Month: May 2018

The Maine Talk With Substream

The Maine
Jason Tate

The Maine recently sat down with Substream Magazine to talk about their plans for the next year:

As for what the future does hold for The Maine, they have already started working on their next album. Though, as Brock explains, this is something that they have been doing since Lovely Little Lonely first came out. “The second the last [record] comes out, we start working on the next one,” he begins, “the goal is just to keep on pushing. We’re constantly working on music. We have a studio back at home that we’ve rented out for a whole year, and we’ve already been in there for a couple months. It’s not necessarily about just recording stuff in there at the moment, but it’s about exploring, writing, and just feeling open and free again to make music.

Tim Armstrong Performs in a Tree

Rancid
Jason Tate

PunkNews have debuted a video of Tim Armstrong performing “11th Hour” in a tree. The performance is to promote his upcoming appearance at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Carnival:

Musack throws the Rock ‘n’ Roll Carnival in order to fund a program that has a mission of giving kids and teens a voice through music. All proceeds from the event go to providing guitar, drums, and other instruments to Musack programs in Compton, LA, Nantucket, Haiti, Appalachia, Cuba, Chattanooga, Australia, and Alaska.

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Gibson Files For Bankruptcy

Money
Jason Tate

Gibson guitars have filed for bankruptcy. NPR reports:

The petition, filed on Tuesday, notes that the company currently has up to $500 million in debt and will focus its operations on its musical instruments business, “unburdened by the challenges experienced by [the company’s] separate, primarily non-U.S., consumer electronics business.” That business includes the brands KRK, Cerwin Vega and Stanton, whose lines include studio monitors, headphones and turntables.