Kanye West was on Ellen yesterday and you can find the appearance below. He had some realness for daytime television.
Kanye West Appears on Ellen
Real Friends – “Mokena” Video
Real Friends have released their new video for “Mokena.”
Beartooth – “Hated”
Between the Buried and Me Tour Dates
Between the Buried and Me have announced some tour dates. You can find them below.
Dashboard Confessional – “May” Video
Dashboard Confessional have released their new song “May.”
PUP Stream ‘The Dream Is Over’
Interview: Frank Turner
Frank Turner is about to return to the United States for another leg of the Positive Songs for Negative People tour. I got a chance to chat with Frank about how he feels about the album now that it’s been out for a little while, why his next record will be more “radical” and “experimental” than anything he’s ever done before, how Butch Walker ended up producing the album, why playing shows with Jason Isbell is a realization of a years-old dream, and how recording the mournful “Song for Josh” in a live setting almost made Turner, a “profoundly, sternly atheist man,” glimpse a higher power.
Father John Misty – “Real Love Baby”
Father John Misty has shared “Real Love Baby.” Check it out below.
Willow Smith – “twentyfortyeight 2.0”
Willow Smith (yes, Will Smith’s daughter) has released her new song “twentyfortyeight 2.0,” produced by Michael Cera (yes, Mr. Manager).
Donkey King Score Achieved
Wes Copeland has broken the all-time record high score for Donkey Kong.
It’s how he took the title, though that’s so staggering. Copeland did not lose a single Mario in the game. He took his first life all the way from the first level all the way to the end, cashing in the extra lives to obliterate all comers.
“This will be my last record score,” Copeland wrote on Facebook. “I don’t believe I can put up a game any higher than this.” Copeland had set 1.2 million as his ultimate goal in Donkey Kong, and said he’d retire from competition if he could reach that.
Tiger Army – “Knife’s Edge”
Tiger Army are now streaming their new song “Knife’s Edge.” The new album will be released this Friday.
Jon Bunch Memorial Show in Philly
An east coast Jon Bunch Memorial Show (benefiting his son, Jack) will take place on Saturday, June 25th at the TLA in Philadelphia. Tickets are $30 and now up for purchase. The line-up includes Further Seems Forever, Garrett Klahn performing Texas is the Reason songs acoustic, Dave Smalley, Vision, War Generation, Second Letter, and Running From Dharma. Sense Field will be performing a full set with guest vocalists, including Richie Birkenhead (Into Another), Jeff Caudill (Gameface), Ari Katz (Lifetime), Garrett Klahn (Texas in the Reason), Fred Mascherino (ex-TBS), Popeye (Farside), and Kenny Vasoli (The Starting Line).
Remains one of my favorite summer albums of all time. More bands should study the choruses on this one IMO. #lessthanjake
Hot Hot Heat – “Kid Who Stays in the Picture” Video
Hot Hot Heat have premiered their new video for “Kid Who Stays in the Picture” on NME.
Google Announces “Google Home”
Google has announced their own little device that lives in your home and you speak to and it does things for you, kind of like the Amazon Echo. From, The Verge:
It’s not portable, but the benefit of always being plugged in is that Google can make a more powerful speaker. Quieroz says that it “really fills the room” and that it will have “strong bass and clear highs.” That’s important, because one of the main use cases Google is foreseeing here is listening to music. The Echo isn’t great at that.
I like the idea of these devices being around and helping me with conversions while cooking, or checking basketball scores, or hopefully one day being able to control more home automation — I’m not convinced on them being great music listening devices yet.1
I’ll reserve judgement until I can hear one in person. I do think this is potentially a great podcast speaker.↩