Morrissey will release a covers album, California Son, on May 24th. Today he’s shared the cover of “It’s Over.” You can find the full track listing and guest features below. Pre-orders are now up.
New ‘Pokemon: Detective Pikachu’ Trailer
Dustin Kensrue Ernie Ball Artist Series Coming in May
Dustin Kensrue of Thrice has announced his official custom Ernie Ball guitar will be available in May.
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Bad Religion Announce New Album
Bad Religion will release their new album, Age of Unreason, on May 3rd. Today they’ve debuted the new song “Chaos From Within” and preorders are now up.
Music Forum: What’s your favorite Panic! at the Disco album?
Sponsor: False King – “1-800-HELLSCAPE”
False King have released their new single “1-800-HELLSCAPE” with an accompanying video. This post-metalcore banger features an entirely new line-up for the band and brings and entirely new sound that is half sci-fi, half busted tape recorder.
For fans of Every Time I Die, Daughters and HEALTH.
Interview: You Me at Six (Video Interview)
Ariana Grande Tops the Charts
Ariana Grande still has the number one album in the country:
Thank U earned 151,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 21 (down 58 percent from its debut of 360,000 units), according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 20,000 were in album sales (down 82 percent).
Stereo Confidential Wraps Up Copeland Podcast
Yours truly is a guest on the latest Stereo Confidential podcast about Copeland’s incredible new album, Blushing. Here’s the Overcast link.
This was a lot of fun and I always enjoy talking about Copeland.
The Secret Lives of Facebook Moderators in America
Casey Newton, writing at The Verge:
Over the past three months, I interviewed a dozen current and former employees of Cognizant in Phoenix. All had signed non-disclosure agreements with Cognizant in which they pledged not to discuss their work for Facebook — or even acknowledge that Facebook is Cognizant’s client. The shroud of secrecy is meant to protect employees from users who may be angry about a content moderation decision and seek to resolve it with a known Facebook contractor. The NDAs are also meant to prevent contractors from sharing Facebook users’ personal information with the outside world, at a time of intense scrutiny over data privacy issues
But the secrecy also insulates Cognizant and Facebook from criticism about their working conditions, moderators told me. They are pressured not to discuss the emotional toll that their job takes on them, even with loved ones, leading to increased feelings of isolation and anxiety.
This story is terrifying.
Classical Music on Apple Music: What’s Wrong and How Apple Can Fix It
“…We’re treating around 300 years of music from various countries, forms, philosophies, and so on as one genre. As far as modern commercial music, we don’t group the past 50 years together: can you imagine how strange it would be to group LL Cool J, Metallica, and The Spice Girls together? These are all artists that were popular in the 90s; beyond that, they have virtually nothing in common. Grouping together Mozart, Ravel, and Cage makes even less sense.”
A lot of really great points here.
Early Green Day Recording Surfaces
An early recording of Green Day performing “Stay” in 1989 has surfaced online.
Saves the Day Tease Tour and New Music
Chelsey Norris noted in their Saves the Day live review that the band mentioned they’d be touring with Joyce Manor this summer:
One positive bit of news that came out of this experience – Conley says that fans will not have to wait as long to hear new music from the band this time around. “We’ll keep writing,” he told me. “I think we’ll probably have a new album out next year.”
He also let it slip that they’ll be going on tour with Joyce Manor this summer, so look for that announcement soon.
Jenny Lewis on New Podcast
Jenny Lewis is on the latest episode of the Kyle Meredith podcast.
Jenna McDougall Shares Her Story for Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Jenna McDougall of Tonight Alive has opened up about recovering from an eating disorder on Instagram.
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