Frontman Van McCann and guitarist Johnny Bond talk about Catfish and the Bottlemen’s second album The Ride, how playing live informs everything they do, and why the band is only getting warmed up.
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Kings Of Leon have released the new song “Reverend.”
Green Day recently performed on The Howard Stern Show. You can stream the five songs below.
Sparrow Sleeps, known mostly for their lullaby cover albums, will be releasing an original album for kids that features singers such as Ryan Key, Will Pugh, Ace Enders, and many more. You’ll find the full track listing below, along with a stream of “The Sugar Song” (ft. Kailynn West of Tiny Stills and Tony Thaxton of Motion City Soundtrack). The album will be out on October 21st and pre-orders are now up.
There are quite a few albums out today that I already know I like: Green Day, NOFX, and Joyce Manor, but I’ll also be checking out the new Sum 41 and Balance and Composure as well. If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the quote bubble to access our forums and talk about what came out today, what albums you picked up, and to make mention of anything we may have missed.
John McPhee, writing in the New Yorker:
Do I remember when I had my first drink? Absolutely. We were playing football at the corner of Prospect Avenue and Murray Place. I was ten years old. We’re talking whiskey. I have no idea what kind. This was pickup, sandlot, no-pads, tackle football on a vacant lot that was owned by Princeton University. We played there often. One day, somebody showed up late, carrying a bottle he had discovered in a building on the college campus.
He was one of us—our age, our pal, our teammate—but he had an advanced sense of the people up the street who were no longer in grade school. The bottle was three-quarters full. The football game went into a long time-out.
It annoys me how good of a writer he is.
Jimmy Eat World are on the debut episode of the Pop Shop Podcast.
The Devil Wears Prada has released their new song, “The Condition.”
The Thermals’ Hutch Harris was a recent guest on Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast.
Pusha T and Rivers Cuomo have teamed up on the new Zeds Dead song “Too Young.” You can stream that below.
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Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day talked with NME about turning their American Idiot musical into an HBO movie:
“That’s the plan right now, yeah,” said Armstrong. “We’ve got a green light from HBO, and the script is currently going through a couple of rewrites here and there, so I’m not sure when exactly we’re going to start shooting, but it’s definitely all systems go at the moment.”
Norah Jones performed “Flipside” on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
Jeff Rosenstock is holding “auditions” for bands to open up for his upcoming tour. The full message and information can be found below.
The Pixies have released a video for “Um Chagga Lagga.”
Regina Spektor has released new new video for “Small Bill$.”