Bad Cop/Bad Cop performed “Broken” for Live From The Rock Room.
Bad Cop/Bad Cop Perform “Broken”
Trailer for Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Released
The Transplants Working on New Album
The Transplants are working on a new album.
Kodak Black Tops the Charts
Kodak Black has the number one album in the country this week:
The set, which was released on Dec. 14 via Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic Records, earned 89,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Dec. 20, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 5,000 were in traditional album sales — as the bulk of the album’s units were driven by streaming activity.
Music Forum: Holiday Songs
House of Heroes to Play ‘The End Is Not the End’ Show
House of Heroes have announced a reunion show in Columbus, Ohio:
On Dec. 28, they’ll play “The End Is Not the End,” their breakthrough album, from front to back, which has charted in the top 20 of Billboard Christian albums.
“There was a lot of labor to get it done and released,” Skipper said.
Skipper said the band plans to put out an EP with three new songs and two re-imagined, previously released songs, but don’t regularly plan to tour after the Columbus show.
Merry Christmas
Today’s Christmas eve, so I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone who celebrates a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday. We will be on a relaxed posting schedule over the next few days. The music industry is pretty much in hibernation mode.
I hope everyone has a wonderful few days filled with friends, family, and good food and drinks. We are currently working on putting together our annual “best of” feature and it should be ready to run early in January as we ramp back up for a new year.
I know the holidays can also be a difficult time for many, just know that our community is here for you and there’s a bunch of resources online if you need someone to talk to.
Post Malone – “Wow”
Post Malone has released the new song “Wow.” It contains a Fall Out Boy mention.
Congratulations to Josh Dun
Congratulations to Twenty One Pilots’ Josh Dun for getting engaged to his girlfriend, Debby Ryan, over the weekend.
Father John Misty Performs New Song
Father John Misty debuted a new song live during the California wildfires benefit concert last week. A fan shot video has been uploaded to YouTube.
Rihanna to Release New Album in 2019
Liner Notes (December 21st, 2018)
This is the second to last Liner Notes before the end of 2018. This year has been impossibly long while flying by at a record pace. It makes absolutely no sense. I hope everyone is gearing up for a nice weekend and preparing to spend the holidays in whatever way makes you happiest. I plan to spend some time offline, reading, and enjoying the company of family. As a little holiday gift, I’m making this version of Liner Notes, which are usually exclusive to supporters, free for all.
This week’s roundup includes my ranking of All Time Low albums. After discovering these “do teens know 2000’s pop-punk” videos on YouTube (and immediately feeling old as hell), I got on a pop-punk kick and ended up listening to their catalog all week. I also share my thoughts after spending a week with Apple Music on the Amazon Echo, ten songs I loved this week, and, of course, my weekly media diet. The supporter Q&A post can be found here.
The Miracle of ‘Springsteen on Broadway’
10 years ago this week, I fell in love with the music of Bruce Springsteen. It happened almost by coincidence: a conversation at my uncle’s 50th birthday party that shifted toward The Boss and his legendary live shows. From there, it didn’t take much to transform me from a casual Springsteen fan to a die-hard: just a drive through the winter storm from hell, my iPod, and a little song called “Thunder Road.”
A lot has happened in my life in the 10 years since. I graduated from high school, and then college. I fell in love with a girl and married her. I became a part of her family, and she a part of mine. I moved away, and then moved back home. I bought a house, sold it, and bought another one. I chased my dreams and watched them die. I lost my grandpa. I lost my first dog, and then my second one. I had my heart stolen by a little, devious, trouble-making kitten. I started a career. I even got to see Springsteen (three times) and shook his hand (once).
5 Seconds of Summer Release Live Album
5 Seconds of Summer have released the new live album, Meet You There Tour Live, on Spotify and Apple Music.
Daniel Pemberton Talks About “Scratching the Orchestra”
I found this tweet thread from Daniel Pemberton, the composer for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, about how they put together some of the music for the film, utterly fascinating:
So – here is how we ‘scratched the orchestra’ for #Spiderverse. We’d go record and mix all the live players – then get it transferred to ‘vinyl’ – then spend ages putting the notes back in the mix bar by bar […]
This scene here (nicknamed ‘bongo train tug’) we worked on for ages, trying to get every scratch and musical move to mirror the action and movement in the animation and on screen.. No one had really done anything like this before so we were working out how to do it as we went.