Riot Fest has put together one of the most impressive festival lineups of the year and tickets are on sale and going fast. The bands have been announced for Riot Fest & Rodeo in Denver and Riot Fest & Carnival in Chicago. There are performances from The Original Misfits (featuring Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only and Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein), Ween, Death Cab for Cutie, Deftones, Underoath, Brand New, Motion City Soundtrack, and many more. Chicago has Thursday and Jimmy Eat World’s first show of 2016, basically if you like the music covered on this website — you’ll love Riot Fest.
Interview: The Rest of the APMA Red Carpet Interviews
In order to get the rest of the APMA red carpet interviews out to you as fast as possible, we’ve decided to release the rest of them all at once.
- Chelsea Grin
- Emo Night Founders
- From Ashes to New
- I Prevail
- I See Stars
- Less Than Jake
- Memphis May Fire
- Moose Blood
- Pop Evil
- Set it Off
- State Champs
- The Word Alive
- Vanna
Hope you enjoy them!
Hey-Siri: A site that tracks all the things you can ask Siri.
Daughter – “No Care” Video
The Most Famous Band Formed Each Year Since 1951
Alison O’Brien, writing for Pretty Famous:
PrettyFamous, an entertainment research site by Graphiq, found the most famous band formed each year since 1951. To do this, they created a customized Band Score on a scale of 1 to 100 based on a weighted average of a band’s Wikipedia page views in the last 30 days, page views of album releases and total number of Spotify followers.
Some fun ones: Brand New (2000), Fall Out Boy (2001), ABBA (1972), and Pink Floyd (1965).
Opeth – “Sorceress”
PVRIS Have 45 Songs Written for New Album
It looks like PVRIS have 45 songs written for their new album.
Kickstarter’s Impact on Economy
A new study by the University of Pennsylvania looks at how Kickstarter impacts the economy. The Kickstarter blog has a run down of the findings:
- Employed 283,000 part-time collaborators in bringing creative projects to life.
- Created 8,800 new companies and nonprofits, and 29,600 full-time jobs.
- Generated more than $5.3 billion in direct economic impact for those creators and their communities.
Frank Ocean Launches Live Stream; New Album on Friday
Frank Ocean has launched a mysterious live stream.
Furthermore, The New York Times is reporting that the new album, Boys Don’t Cry, will be released on Friday exclusively (for two weeks) through Apple Music:
Mr. Ocean, the innovative and enigmatic R&B singer, is set to release his next album, “Boys Don’t Cry,” on Friday through an exclusive deal with Apple Music, according to a person with knowledge of the release plans. The release is also expected to include a major video and a printed publication called “Boys Don’t Cry” that will be distributed at Apple stores.
The Killers Announce ‘Sam’s Town’ Reissue; 10th Anniversary Shows
The Killers will release a 10-year anniversary reissue of Sam’s Town this fall. The new pressing will include two bonus tracks and be limited to 5,016 copies. The band will also be playing two shows on September 30th and October 1st at Las Vegas’ Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall.
Sports Stream Debut EP
Gawker Media Founder Files for Bankruptcy
Peter Sterne, writing for Politico, on how Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker Media, has filed for bankruptcy:
“Gawker Media Group’s resilient brands and people will thrive under new ownership, when the sale closes in the next few weeks,” he wrote. “On this bitter day for me, I am consoled by the fact that my colleagues will soon be freed from this tech billionaire’s vendetta.”
Hogan sued Denton, Gawker and Daulerio in 2012, after the news site published a short excerpt of one of Hogan’s sex tapes. Peter Thiel, a billionaire technology venture capitalist who dislikes Gawker, secretly funded Hogan’s lawsuit against the company.
Sum 41’s ‘Chuck’ Gets New Vinyl Pressing
Thirty Seconds to Mars Release Teaser Video
Thirty Seconds to Mars have released a new teaser video.