I’ve updated some of my recommendation posts with new additions:
Also, I’ve added short descriptions to the favorite software post to make it a little more clear about what each of the apps included do.
I’ve updated some of my recommendation posts with new additions:
Also, I’ve added short descriptions to the favorite software post to make it a little more clear about what each of the apps included do.
Broadside released their new album, Paradise, on June 16th. The band teamed up with producer Kyle Black (New Found Glory, All Time Low) and put together a pop-punk album through-and-through. You can grab it in stores and on most digital streaming services right now. Looking for an album to spin over the Fourth of July holiday? This is it. A video for the title track can be found on YouTube.
“The whole concept of Paradise is that you should chase that little view of happiness you create in your mind,” explains front-man Ollie Baxxter. “We often put our dreams and desires to the side believing they’re unrealistic, but this record is about building a bridge to reach your goals, your dream, your…Paradise.”
You can also pick up a physical copy with an additional 20% off during the next 24 hours at the band’s webstore.
John Nolan is the latest guest on the Your Favorite Band Podcast.
DJ Khaled has the number one album this week:
The set — which was released on June 23 through We the Best/Epic Records — earned 149,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 29, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 50,000 were in traditional album sales.
The Xcerts have released their new song “Feels Like Falling in Love.”
Joe Coscarelli, at The New York Times, sat down with producer No I.D. to talk about working with Jay-Z on his latest album:
He went home, wakes up at 4:44 [a.m.] and calls Guru over [to record]. I was blown away. I just walked out of the studio and wanted to go find my wife and hug her. I told him that’s the best song he’s ever written. Everything it covers about being a man, being in a relationship, being a father, how you affect your kids. These things don’t really get touched on in music, especially in hip-hop.
PVRIS’ Lynn Gunn spoke with Billboard about the band’s upcoming album:
I think one of the biggest things, though, is just I’m a complete perfectionist and control freak and you have to let go of control at some point or to some extent in this career and in this industry. It’s just like you need to let go and give up your power a little bit, and so the biggest thing from me was stress from that and then also just pressure to do well and pressure to, like, stay true and be a good person and perform well. You always have to have your game face on, so at some point, I just started suppressing every emotion and bottled it up and swept it under the carpet and never went back to it, and it just created this ongoing snowball of just feeling empty and numb and not really absorbing emotions or experiences for what they were — being in situations, but not being there. This record is just mostly about that and learning to let go and be vulnerable again — be in your emotions and actually feel them without suppressing them or avoiding them.
Katie Benner, writing for The New York Times:
Their stories came out slowly, even hesitantly, at first. Then in a rush.
One female entrepreneur recounted how she had been propositioned by a Silicon Valley venture capitalist while seeking a job with him, which she did not land after rebuffing him. Another showed the increasingly suggestive messages she had received from a start-up investor. And one chief executive described how she had faced numerous sexist comments from an investor while raising money for her online community website.
TMZ is reporting that Kanye West has ended his relationship with the music service Tidal:
Our sources say a month ago Kanye’s lawyer sent a letter to Tidal, saying the company was in breach and the contract was terminated. Over the next 2 weeks lawyers for both sides tried to resolve the conflict but failed. We’re told 2 weeks ago Kanye’s lawyer fired off a second letter declaring again the contract was over.
Fall Out Boy made a guest appearance on a recent episode of Cartoon Network’s Teen Titans Go.
MxPx are releasing a 2xLP live picture disc called Left Coast Live. Pre-orders go up on July 6th at noon.
Jason Butler, formerly of Letlive., has started a new project called The Fever.
To those of you who want change, here is an offering to start that conversation. I’ve had a lot of people asking me what I’ll be doing in the future- here is a taste of that. I love art. I love being a musician. I love progress. And I am no stranger to pushing back if I feel it is necessary. This will be an exhibition of all the things I love w/ like minded people for whom I care deeply.
Blink-182 have released a special Matt Skiba edit of their “Home is Such a Lonely Place” video. This is really awesome idea. I still come back to this song quite a bit as well.
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Last week I posted about bringing over my first impression blogs from the forums for supporters of the website. Today I’ve got a some more to share:
I’ve got one more group to move over and then I’ll be posting new ones on the main website, in our review database, roughly one day after they first appear live in our supporter forum.
The All-American Rejects and Dashboard Confessional are doing some kind of cover song swap for their upcoming tour together.
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