All Time Low have released a video for “Birthday.”
All Time Low – “Birthday” Video
Review: Dave Grohl – Play
Does Dave Grohl ever sleep? The near 23-minute instrumental song, “Play,” features Dave Grohl playing all of the instruments and is chaotic enough just in its concept alone. The “album” itself was recorded at East/West Studios in LA with the audio recorded by Darrell Thorp. The project came together to help promote music education in schools (so hell yeah to Grohl for doing this).
I highly recommend using a nice set of stereo headphones to fully absorb this entire work of art, rather than streaming it through a crappy pair of standard earbuds. This massive prog-rock odyssey is tailor-made for Dave Grohl, and has all of his many influences rubber-stamped over this opus. That being said, Grohl is precise in mastering the art of changing tempos, styles, and genres and knows exactly when to crank it up, or turn it down. The composure he plays with on “Play” is nothing short of a masterpiece.
Review: Bad Rabbits – Mimi
Bad Rabbit’s Mimi brings you seven jams that are perfect for the summer. I’ve been a fan of the band for a while now and they continue to be consistently good. Even if you’ve never heard of the band before, Mimi isn’t a bad place to start. It instantly let’s you know that this band is looking to have a fun time with their music.
Not only do Bad Rabbits have fun, but they blend genres together in a way that flows well. In a way, this is a bit of an experimental album for them, too. All seven songs revolve around a character, Mimi. You see the progression of them meeting, struggling, and more throughout the record. In “F on the Job,” things don’t go so well for our storyteller as he finds himself (rightfully) in jail.
Friday Thoughts (August 10th, 2018)
I hope everyone had a good week. I spent most of my week working on this stupid posting bug where the posting box goes behind the keyboard, but everything I’ve done to fix it ends up causing a headache in a different and new way. It’s driving me fucking insane. So, I’ve decided to pause that until next Monday and do some other maintenance things today. Take a step back for a bit and see if that helps.
Cassadee Pope – “One More Red Light”
Cassadee Pope has released her new song “One More Red Light” to streaming services.
The Candescents – “Back of Your Hand”
The Candescents have released “Back of Your Hand” on Spotify and Apple Music.
Abandoned by Bears – “Greyscale” Video
Abandoned by Bears have released a video for “Greyscale.”
Arlington Sign with Rise Records
Murder by Death Release New Album
Murder by Death have released their new album, The Other Shore, early on Spotify and Apple Music.
Spanish Love Songs Announces New Tour Dates
Spanish Love Songs have announced some new tour dates.
GoFundMe Started for Warped Tour Medic
A GoFundMe for Warped Tour’s medic, Travis, has been started:
In the course of his job as a music tour medic, Travis is usually the one to be helping others, keeping them safe and healthy while they are away from home. While on tour in Spring of 2018, he went to the nearest hospital because he was not feeling right. That hospital sent him on his way, telling him he was fine. Unfortunately they missed the cancer that had developed and Travis wasn’t diagnosed until he returned home in the summer. Because of this, he missed valuable treatment time.
It will never not depress me that we live in the richest nation in the history of the world … and people have to crowd fund for medical expenses.
I Killed the Prom Queen Dropped From Festival
The Unify Gathering have dropped I Killed the Prom Queen from the festival due to sexist posts from band members showing up. (I don’t recommend reading the comments.)
Foxing Talk With Brooklyn Vegan
Brooklyn Vegan talked with Foxing about their new album:
I think finishing the initial version of “Slapstick” was the first time that I realized we could make something that sounded that way. That was one of the early songs that we had written. Eric and I had put together the truly initial version of the song before anybody got involved with it, before we had live drums on it or Ricky’s guitar parts or anything like that, or even the final lyrics. It was all just temporary parts — we kind of put those little vocal samples in there, and we had put some synths and some electronic drums, and Eric did the original guitar part that starts the song — and just having that skeleton of the song, it was the first time that I was like “hey this is actually something that I would listen to if I wasn’t in our band,” and that’s a feeling that I don’t think I ever had with the songs that we had made on our other two records.
Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus Are Boygenius
It looks like the group featuring Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus, will be called Boygenius.
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‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season Two Trailer
The teaser trailer for season two of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has been released.