Tyler Hedstrom, the drummer for Anarbor, has passed away. He was 17. A Gofundme has been set up for the family:
On behalf of Anarbor and The Hedstrom Family, we regret to inform you that Tyler, our drummer, friend, and colleague took his life this week at his home in Arizona. We are devastated. Tyler was very happy and jovial beforehand, and was becoming a very successful musician. This shows us that life can indeed be fragile, even if you don’t see it.
Tesla have unveiled the first of their new Model 3 sedans:
In a ceremony at Tesla’s factory complex near San Francisco, the company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, delivered the initial Model 3s off the assembly line to 30 employees chosen to be the model’s first owners.
It was a pivotal moment in Tesla’s evolution from a manufacturer of luxury electric vehicles into a producer of mass-market cars.
The company has yet to specify when it will begin selling the Model 3, priced at $35,000, to the half-million prospective buyers who have reserved cars with $1,000 deposits.
Ars Technica has a deeper look:
The $35,000 electric vehicle’s interior is more spartan than the Model S or Model X. Air ducts are hidden and there’s no instrument cluster directly in front of the driver. All the information you need about the car is found on a single, horizontal screen mounted in the center of the dashboard. The side mirrors and steering column are adjusted with two marble-sized trackballs where your thumbs might rest on the steering wheel.
Knucklepuck have announced new tour dates.
Direct Hit are working on new music.
Manchester Orchestra have shared a video for “The Sunshine.”
Third Eye Blind has announced some new tour dates.
Pinegrove have announced some new tour dates.
Sick of It All’s tour van was hit by a drink driver last night. Thankfully everyone appears to be ok.
Last night a drunk driver plowed into the side of our bandwagon. We are all ok, aches and pains, bumps and bruises as far as we know for now. We don’t know how the guy who hit us is but he wasn’t looking good when they pulled him out. We are feeling a little stiff but we are still playing tonight at 8:00 on the Hard Rock stage! Thank you so much to Bad Cop Bad Cop and Valiant Thor for coming back to pick us up so we can make the show. Hauling our Merch and setting it up. Laila and Sonic Boom Six for lending us their hotel room for much needed rest! Dom and Bunny for selling! Thanks for all the well wishes.
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die will release their new album, Always Foreign, on September 29th. Pre-orders are now up.
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The Wonder Years’ new acoustic EP, Burst & Decay, is now up for pre-order. The album will be released on September 22nd.
My sincere thanks to Off Island Ghost for sponsoring the website this week. This duo recently released their new EP, Impossible Things, and after checking it out I immediately added to my Apple Music collection. It’s good! It’s got a nice little mix of modern and early 2000’s alternative rock thrown in. It’s definitely worth giving a look.
You can check out a lyric video for “Wildfire” on YouTube. And the EP is up on Spotify and iTunes.
The NJPP Archives are attempting to archive a bunch of music, videos, and flyers from a specific era of “New Jersey Pop Punk.” There’s some really interesting stuff on here worth looking at, including:
And quite a bit more. It’s pretty nuts scrolling through this list and seeing so many great bands.
Young the Giant have released their two-track single, “Mirrorball/Mind Over Matter (Reprise).”
Amber Pacific have released their new song “Feels So Right.”
Future has released a video for “You Da Baddest” (feat. Nicki Minaj).