Frank Turner will be opening up for Blink-182 on their upcoming UK tour.
Frank Turner Opening for Blink-182 in the UK
Mew Announce New Album, Stream New Song
Mew will release their new album, Visuals, on April 28th. They’ve released the new song “Carry Me to Safety” from the album and the track listing can be found below.
Coheed and Cambria Announce Tour
Coheed and Cambria has announced a new tour where they’ll be playing Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness in full at each date. You can find the dates below.
Oscar Nominations Announced
The complete list of 2017 Oscar nominations have been announced. La La Land leads the pack with 14 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.
‘Voltron: Legendary Defender’ Exceeds All Expectations
Voltron: Legendary Defender’s second season far surpasses any expectations I had for it. I was worried going in that the show would suffer from a sophomore slump, but Legendary Defender manages to capture the magic of the first season and expand the universe. In the three episodes Netflix provided to me ahead of the show’s release, there are more characters, more worlds and the backstories we got a glimpse of last season are explored more at length.
We just started the second season last night and I’m hooked again. I love this show.
Anti-Flag Post Up “I Am Anti” Video Series
No Nets – “A River Running Through”
The lead singer of No Nets, Sal Mastrocola, has posted up a live video for the new song, “A River Running Through,” which was inspired by the Women’s March this weekend.
Green Day’s “Still Breathing” Goes to Number One
Green Day’s “Still Breathing” is the new number on alternative radio this week. The top 30 can be found below.
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Interview: Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge
Lead singer Myles Kennedy discusses Alter Bridge’s latest album The Last Hero, his interest in writing about heroes in the first place, why exploring the theme of disillusionment is particularly relevant today, and his continuing evolution as a musician, including how he got his musical start.
Cloud Nothings Stream New Album
Cloud Nothing’s new album, Life Without Sound, can be streamed below.
Bands on TV (Week of January 23rd)
The notable bands on your television this week include: Andrew McMahon (Kimmel; 1/23), Parquet Courts (Fallon; 1/27), and Foxygen (Conan; 1/25).
Why I’m No Longer a Punk Rock ‘Girl Girl’
Kristy Diaz, writing at Track Seven:
I was the punk rock version of the ‘cool girl’ trope for years.
The punk rock cool girl likes real music. Good music. Proper music. She’s into the latest hot hardcore band playing to 15 people right now. She knows every word to The Shape of Punk To Come. She doesn’t listen to pop music, or dance music, or stuff that Other Girls like. Her favourite Braid record is the Correct One. She only sings along to Panic! At The Disco ironically. She can hang out with your musician mates and hold her own in a conversation, but she won’t point out the ways in which even punk rock, this glorious utopia we inhabit, has the capacity to oppress.
And, much like the original concept, she’s not real.
The xx Debut at Number Two on Charts
The xx have debuted at number two on this week’s Billboard charts while The Weeknd stays at number one (completely due to streaming):
The xx scores its highest charting album ever on the Billboard 200 chart, as the alternative band’s third studio album, I See You, debuts at No. 2. The set earned 46,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Jan. 19, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 36,000 were in traditional album sales.
I’ve been hearing this album everywhere over the past week.
Useless ID Perform for Bridge City Sessions
Preserve, Protect, and Defend
David Remnick, writing for The New Yorker:
The reason so many people are having fever dreams and waking up with a knot in the gut is not that they are political crybabies, not that a Republican defeated a Democrat. It’s not that an undifferentiated mass of “coastal élites” is incapable of recognizing that globalization, automation, and deindustrialization have left millions of people in reduced and uncertain circumstances. It is not that they “don’t get it.” It’s that they do.
Since Election Day, Trump has managed to squander good faith and guarded hope with flagrant displays of self-indulgent tweeting, chaotic administration, willful ignorance, and ethical sludge. Setting the tone for his Presidency, he refused, or was unable, to transcend the willful ugliness of his campaign. He goes on continuing to conceal his taxes, the summary of his professional life; he refuses to isolate himself from his businesses in a way that satisfies any known ethical standard; he rants on social media about every seeming offense that catches his eye; he sets off gratuitous diplomatic brushfires everywhere from Beijing to Berlin. (Everywhere, that is, except Moscow.)