Bad Suns have announced some summer tour dates — you can find those below. Hunny will be opening.
Bad Suns Announces Summer Tour
Betty Who Announces New Album and Tour Dates
Betty Who will release her new album, The Valley, on March 24th. She’s also announced some new tour dates, which you can find below.
Good Old War’s Dan Schwartz Starts Side Project
Good Old War’s Dan Schwartz has started a new instrumental, guitar-only, side project under the moniker Danny Black. He’ll be releasing an album, Adventure Soundtrack, on February 24th and the first single, “Cascade,” has been released.
City and Colour to Release Two Unreleased Songs
City and Colour will release two b-sides from If I Should Go Before You on March 3rd. Pre-orders are now up for the limited edition vinyl. The band has also announced some new tour dates, you can find those below.
Forum Members Compilation: The Best of 2016
Our music forum has put together a cover compilation of their favorite songs from 2016.
Icarus the Owl Covers “A Thousand Miles”
Icarus the Owl have released a cover of Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” on Bandcamp.
Thousand Below Sign With Rise Records
Thousand Below have signed to Rise Records and debuted their new music video for “Tradition.”
John Mayer Debuts at Number Two on Charts
The Weeknd stay at the top of the charts, John Mayer debuts at number two, and AFI are at number five:
John Mayer notches his eighth top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as his new EP, The Search for Everything: Wave One, debuts at No. 2. The set, which was released on Jan. 20 through Columbia Records, earned 49,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Jan. 26 (according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 38,000 were in traditional album sales (all downloads, as the EP was sold exclusively through digital retailers).
Pinegrove Anthology Up for Pre-Order
Pinegrove have a new anthology release, Everything So Far, up for pre-order.
[…] an anthology of all of Pinegrove’s output up to the point of their breakout Run For Cover Records full-length, Cardinal. The collection encapsulates their debut LP Meridian, a number of EPs and even some singles like the captivating track “Angelina” & Cardinal Favorite “New Friends.”
Billboard to Add Pandora Streaming Data to Song Charts
Billboard has announced they will start adding in Pandora streaming data to their song charts:
Billboard and Pandora today (Jan. 30) announced an exclusive agreement that will add influential Pandora streaming data to the Billboard Hot 100, the world’s preeminent songs chart. The Hot 100 ranks the week’s most popular songs across all genres, determined by a formula blending track sales, radio airplay and streaming, as measured by Nielsen Music, now along with Pandora’s exclusive streaming data, as well.
Sufjan Stevens Shares Statement on Muslim Ban
Sufjan Stevens has shared a statement on Donald Trump’s Muslim ban.
There really is no such thing as an illegal immigrant, for we are all immigrants and refugees in a wildly changing world that is dominated by superfluous boundaries built by blood and war. We all come from somewhere else. The truest of “Americans” have either been destroyed by the white immigrant, incarcerated, isolated, held captive, or stolen and enslaved. We are all complicit in the injustices against basic human rights and common decency, to put it mildly, which renders our own “inalienable rights” as questionable or obsolete.
Prince’s Estate Nearing Streaming Deals
Billboard is reporting that Prince’s catalog may becoming back to streaming services after the Grammys:
A likely scenario would see a TV commercial air during the Grammy broadcast following the tribute, which would announce that certain songs are immediately available on Spotify, Apple Music and possibly other services. The source tells Billboard that publishers, performing rights organizations and at least one label have been alerted to an impending deal.
Chad Gilbert Interview Preview From Pop-Buzz
Pop-Buzz have posted up a clip of an upcoming interview with New Found Glory where Chad talks a little bit about the band’s new album and Paramore’s upcoming album as well.
Ryan Adams Covers Radiohead
Ryan Adams covered Radiohead’s “Karma Police” on BBC Radio 2 this morning. You can stream the performance below.
Father John Misty – “Two Wildly Different Perspective” Video
Father John Misty has released a new video for “Two Wildly Different Perspective.”
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