Aparna Nancherla thinks depression is funny, or at least her goal is to make listeners laugh when she talks about the topic. The DC native has received the attention of Conan O’Brien, Amy Schumer, Wyatt Cenac, Adam Devine, and many other prestigious comedians. Nancherla fit right in on the comedy stage at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival and you can find a video of our talk about her new album below.
Riot Fest have announced the final additions to their 2016 festivals in Denver, CO and Chicago, IL, as well as the single-day lineups. Single-day and multi-day tickets go on sale today at 10:00am PDT. You can find the full press release below.
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Taking Back Sunday’s new single “Tidal Wave” is up on Apple Music. You’ll find the track listing for the album, and artwork, below.
Blink-182’s second episode of “The Drop” for Spotify has been released. This one is an interview with Travis Barker.
Taking Back Sunday have announced, via Entertainment Weekly, that they will release Tidal Wave on September 16th.
When asked if he would classify Tidal Wave as part of the emo genre associated with their past albums, Lazzara explains, “Look, in my mind every album anyone’s ever written is an emo album because there’s a lot of emotion that goes into all of that. You can’t listen to ‘Hey Jude’ and tell me that’s not an emo song. I don’t like being pigeonholed because I think there’s more to it than that. I think this record highlights that very well, so no I wouldn’t consider it an emo record in the traditional sense of the word.”
So … The Beatles: greatest emo band of all time?
Of Mice & Men have released the video for their new single, “Pain.” Cold World will be released on September 9th via Rise Records.
One of my favorite things about the forums is watching talented and motivated people come together to make awesome things. Today I’m excited to feature the latest in the “member compilation” series that has been taking shape in our music forum — a tribute to Saves the Day. Below you’ll find a stream of the 12-track cover album dedicated to the band.
Music Forum: Best of 2016 — so far.
Drake is once again at the top of the Billboard charts. This is the eighth week I’ve typed some variation of that while doing this post. Red Hot Chili Peppers come in at number two.
Back on the new Billboard 200 chart, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ The Getaway arrives at No. 2 with 118,000 equivalent album units (108,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the seventh top 10 album for the rock band, and third to hit the No. 2 slot (following their last studio album, 2011’s I’m With You, and 2002’s By the Way; the Chili Peppers have notched one No. 1 album: Stadium Arcadium, in 2006).
This week on your television: We Are Scientists (6/30; Colbert), Pierce the Veil (6/27; Conan), Maxwell (6/30; Kimmel), Blink-182 (7/1; Good Morning America), Blink-182 (7/1; Colbert).1
Basement have announced a mini US tour. The dates can be found below.
Birds in the Airport (Tom Breyfogle of Relient K) performed a concert with a string quartet live on 91.3 The Summit FM in Akron, Ohio on Friday. You can listen to the performance below.
Pre-orders are up for the Bouncing Souls’ new album, Simplicity.