Story of the Year have released a new video for “Praying for Rain.”
New Ninja Turtles Show Coming to Nickelodeon
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are getting a new series later this year on Nickelodeon:
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will return to Nickelodeon in 2018 with a brand-new animated series. Titled Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the show is “a reimagining that follows the band of brothers as they encounter new allies and villains and discover a mystical world they never knew existed beneath the streets of New York City,”
Omar Miller (Ballers) as Raphael, Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation) as Leonardo, Josh Brener (Silicon Valley) as Donatello, Brandon Mychal Smith (You’re The Worst) as Michelangelo and Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries) as April O’Neil, and Eric Bauza (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) as Master Splinter.
The Matches Release ‘A Band in Hope’ Vinyl
The Matches are up to something. They recently sent out a cryptic email to their mailing list.
Update: The band have announced a 10 year anniversary limited edition vinyl for A Band in Hope.
Now, Now and Kevin Devine Discuss Mental Health
Anna Acosta sat down with Now, Now and Kevin Devine to talk about mental health:
My biggest problem is that if I don’t want to feel something, I don’t feel something. I’ll just be like, I’m not going there right now. I have too many things to do. And I’ll just compartmentalize and not deal with whatever it is, but in order to be able to write I have to access every emotional part of my brain. So when we’re writing, if I’ve been doing that lately, if we’ve been dealing with a lot of stress or if something’s been going on in my personal life, it’ll come out when we’re writing.
Nothing, Nowhere – “Waster” Video
Nothing, Nowhere have released a video for “Waster.”
The Lawrence Arms Announce Career Retrospective Album
The Lawrence Arms are releasing a career retrospective album, including five previously unreleased songs, called We Are the Champions of the World. It’ll be out May 30th via Fat Wreck Chords. Pre-orders are now up. You’ll find the track listing and the band’s upcoming tour dates below.
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How HomePod works with Apple Music, iTunes Match, iCloud Music Library, AirPlay, and FLAC files
Serenity Caldwell, writing for iMore:
Since my hands on with the HomePod, I’ve gotten a number of questions about how the HomePod deals with streaming from Apple Music, iCloud Music Library, AirPlay sources like your Mac, and if iTunes Match works at all in this crazy new world.
Here’s how everything is supposed to work.
The Grammys Are Out of Touch
Hazel Cills, writing for The Muse:
Out of 899 people nominated for the last six Grammy Awards, a new report from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the University of Southern California found that only nine percent of those people were women. And we still don’t know the race, gender, and age breakdown of the 24,000 member Recording Academy itself, which leads to an Academy that can only conceive of excellent women artists in the form of Adele and Taylor Swift. It’s this out-of-touch mindset that is partly destroying the Grammys’ ratings, with the ceremony hitting an all-time low this year. And who would blame anyone for not tuning in, considering Best Album winner Adele disputed her own win last year?
Netflix Release ‘Mute’ Trailer
Broken Social Scene Announce Tour
Broken Social Scene have announced some new tour dates.
Talking ‘Batman Begins’ on Welcome to Geekdom
Yours truly is on the latest episode of the Welcome to Geekdom podcast. We talk all about Batman Begins, one of my favorite films of all time.
The Numbers Ones Release New EP
The Numbers Ones have released their new EP, Another Side of The Number Ones, on Bandcamp.
Grammy President Apologizes
Neil Portnow, the president of the Grammys has apologized for his previous comments about women needing to “step up:”
Last night, I was asked a question about the lack of female artist representation in certain categories of this year’s GRAMMY Awards. Regrettably, I used two words, “step up,” that, when taken out of context, do not convey my beliefs and the point I was trying to make.
Our industry must recognize that women who dream of careers in music face barriers that men have never faced. We must actively work to eliminate these barriers and encourage women to live their dreams and express their passion and creativity through music. We must welcome, mentor, and empower them. Our community will be richer for it. I regret that I wasn’t as articulate as I should have been in conveying this thought. I remain committed to doing everything I can to make our music community a better, safer, and more representative place for everyone.
Tom DeLonge Releases New Novel
Tom DeLonge’s latest novel, Poet Anderson …In Darkness, has been released.
Stone Removed From Knocked Loose Tour
Knocked Loose have removed Stone from their upcoming tour after allegations of sexual misconduct. The band’s full statement can be found below.