Kacey Musgraves’s new Christmas album, A Very Kacey Christmas, will be released on October 28th, vinyl out on November 18th. A teaser video and artwork can be found below.
Kacey Musgraves Announces Christmas Album
Busted Tease This Friday
Busted has updated their website with a mailing list sign up and a video that just flashes “Fri 9th September” over and over again.
The Front Bottoms Release Demo Sessions
The Front Bottoms released a bunch of demos for stream on their website.
Buzzfeed: Why Apple Killed the Headphone Jack
John Paczkowski, writing at Buzzfeed about Apple killing the headphone jack:
“It was holding us back from a number of things we wanted to put into the iPhone,” Riccio says. “It was fighting for space with camera technologies and processors and battery life. And frankly, when there’s a better, modern solution available, it’s crazy to keep it around.”
It’s hard to imagine Apple’s hardware design team hamstrung by a diminutive legacy port. But when you’re dealing with a computing device with extraordinarily tight dimensional tolerances, there are bound to be challenges. Riccio spends a good 15 minutes explaining them. I’ll try to do it in two.
Like it or hate it — the decision making process really is interesting.
A Wilhelm Scream Announce Some U.S. Tour Dates
A Wilhelm Scream have announced some new U.S. tour dates. You can find those below.
Vanity Fair Cover Story on Bruce Springsteen
David Kamp, with the cover story on Bruce Springsteen for Vanity Fair:
What might better serve the good of the Republic is the planned release, sometime next year, of Springsteen’s first album of entirely new songs since Wrecking Ball. (His last studio album, 2014’s High Hopes, consisted of covers, new recordings of older songs, and orphaned songs from sessions for his preceding albums.) The new album, as yet untitled, has been finished for more than a year but has sat on the shelf while Springsteen has busied himself with the tour and the book.
That makes at least two really good articles in this issue — the other being from Nick Bilton on Theranos.
Preoccupations – “Memory”
Preoccupations’ new song “Memory” can be found below.
SOHN – “Signal” Video
Mute – “Fill the Void” Video
Mute have released their new video for “Fill the Void.”
Fenix TX Post Up Pre-Orders for New EP
Pre-orders for the upcoming Fenix TX EP, Cre-ep, are now available. The EP comes out on September 30th and some previews of the songs can be heard on the album page.
Frank Iero Announces New Album and Band Name Change
Frank Iero and the Patience will release their new album Parachutes on October 28th. They’ve also released the new song “I’m a Mess.”
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Sims Announces New Album ‘More Than Ever’
Jeff Rosenstock – “Wave Goodnight to Me” Video
Jeff Rosenstock will release his new album, Worry, on October 14th. He’s released a video for the new track “Wave Goodnight to Me” and pre-orders are now up.
Dave Grohl’s Mother to Release New Book
Dave Grohl’s mother, Virginia Hanlon Grohl, will be releasing a new book all about rock stars’ moms. It’s called From Cradle to Stage: Stories From the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars and is due out on April 25th, 2017. Pre-orders are now up. A more detailed summary can be found below.
Apple Announces iPhone 7 and AirPods
Apple has announced the iPhone 7. It does not contain a 3.5mm headphone jack, instead including lightning headphones in the box, and an adapter for your old headphones. The adapter is also available separately for $9. Apple has also announced their new wireless headphone solution, dubbed “AirPods.” Those will be available in October and cost $159.
The pitch was actually pretty simple: wireless is better. The devil will be in the details of implementation, but they touted a simple pairing method that looks impressive. If I had to guess, I’d say that as battery life in wireless headphones improves, and as they become more popular and costs drop, wireless will be ubiquitous. Being a 90’s kid will be talking about how you used to have a wire running from your phone to your head all the time. It’s going to be an interesting transition to watch.