The Current have shared the video stream of Dessa performing songs from her new latest album, Chime, and deconstructing the tracks with producers Lazerbeak and Andy Thompson.
The Making of ‘Chime’ From Dessa
Metallica Up to Number Two on the Charts
Metallica’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct hits number two on the charts this week:
At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Metallica’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct roars 42-2 with 65,000 units (up 413 percent), of which 63,000 were in traditional album sales (up 480 percent). The former No. 1 set zooms back up the list following sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for the next U.S./Canadian leg of the band’s WorldWired Tour.
Knuckle Puck – “Nervous Passenger (Shifted)”
Knuckle Puck’s new version of “Nervous Passenger” has been released.
AFI Announce Tour With Rise Against
AFI have announced a summer tour with Rise Against. Tickets go on sale on March 30th.
Mike D of the Beastie Boys Featured in Vulture
David Marchese, writing for Vulture:
The filters are still there, though. They’re just different. When I was 15, getting into the Clash exposed me to reggae. I’d see that they covered a song by Junior Murvin or that they had a single produced by Lee Perry and dig from there. My younger son does the same thing but in newer ways. He comes home from school in Bali and starts to make a song using his laptop, and he’s looking up what samples Kanye used and that opens the door for him to dig. The tools he has are immediate. He’s not having to go out. It’s so different from how I did it.
XsandOs Release New Album
XsandOs (who you may recognize as primavera in the forums) has released his new album, Visions from the Dark, on Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple Music.
Thomas Erak Starts GoFundMe for Solo Album
Thomas Erak (The Fall of Troy, Chiodos, and a million other side projects) has started a GoFundMe for a new solo album:
I have been working towards putting together a solo record for the last year or so and need to raise money for studio time/travel/housing while I finish and record the album. Also would like to be able to self release. Looking to record mid-April and hoping to release ASAP after it’s all done!
The Republic of Wolves Stream New Album
The Republic of Wolves’ new album can be streamed below via Pure Grain Audio.
Anthony Green’s Acoustic Session Gets Pressed
Anthony Green’s Studio 4 Acoustic Session is getting a vinyl pressing. Pre-orders are now up.
‘Armageddon Massive’ Turns 20
Ethan Luck of The Dingees has posted up a podcast series talking about the band’s album, Armageddon Massive, as it turns twenty. He has on members of the band and the producer Steve Kravac.
As of today (3/24/18), our first album turns 20! The album was called ‘Armageddon Massive’ and we recorded it over the course of a month in fall of 1997 at Westbeach Studios in Hollywood, CA.
This record is very important to me. It was the first “big studio” experience I had, the first label I was on and the first time a producer kicked my ass!
Punk in Drublic Craft Beer & Music Festival
Fat Mike has announced this year’s Punk In Drublic Craft Beer & Music Festival. The details are below and tickets go on sale this Friday.
Chvrches Cover Beyoncé
Chvrches have shared a cover of Beyoncé’s “XO.”
Kacey Musgraves Streams ‘Golden Hour’
Kacey Musgraves new album, Golden Hour, is streaming over at NPR.
Lana Del Rey’s Lollapolloza Brazil Set
Lana Del Rey’s set at Lollapolloza Brazil has been put on the internet. At around the 1:19:45 mark she mentions that the lawsuit over “Get Free” with Radiohead is “over.”
Pete Wentz Dedicates Song to March for Our Lives
Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy delivered a speech in support of the March for Our Lives at the band’s benefit concert over the weekend. Rock Sound caught it on camera.
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