Pink has the number one album in the country this week:
It launches with a larger-than-expected 408,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 19, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 384,000 were in traditional album sales — the best sales week of the year among all acts.
Knuckle Puck and The Front Bottoms both sold around 9,000 copies.
My American Heart’s Hiding Inside the Horrible Weather 10-year anniversary show at SOMA has been uploaded to YouTube.
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Louis Wise, writing for The Times:
This is not new. “People don’t know this, but when I was 17, I remember becoming obsessed with Boy George and Marilyn, and all that. There was one moment in my life where I didn’t own a piece of male clothing, really. I would wear full make-up every day in school, eyelashes, leggings with Dr Martens and huge fur coats, for 2 ½ years.” Does he feel like a “cis” man? “No,” he scoffs. “I mean, I’ve got these tattoos on my fingers” — he flashes two delicately etched Venus symbols, one on each hand. “I don’t know what the title would be, but I feel just as much woman as I am man.”
Brand New would like fans coming to their show in Dallas, TX on October 29th to bring non-perishable food items to donate. The donations “will be picked up by the North Texas Food Bank and distributed to those affected by the recent hurricane.” Those that participate will be entered in a drawing for a signed set list from the show.
Sainthood Reps have teased on Instagram:
It’s been 4 years since we released Headswell. Perhaps it’s time to Rep again. What is dead may never die.
Foo Fighters have announced their 2018 tour dates.
Jon Pareles, writing for The New York Times:
“Sprained Ankle,” was a measured cry in the wilderness, a distillation of solitary despair. Just two years later, “Turn Out the Lights” is the work of a songwriter who has resonated with an international audience and who is moving beyond the apocalyptic self-absorption of adolescence. It’s the rare second album that, despite new self-consciousness, stretches beyond an unspoiled debut to reach for even bigger things, with all its passion intact.
“Once we finished recording it, in January, there was a lot of anxiety for me,” Ms. Baker said. “Is it too similar? Is it too different? How can you be afraid of both of those things at the same time?” She laughed. “But I somehow was.”
Brian Fallon has announced some UK/Ireland tour dates. You can pre-order his upcoming, still unannounced, album for access to the tour pre-sale.
The trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, Phantom Thread, has been released.
Procrastinate! Music Traitors are informing fans that there has been a vinyl delay in Brand New’s Science Fiction but they expect to “start shipping standard vinyl orders in the next week.”
Spoon have shared their new video for “Do I Have to Talk You Into It.”
The NFL has announced that Justin Timberlake will be performing at the Super Bowl this year:
This will be Timberlake’s third time performing on the Super Bowl Halftime stage, giving him the distinction of having the most appearances by an individual entertainer. He previously performed at Super Bowls XXXV and XXXVIII.
The National have debuted their video for “I’ll Still Destroy You.”
Beginning in 2018, plays occurring on paid subscription-based services (such as Amazon Music and Apple Music) or on the paid subscription tiers of hybrid paid/ad-supported platforms (such as SoundCloud and Spotify) will be given more weight in chart calculations than those plays on pure ad-supported services (such as YouTube) or on the non-paid tiers of hybrid paid/ad-supported services.