All Get Out Announce New Album
All Get Out will release their new album, No Bouquet, on November 2nd. Today they’ve released a video for the new song “Self Repair” and pre-orders are now up.
Maroon 5 to Headline Super Bowl
Florence and the Machine Cover Tori Amos
Florence and the Machine covered Tori Amos’ “Cornflake Girls” for Spotify.
Killswitch Engage Share Update
Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage has shared an update on the band’s upcoming album.
Patrick Stump Talks Scoring New Film ‘Spell’
Billboard sat own with Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy:
I’ve scored a few films and some shows; I’m not an old pro but I’m comfortable as a composer now. He’s the first director — or anyone involved in production I’ve worked with — who’s also a pretty great musician. It was one of the easiest I worked on because there were just language things… He was so quick to describing what he meant. It’s one thing to describe, say, chords: “Why don’t we go to a minor here?” But it’s another thing, not just knowing the nomenclature, to also know the purpose behind stuff. “Why don’t we try something like this here?” He has a very clear idea of what he wanted and it allowed me to just play.
Spotify Sued for Gender Discrimination
Gene Maddaus, writing at Variety:
A female sales executive sued Spotify on Tuesday, alleging that the head of sales took his staff on drug-fueled “boys’ trips” to the Sundance Film Festival, and excluded women who were better qualified.
Hong Perez filed suit in New York Supreme Court, accusing the streaming company of systemically discriminating against female employees. Perez alleges that her boss, Brian Berner, selected an all-male group to attend Sundance in 2016 and 2017, and that some of the men got into a physical altercation during one of the trips.
Phoebe Bridgers Makes Late Night Debut
Phoebe Bridgers performed “Motion Sickness” on Conan last night.
Charly Bliss – “Heaven”
Charly Bliss have released the new song “Heaven.”
Travis Barker Says Nerve Damage Caused by Medical Malpractice
TMZ:
In the lawsuit — obtained by TMZ — Barker claims in June he went to The Medical Imaging Center in Santa Monica to receive an MRI as part of his routine checkup for his upcoming tour. Barker was to be sedated before the procedure, but technicians were unable to find a vein, sticking him at least 40x times in the process with a dirty needle and giving him staph. He’s suing the medical office.
Microwave – “Keeping Up”
Microwave have released the new song “Keeping Up.”
Music Modernization Act Passes in Senate
Ed Christman, writing at Billboard:
The long road to copyright revision is nearing its end as the U.S. Senate passed the Music Modernization Act by unanimous consent Tuesday (Sept. 18). The move mimics the House’s unilateral support, previously passing the bill by a vote of 415-0 back in April.
With the Senate’s move, the legislation has been renamed the Orrin G. Hatch Music Modernization Act in honor of the Republican senior senator from Utah — a songwriter himself — who will retire at the end of his term this year.
MxPx Release Videos for Entire Album + New Beer
MxPx have teamed up with Silver City Brewery for the release of “Best Life IPA.” They’ve also released videos for their entire new album.
Lana Del Rey Names New Album
Lana Del Rey’s new album will be titled Norman Fucking Rockwell.
Tom DeLonge Releases New Book
Today sees the release of Tom DeLonge’s book, Sekret Machines Book 2 – A Fire Within, and the first three chapters can be read online.