Coldplay performed “Hymn for the Weekend” and “Up&Up” on Colbert last night. You can find the performances below.
Coldplay Perform on Colbert
Ghostbusters Trailer #2
The second trailer for Ghostbusters has been released. Given that certain factions of the internet are pissed this has women starring in it, and seem intent on bringing it down, I hope it’s a hit.
AMC Share First Five Minutes of ‘Preacher’
AMC have put the first five minutes of their adaptation of Preacher online. Gonna assume this probably isn’t safe for work.
Yeasayer – “Silly Me” Video
Marianas Trench Announce Tour Dates
Marianas Trench have announced some summer tour dates.
Rage Against the Machine Counting Down
Rage Against the Machine have launched a countdown website.
Update: Billboard is reporting that Prophets of Rage is a new project consisting of Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, and Brad Wilk, along with Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Cypress Hill’s B-Real.
The band’s debut is set for Hollywood Palladium on June 3, with a show at L.A.’s Whisky a Go Go planned as well. A 2016 summer tour is also being considered.
HAIM Plays Two New Songs Live
HAIM performed two new songs in Santa Ana, CA last night. You can find some fan shot videos below.
Blink-182 Release 10-Hour Loop of “Built This Pool”
Blink-182 have released a 10-hour loop of “Built This Pool.” Because of course they did.
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‘Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me’
Steven Hyden released his new book, Your Favorite Band is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life, this week.
Beatles vs. Stones. Biggie vs. Tupac. Kanye vs. Taylor. Who do you choose? And what does that say about you? Actually–what do these endlessly argued-about pop music rivalries say about us?
Music opinions bring out passionate debate in people, and Steven Hyden knows that firsthand. Each chapter in Your Favorite Band is Killing Me focuses on a pop music rivalry, from the classic to the very recent, and draws connections to the larger forces surrounding the pairing.
I haven’t read it yet, but I’ve heard really good things and have always enjoyed Steven’s writing.
Issues Stream ‘Headspace’
Issues’ new album, Headspace, can be streamed below.
Riot Fest Announces Lineup
Riot Fest has announced the first wave of the 2016 lineup for Riot Fest & Rodeo (Sept. 2-4, Denver, CO) and Riot Fest & Carnival (Sept. 16-18, Chicago, IL). You can find all the bands, and full press release, below.
Celebration Guns – “The Me That Used To Be” (Video Premiere)
I was feeling oddly nostalgic on the day Celebration Guns sent over this video to see about premiering it on the website, and something about the old home video footage worked so well with the music that it won me over almost instantly. The track, “The Me That Used to Be” comes from the band’s recently released EP of the same name. Frontman, Justin Weir, described the video premise:
The video features footage of me as a super hyperactive kid and while the lyrics have a general theme of reconnecting with youth and the associated beliefs and ideals that came with it, the video features the guys in the band reconnecting with the spirit of youth at an arcade, minigolf, and laser tag. Kind of a more personal look at Celebration Guns that hopefully brings about a nostalgic feeling overall.
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Kesha’s Billboard Music Awards Performance Blocked
Joe Lynch, writing for Billboard, on how Dr. Luke’s record label, Kemosabe Records, is blocking Kesha from playing the Billboard Music Awards:
“Kesha accepted an invitation to perform on the show and she received written approval from Dr. Luke’s record label, Kemosabe Records,” dick clark productions said in a statement. “Kemosabe subsequently rescinded its approval following a media report on Wednesday May 11 regarding Kesha’s appearance on the BBMAs. Unfortunately, Kesha and Kemosabe have since been unable to come to an agreement for Kesha to perform on the show.”
Utterly ridiculous.
Update: The performance is now back on with the following statement from the label:
Kesha’s performance on the Billboard Music Awards was always approved, in good faith. Approval was only suspended when Kemosabe learned Kesha was to use the performance as a platform to discuss the litigation. Now that Kemosabe has obtained assurances, that it is relying upon, from Kesha, her representatives and Dick Clark Productions that neither Kesha nor her supporters will use the performance as such a platform, the approval has been restored.
I repeat: utterly ridiculous.
Explosions in the Sky Livestream This Thursday
NPR Music will be livestreaming Explosions in the Sky’s second of two sold out nights at Washington D.C.’s 9:30 Club this Thursday, May 19th starting at 9:30pm ET on Facebook.
Buddy Nielsen Starts New Project With Finch Members
Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail is singing in a new band with members of Finch, called Speak the Truth, that apparently sounds like “2002.”
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