like Bluesky, aren’t immune to any of this—the more you centralize onto one single website, the more power that website has over you and what you post there. More than just moving to another website, we need more websites.
I didn’t realize how important that was until I started my own website, and I didn’t even learn it from helping to run the damn thing. When I meet people at events, they tell me that they’ve set Aftermath as their homepage. People tell me they love interacting with other people in the comments. They tell me it’s one on a small list of websites, not social media, that they check in on every day. People, it seems, actually like going to a website, and they like that we made one.
This entire article speaks to me.
I’ve recently seen similar sentiments from others, like Louis Manta:
In the last 15 years, many people (myself included) were drawn to third-party solutions for presenting ourselves. For our résumés, LinkedIn. For portfolios, Behance and Dribbble. For blogging, Tumblr, Medium, and Substack. Instead of forums, Discord and Slack. But despite each of these advertising some amount of autonomy, in reality you have very little.
By centralizing not just your content, but yourself, on these sites, you rob yourself the opportunity to be more authentically you. In addition, a peer or competitor might appear next to you. It may not be great for you to have your competitor one click away from your own profile.
As I’ve pulled (way) back from social media over the past few years, I’ve found having a place for my writing, that I control, own, and can present how I want even more appealing.
Julien Baker & Torres Perform on Fallon
Julien Baker and Torres performed their new song “Sugar in the Tank” on Fallon.
Read More “Julien Baker & Torres Perform on Fallon”The Blood Brothers Release Live Video
The Blood Brothers have shared a live video for “Trash Flavored Trash.”
Read More “The Blood Brothers Release Live Video”Conor Oberst on New Podcast
Conor Oberst is on the latest Rick Rubin and Malcon Gladwell podcast.
The Receiving End of Sirens Announce Anniversary Show
The Receiving End of Sirens have launched a new website. Two new tour dates have been announced,
Milo From Descendents Vinyl Figure
Encore Toy Company has launched a Kickstarter for their first project: a vinyl collectible inspired by punk legends, Descendents. The full press release can be found below.
Read More “Milo From Descendents Vinyl Figure”Turnover Announce ‘Peripheral Vision’ Tour
Turnover are heading out on a tour to support the ten year anniversary of Peripheral Vision.
Read More “Turnover Announce ‘Peripheral Vision’ Tour”Coheed and Cambria + Mastodon Tour
Coheed and Cambria have announced a tour with Mastodon.
Lauren Mayberry Performs on Kimmel
Lauren Mayberry performed “Something in the Air” on Kimmel.