Terrence Malik’s new film, Song to Song, will be released in March of 2017:
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye (Rooney Mara) and BV (Ryan Gosling), and music mogul Cook (Michael Fassbender) and the waitress whom he ensnares (Natalie Portman) — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.
Ok, I’m in.
BuzzAngle have released their annual report that tracks U.S. music consumption:
The continued explosion of audio stream consumption, which increased 82.6% to 250B streams, fueled this increase. Both album sales and song sales continued to decline but the transition to these new access methods has shown to provide overall growth and a sustainable business model for the future. Breaking down the tremendous streaming growth shows what is perhaps the most important stat of the year: the percentage of subscription streams rose from 62% of the total in 2015 to 76% of the total in 2016. The number of 2016 subscription streams grew over 2.25x the 2015 subscription streams amount.
I’m not sure I agree with the premise that this proves streaming is a “sustainable business model for the future,” but the trend lines are in the right direction and I think more artists and labels are figuring out how to use the streaming services to their benefit.
Foo Fighters will headline Napa’s BottleRock festival this May. This is the band’s first announced show in over 19 months.
Sleater-Kinney will release Live in Paris on January 27th via Sub Pop. They’ve released a video for the live version of “Surface Envy” from the album.
Coachella have announced the lineup for their 2017 festival. Radiohead, Beyoncé, and Kendrick Lamar will headline. The full listing can be found below and the festival will span two weekends: April 14 to 16, and April 21 to 23.
Read More “Coachella 2017 Lineup: Radiohead, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar Headline”
OmniGroup have released OmniFocus 2.8 for Mac:
Happy New Year! After a quiet couple of weeks, we are back in the office today and releasing OmniFocus 2.8 for Mac, which includes one of our most requested features: Global Search.
Great new addition to the most important app I use.
Coldplay have released their new video for “Amazing Day.” You can watch that below.
Run the Jewels will begin their new season of their Beats 1 radio show, WRTJ, this Friday, January 6th.
Read More “Season 2 of Run the Jewels Beats 1 Show Starts Friday”
John Mayer will be releasing his new album, The Search For Everything, throughout 2017. He will be releasing the record in four song increments. The first four will be released on January 20th.
Read More “John Mayer to Release ‘The Search for Everything’ in Waves”
Jason Isbell will soon be working on a new album.
The Republic of Wolves recently performed their new song “Northern Orthodox” for Sofar Sounds’ sessions project.
Read More “The Republic of Wolves Perform “Northern Orthodox””
Keith Buckley talked with Alternative Press about The Damned Things working on new material:
“While we have more than enough material for an EP, we are still very much in the “demo” phase,” he told AP, “rearranging riffs and trying different things vocally. And though it’s a little too early to say what the next release will sound like comprehensively, we’ve taken a different approach to writing this time around. Things are more atmospheric and weirder. We’ve loosened up a bit and learned to let our major influences speak. In that way, it’s the truest sound we’re capable of,” said Buckley.
TIL: There’s a connection between Friends and Home Alone.
Punchline have released a new video for their new song, “It’s A New Year (Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself).”
Read More “Punchline – “It’s A New Year (Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself)” Video”
Pentatonix’s Christmas album is once again at the top of the charts:
Pentatonix spends a second week atop the Billboard 200 with A Pentatonix Christmas, as the set earned 101,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Dec. 29, 2016 — the final tracking week of the calendar year.