Knuckle Puck have released their new song “Calendar Days.”
Knuckle Puck – “Calendar Days”
Monopoly Switches Out Three Game Tokens
Monopoly will be adding three new game pieces:
The next time you sit down with your family to a nice game of Monopoly — and to determine which of your siblings is secretly a cold-blooded sociopath who would shiv you in your sleep for Park Place — you will no longer have the option of dueling to the death over who gets to be the thimble, the wheelbarrow, or the boot.
Monopoly owner Hasbro have tossed them all aside like so many redundant employees in a gig economy, and are replacing them with the winners of an internet poll: a Tyrannosaurus rex, a penguin, and a rubber ducky.
Monopoly really is one of the worst board games.
Linkin Park – “Battle Symphony”
Linkin Park have debuted their new song “Battle Symphony.”
Chance the Rapper Talks Apple Deal
Chance the Rapper has posted on Twitter a little more about his deal with Apple:
I wanna clear things up. @apple gave me half a mil and a commercial to post Coloring Book exclusively on applemusic for 2 weeks
Damn.
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Report: Spotify Considers Restricting Biggest Releases to Paid Users
Jordan Kahn, writing for 9to5Mac:
Spotify is considering a move that would mean some of its biggest new releases will be restricted to paid users, according to a new report from Financial Times. The decision would come as part of a negotiation with record labels that would reduce the amount of royalties Spotify pays for songs and also allow the company to prepare for an initial public offering.
This has always felt inevitable.
Julien Baker – “Distant Solar Systems”
Julien Baker’s new 7″ comes out today, we’ve already heard “Funeral Pyre,” and today we are blessed with the b-side “Distant Solar Systems” on Spotify and Apple Music.
Hiding Music From Our Parents (Encore Episode 145)
On this week’s episode of Encore I am joined by special guest Ryan Gardner. Ryan joins the show to talk about growing up in this music scene and the bands that we first fell in love with. Then we talk a little about starting young with writing online, the lessons learned and why we think it’s important to just try, and how to maybe parlay that into some kind of career in the future. Freelancing, journalism, and how this alternative music scene has changed over the years rounds out the episode.
Thanks for listening!
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Albums in Stores – Mar. 17th, 2017
Lots of new music to check out this week, including albums from Conor Oberst, Zara Larsson, and Sorority Noise. 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.
Trump Proposes Eliminating the Arts and Humanities Endowments
A deep fear came to pass for many artists, museums, and cultural organizations nationwide early Thursday morning when President Trump, in his first federal budget plan, proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
President Trump also proposed scrapping the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a key revenue source for PBS and National Public Radio stations, as well as the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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Unreleased Green Day Instrumental Surfaces
Green Day Authority has posted up an unreleased Green Day instrumental from the band’s documentary.
This little surprise was hidden away in a bonus chapter on ¡Cuatro!, the band’s 2013 “rockumentary” movie that chronicled the recording process of the ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré! trilogy albums. The song is unofficially titled “That Just Happened” after the scene that contained it.
Justin Vernon Narrates UFO Documentary Trailer
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver narrates the new trailer for The Dundee Project.
Classic Crime – “Holy Water”
Classic Crime’s new song, “Holy Water,” can be streamed below.
Mastodon – “Show Yourself” Video
Mastodon have released their video for “Show Yourself.”
Sports Forum: NCAA Basketball
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Jack Antonoff to Live-Score ‘The Breakfast Club’
Jack Antonoff will be live-scoring a screening of The Breakfast Club in L.A. next month. The L.A. Times has the scoop:
Antonoff’s musical interpretation of 1985’s “The Breakfast Club” is slated for April 1.
“I chose ‘The Breakfast Club’ because I think about that film often when I write,” Antonoff told The Times. “There are certain films and feelings that remind me of where I’m from.”
“I grew up in suburban New Jersey in a similar state of strange boredom as ‘The Breakfast Club.’ I constantly thought about getting out, and that feeling is so present in this film,” he added. “A lot of my world now is looking back at that time period from different vantage points.”