The Travoltas will release their new album, Until We Hit The Shore, on April 21st. You can stream the first single “Dying To Do That With You” below. Pre-orders are now up.
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Brandon Reilly of Nightmare of You is recording a new solo EP. He’s got a PledgeMusic campaign up for the release:
I’m recording my debut solo EP soon – and I’d like you to be a part of the making of it. Your pledge will give you access to exclusive and personalized items, as well as access to a myriad of behind-the-scenes footage that went into making this EP.
The Wall Street Journal sat down to interview the family that became internet famous after the children crashed their father’s live BBC interview:
As the interview began, the couple’s 4-year-old daughter Marion jumped up and down at the sight of her father on the screen. Perhaps recognizing his location, a room at the end of the hallway, she wandered off to find him. She was in high spirits after enjoying her birthday party earlier that day at kindergarten, her father says.
The couple’s 8-month-old son, James, followed behind his sister in his baby-walker, as he often does. Ms. Kim continued to concentrate on the screen, filming her husband.
Then, there she was: Marion was in the same room as her father in a bright yellow sweater.
I also loved Ben Thompson’s breakdown of the video on Medium.
Andy Cush, writing for Spin:
The video for Portugal. The Man’s new single “Feel It Still” features a bar fight, some old guys on motorcycles, a couple getting hot and heavy in the back of a junked car, and a man setting fire to a newspaper labeled “Info Wars.” It’s this last bit, predictably, that has the right-wing conspiracy theorists of America in a tizzy.
I was sorta hoping to never actually post about the giant screaming tomato that is Alex Jones. Alas.
David Brooks, writing for Billboard:
At least seven artists hoping to play the annual South by Southwest music festival have been turned away at the U.S. border amid confusion over the type of visa needed to enter the country.
At issue is whether artists can perform at free showcase events like South by Southwest on a B-1 visitor visa, typically issued to tourists who aren’t legally allowed to work during their visit to the U.S. Most artists who enter the country for a tour do so on a performance visa (also known as P-1), but artists performing for free at showcase events like South by Southwest have used B-1 visitor visas in the past to enter the U.S.
Sleigh Bells are on the latest episode of Song Exploder.
The Cranberries have shared an acoustic version of “Linger” from their upcoming unplugged album, Something Else.
“‘Linger’ was the first song I wrote after joining the Cranberries,” O’Riordan recalls for Rolling Stone. The Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? single was the band’s first major hit. “I was 18, and the youngest member of the band was 16 at the time. We never imagined it’d be such a big hit.”
Feist will release her new album, Pleasure, on April 28th.
OK Go and The Go-Go’s teamed up to perform on Kimmel last night.
Speaking of ASCAP spilling the beans, the database also appears to confirm the rumors of a new Blink-182 song called “Parking Lot.” The rumors are we may be seeing the release later this week.
A couple other new rumored song titles appear in the database as well: “Wildfire,” “Good Old Days,” “Don’t Mean Anything,” and “Misery.”
The Shins performed “Name For You” on Colbert last night.
The trailer for Veep’s season six has been released. The show returns April 16th on HBO.
Pandora has announced signups for their new premium service:
To do this, we took advantage of two of our core strengths: our unrivaled understanding of music via the Music Genome Project and the massive amount of data we have from 81 million listeners just like you – things like station adds, thumbs (we have more than 75 billion!), searches and skips.
The result is Pandora Premium: a combination of the Pandora radio you already love, the ability to search and play any track or album and a set of playlist features tailored to your preferences. It’s totally unique to you, easy to use and loaded with amazing features for $9.99 / month.
A wallpaper series using shapes and lights. High resolution rendered using Cinema 4D, for your phone and desktop
A series of black wallpapers. These are right in my wheelhouse.