Kevin Devine Breaks Down His Latest Single

Jason Tate Nov 27, 2018

Kevin Devine talked with Consequence of Sound about his latest single:

“I Wrote It Down For You” started on bass before I transferred it to guitar for recording and live performance, and the approach was inspired by this song and the ’50s girl-group songs which inspired it. The “bomp / bomp-bomp / BA” percussive energy, the sweetness (and slight idiosyncratic twist) of the lyric, the way it moves itself along, classic-feeling, unencumbered by itself, making room for what’s being said. That felt like the clear priority for this song: directness, a platform for the lyric, the melody, the feeling.

Green Day Land on Mars

Jason Tate Nov 27, 2018

Green Day have revealed that a custom inscription, reading “Green Day Sine 1986” was etched onto a chip on the NASA Mars Lander.

Panic! at the Disco Have Highest Charting Single

Jason Tate Nov 27, 2018

Panic! at the Disco now have their highest charting single, “High Hopes,” of all time.

Panic! at the Disco’s “High Hopes” ascends to the top of Radio Songs, while marking a new personal best for the Brendon Urie-led act on the Hot 100, where it lifts 8-6.

The 1975 Talk With Vulture

Jason Tate Nov 27, 2018

Vulture sat down with The 1975:

Make art and stand by it. Don’t make art that’s not political then expect us to listen to you. I see artists and their main projection isn’t related to their music. If it was in the music I wouldn’t have a problem, but it seems opportunistic when it’s not. It’s easy to learn the rhetoric of the left. Of course racism’s bad, of course women must be heard. Let’s make something inspiring that isn’t just part of this stream of fucking talking, right? Do I sound like an arse?

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Congratulations to Alexander DeLeon

Jason Tate Nov 27, 2018

Congratulations to Alexander DeLeon of Bohnes on his recent engagement to longtime girlfriend Josephine Skriver.

Ace Enders and Nik Bruzzese Team Up for Christmas Song

Jason Tate Nov 26, 2018

Ace Enders and Nik Bruzzese have teamed up on an original Christmas song called “Jacob Marley.”

Fickle Friends – “San Francisco” Video

Jason Tate Nov 26, 2018

Fickle Friends have shared a video for “San Francisco.”

Mumford & Sons Top the Charts

Jason Tate Nov 26, 2018

Mumford and Sons have the number one album in the country:

The quartet’s album, which was released on Nov. 16 via Gentlemen of the Road/Glassnote Records, launches with 230,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Nov. 22, according to Nielsen Music. That’s the biggest week for an alternative rock album in 2018. Of the album’s starting sum, 214,000 were in album sales.

Review: Rita Ora – Phoenix

Tommy Monroe Nov 26, 2018

The drought is over, and Rita Ora is back with a shower of blessings in the form of new music. It’s been more than six years since the release of her debut album, ORA which gained the attention of several music fans in the world. With songs like “How We Do (Party),” “R.I.P,” and “Fall in Love” it was like love at first listening for pop fans. Since then, she has released impactful singles like “Let You Down,” “Poison” and “Body On Me” that made fans thirst for another album. Unfortunately, the legal tussle with her previous record label, Roc Nation stopped this from happening.