Run the Jewels has released their new song “2100.”
Run the Jewels – “2100”
Facebook Needs to Get Their Shit Together
The most obvious way in which Facebook enabled a Trump victory has been its inability (or refusal) to address the problem of hoax or fake news. Fake news is not a problem unique to Facebook, but Facebook’s enormous audience, and the mechanisms of distribution on which the site relies — i.e., the emotionally charged activity of sharing, and the show-me-more-like-this feedback loop of the news feed algorithm — makes it the only site to support a genuinely lucrative market in which shady publishers arbitrage traffic by enticing people off of Facebook and onto ad-festooned websites, using stories that are alternately made up, incorrect, exaggerated beyond all relationship to truth, or all three. (To really hammer home the cyberdystopia aspect of this: A significant number of the sites are run by Macedonian teenagers looking to make some scratch.)
Owel Stream New Album
Owel’s new album, Dear Me, can be streamed below.
Green Day Sit Down With Triple M Sydney
Green Day sat down with Triple M Sydney for an interview.
‘Sing Street’ Now Streaming on Netflix
Sing Street, one of my favorite films of the year, is now streaming on Netflix.
Real Friends Postpone Tour
Real Friends are postponing their December UK tour.
Will Pugh Joins Downwrite
Betty Who – “Human Touch”
Betty Who’s new single “Human Touch” is up on Spotify and Apple Music.
Coldplay Share New Version of “Everglow”
Coldplay have released a new stripped down version of “Everglow” on Spotify and Apple Music.
Zara Larsson – “I Would Like”
Zara Larsson’s new song “I Would Like” is up on Spotify and Apple Music.
An American Tragedy
David Remnick, at The New Yorker:
The election of Donald Trump to the Presidency is nothing less than a tragedy for the American republic, a tragedy for the Constitution, and a triumph for the forces, at home and abroad, of nativism, authoritarianism, misogyny, and racism. Trump’s shocking victory, his ascension to the Presidency, is a sickening event in the history of the United States and liberal democracy. On January 20, 2017, we will bid farewell to the first African-American President—a man of integrity, dignity, and generous spirit—and witness the inauguration of a con who did little to spurn endorsement by forces of xenophobia and white supremacy. It is impossible to react to this moment with anything less than revulsion and profound anxiety.
PVRIS Launch Limited Edition T-Shirt
PVRIS have launched a limited edition t-shirt with all sales being donated to the ACLU National organization. It’s a limited edition so it will probably go fast.
Pulley – “Different”
Pulley have shared their new song “Different” over at the Major League Baseball website.
Four Year Strong – “Somewhere in My Memory”
Four Year Strong have released a holiday cover “Somewhere in My Memory” from the 1990 classic Home Alone.
Jeff Rosenstock – “Blast Damage Days” Video
Jeff Rosenstock has released a video for “Blast Damage Days.”