Justin Chase’s new album, Victory, is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp. The album is a mix of instrumental punk, soft guitar, and hip-hop/R&B music.
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Underrated 2000’s Pop-Punk Playlist
For many of us in our mid-to-early 30’s, the 2000’s were the heyday of pop-punk music. It felt like new and exciting bands were coming out all the time and the internet was just starting to become the place to discover and talk about this genre. The other day I tossed out a question on Twitter to see what bands people considered the most underrated from those early years.
The responses were great.
I pulled out the ones I saw the most often and created a playlist containing, roughly in order of how often I saw the band mentioned, songs from most of the artists.1 You can find that on Apple Music and Spotify.
If you’ve never heard some of these bands before or just want to drive down nostalgia boulevard, there’s a whole lot of early 2000’s pop-punk goodness here. I’m surprised how much of it actually holds up and I’m not surprised how many of these songs I knew every single word to. I aimed for a combination of the popular songs from the bands but defaulted to my personal favorites in a few places.
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Then I repeat some of the artists because I wanted to include more than one song from some of the bands, but didn’t want to double up and ruin the flow. I tried to keep everything in the 1999-2005 range, and keep it in the “underrated” category, as much as possible. Let it be on the record that Blink-182 had one vote.↩
Name Taken Tease on Facebook
Name Taken have teased something “special” coming in a few days via Facebook.
Real Friends – “Unconditional Love”
Real Friends’ new song “Unconditional Love” is up on Spotify and Apple Music.
Review: Gorillaz – The Now Now
On Gorillaz latest album, The Now Now, Damon Albarn and company tone down the guest artist slots and take a more serious approach to their songwriting craft. This LP, the sixth total for the group, was recorded in February 2018 and has now hit our eardrums a mere 14 months after the release of Humanz. The results of this strategy are well-rewarded as the Gorillaz have crafted an album sure to please their core audience, while still impressing casual fans of the group.
Every aspect of this album showcases the brilliance of Albarn as a songwriter, and they have re-branded themselves as true “artists” right down to the cover art of the familiar ape playing a guitar as if he just sat down to showcase a few tunes for a coffee shop audience. The first track, which features a guest contributor in George Benson, titled “Humility,” showcases some cool jazzy guitar elements and finds Albarn singing, “Reset myself and get back on track,” which could very well be the overall disclaimer for this album. The Gorillaz have found themselves in a new state of mind for this LP and have come back re-focused on a record worthy of your attention and multiple appearances in your new music rotation.
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Review: Culture Abuse – Bay Dream
“Be kind to the bees, be kind to the bugs, be conscious of others, be careful with drugs,” recommends Culture Abuse’s vocalist David Kelling on “Bee Kind To The Bugs” before offering up this important reminder: “Be kind to yourself, even though it gets hard, don’t let the distractions stack up to the stars.” It’s that kind of mindset that flows throughout the band’s second full-length (and first on Epitaph) Bay Dream. While the band’s 2016 debut, Peach, garnered a passionate fan base, the actual events surrounding the recording were less than ideal for the band. But the continuous touring on Peach opened Kelling’s mind to how cathartic and positive and that he would be loved just by being himself.
Hunny Sign With Epitaph Records
Hunny have signed with Epitaph Records and released their new EP, Windows II, to digital outlets.
‘Pick It Up! Ska in the 90’s’ Documentary on Kickstarter
PopMotion Pictures’ Kickstarter campaign for their next project, Pick It Up! Ska in the 90’s, a feature-length documentary film that explores the third-wave ska explosion of the 1990’s, is now the number one music project on Kickstarter.
The Spill Canvas – “Rollercoaster Daze”
The Spill Canvas have released the new song “Rollercoaster Daze.”
Arizona Release Two New Songs
Arizona have released two new songs on streaming platforms.
The Story So Far May Have Revealed Their Album Title
The Story So Far have begun teasing on Instagram.
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Big Red Machine Now on Streaming Services
Big Red Machine, featuring Justin Vernon and Aaron Desner, is now on Spotify and Apple Music.
Elvis Costello Cancels Tour After Cancer Surgery
Elvis Costello has revealed he is recovering from cancer surgery and canceled his upcoming tour.
To leave you with some more optimistic news, The Imposters and I – together with several of our other friends – have made a magnificent new record of which we are truly proud. It will be issued in October, I believe. We will return at the soonest opportunity to play that music and your favourite songs that still make sense to us all.
Take very good care of your loved ones but Gentleman, do talk to you friends – you’ll find you are not alone – seek your doctor’s advice if you are in doubt or when it is timely and act as swiftly as you may in these matters. It may save your life. Believe me, it is better than playing roulette.”
How Smart TVs in Millions of U.S. Homes Track Us
Samba TV is one of the bigger companies that track viewer information to make personalized show recommendations. The company said it collected viewing data from 13.5 million smart TVs in the United States, and it has raised $40 million in venture funding from investors including Time Warner , the cable operator Liberty Global and the billionaire Mark Cuban.
Samba TV has struck deals with roughly a dozen TV brands — including Sony, Sharp, TCL and Philips — to place its software on certain sets. When people set up their TVs, a screen urges them to enable a service called Samba Interactive TV, saying it recommends shows and provides special offers “by cleverly recognizing onscreen content.” But the screen, which contains the enable button, does not detail how much information Samba TV collects to make those recommendations.